 An “easy” response to this argument points out that it assumes that either the whole Bible constitutes propositional revelation, or else there is no propositional revelation in the Bible at all. However, it is possible that parts of the Bible record propositional revelations that were originally given to prophets, apostles and others. Moreover, some original divine communications of this kind might not even be recorded in the Bible but instead preserved and interpreted through an oral tradition, as traditional Catholic and Orthodox perspectives hold (however, see Ratzinger 1966: 46).