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An answer to Christ: believingAn answer to Christ: believing0303CARAVAGGIO
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
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Compendium of the Catechism
25. How does man respond to
God who reveals himself?
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Sustained 'y diine (race! )e
res*ond to God )ith theo'edience of faith! )hich means
the full surrender of ourseles to
God and the acce*tance of his
truth insofar as it is (uaranteed
'y the One )ho is Truth itself+
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Introduction
,aith is the (reat (ift from
God! necessary for our
salation+
an.s answer to the diine
Reelation is to 'eliee
)hat /e has told us+
,aith is also necessary to
understand God.s
teachin(s+
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The Trium*h of ,aith
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Main ideasMain ideas
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1. Faith enables us to know many things about God
8e 9no) for sure that Gode#ists 'ecause /is e#istence
may 'e *roen 'y the thin(s
/e has created+
:et there are fundamental
;uestions that cannot 'eans)ered if God had not
reealed them <
8hat is God li9e /imself=
8ho is >esus Christ=
Is there an afterlife=
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. !hat is faith"
,aith is a su*ernatural irtue 'y
means of )hich ? su**orted 'y
God.s authority! )e 'eliee the
truths /e has reealed in the
9no)led(e that /e can neither
'e fooled nor fool us+
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#. Faith is a gift from God
,aith is a su*ernatural (ift! a
(ift )hich God ma9es to us+
It is only *ossi'le to 'eliee as
a conse;uence of the (race
(ranted us 'y the /oly S*irit+
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$. %elieving is something reasonable
eliein( is reasona'le
'ecause it is God )ho
reeals! and God can neither
'e fooled nor fool us+
eliein(D is a human act!a)are and free! )hich not
only does not contradict 'ut
also di(nifies the human
'ein(+
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&. I believe ' !e believe
I believe in God ! in the sin(ular!'ecause faith is an act of the
indiidual *erson )ho freely
acce*ts God.s authority+
We believe in God, in the *lural! to
mean that )e are receiin( faithand e#*eriencin( it in the
community of the Church+
The Church is the other of all the
faithful <
No one can have God as Fatherwho does not have the Church as
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(. %elieving what the Church teaches us
>esus Christ founded the Churchso that it mi(ht continue /is
mission in the )orldE to do so the
Church is assisted 'y the /oly
S*irit+
The certainty of these truths isnot 'ased on human authority!
'ut rather on the authority of God
)ho has reealed them+
The Church! assisted 'y the /oly
S*irit! *asses them on 'y irtueof the infalli'ility )ith )hich God
*roides in matters of faith and
morals+ GOFFOI! enoo
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). Faith is necessary to be saved
He who believes and is baptizedshall be saved; but he who does not
believe shall be condemned ar9
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homas, because !ou have seen
me, !ou have believed; blessedare those who believed without
seein" >ohn 20<2JB+
8e must *ray for those )ho do not
'eliee! as9in( God to (rant them
the (race of faith! hel*in( them
throu(h our e#am*le and )ords!
thus *ractisin( the a*ostolate of
doctrine+
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*. +he Creed, a summary of the truths we must believe in
Since the 'e(innin(!Sym'ols or formulas
)hich summarie the
teachin( of the diine
Reelation+
Sym'ol of the A*ostles Sym'ol of 4icea-
Constantino*le
8hen )e recite the
Creed! )e are *erformin(
an act of faith in thefundamental truths that
God has reealed+
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-. erforming acts of faith very often
God has (ien us the (reat (ift offaith! and )e must than9 /im 'y
*erformin( fre;uent acts of faith<
I 'eliee in God the ,ather! I
'eliee in God the Son! I 'eliee
in God the /oly S*irit+
I 'eliee in the /oly Trinity+
I 'eliee in >esus Christ! true God
and true an+
I 'eliee that ary is the other
of God and our other+
I 'eliee! ord! 'ut increase my
faith+
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