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1 Prol, 0, 1, 3 | generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal
2 Prol, 0, 2 | II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis~
3 Prol, 0, 2, 5 | Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people
4 Prol, 0, 2, 6 | missionary preaching to arouse faith; examination of the reasons
5 Prol, 0, 2, 10 | doctrine regarding both faith and morals be composed"13
6 Prol, 0, 3, 11 | doctrine, as regards both faith and morals, in the light
7 Prol, 0, 3, 12 | bishops, as teachers of the faith and pastors of the Church.
8 Prol, 0, 4, 13 | baptismal profession of faith (the Creed), the sacraments
9 Prol, 0, 4, 13 | Creed), the sacraments of faith, the life of faith (the
10 Prol, 0, 4, 13 | sacraments of faith, the life of faith (the Commandments), and
11 Prol, 0, 4, 13 | Part One: the Profession of Faith~
12 Prol, 0, 4, 14 | belong to Christ through faith and Baptism must confess
13 Prol, 0, 4, 14 | confess their baptismal faith before men.16 First therefore
14 Prol, 0, 4, 14 | himself to man, and the faith by which man responds to
15 Prol, 0, 4, 14 | One). the profession of faith summarizes the gifts that
16 Prol, 0, 4, 14 | chapters on our baptismal faith in the one God: the almighty
17 Prol, 0, 4, 14 | Part Two: the Sacraments of Faith~
18 Prol, 0, 4, 15 | Part Three: the Life of Faith~
19 Prol, 0, 4, 16 | Four: Prayer in the Life of Faith~
20 Prol, 0, 5, 18 | presentation of the Catholic faith in its entirety. It should
21 Prol, 0, 5, 18 | with the entirety of the faith.~
22 Prol, 0, 6, 23 | deepen understanding of faith. In this way it is oriented
23 Prol, 0, 6, 23 | towards the maturing of that faith, its putting down roots
24 Prol, 0, 6, 24 | teaching of the mysteries of faith and the rules of moral conduct.18~
25 1 | PART ONE:~THE PROFESSION OF FAITH~
26 1, 1, 0, 26 | begin our profession of faith by saying: "I believe" or "
27 1, 1, 0, 26 | expounding the Church's faith, as confessed in the Creed,
28 1, 1, 0, 26 | what "to believe" means. Faith is man's response to God,
29 1, 1, 0, 26 | finally the response of faith (Chapter Three).~
30 1, 1, 1, 35 | welcome this revelation in faith.(so) the proofs of God's
31 1, 1, 1, 35 | however, can predispose one to faith and help one to see that
32 1, 1, 1, 35 | and help one to see that faith is not opposed to reason.~
33 1, 1, 2, 63 | elder brethren" in the faith of Abraham.~
34 1, 1, 2, 66 | it remains for Christian faith gradually to grasp its full
35 1, 1, 2, 67 | however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to
36 1, 1, 2, 67 | to the Church.~Christian faith cannot accept "revelations"
37 1, 1, 2 | Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith~The heritage of faith entrusted
38 1, 1, 2 | of Faith~The heritage of faith entrusted to the whole of
39 1, 1, 2, 84 | Sacred deposit" of the faith (the depositum fidei),45
40 1, 1, 2, 84 | practising and professing the faith that has been handed on,
41 1, 1, 2, 86 | from this single deposit of faith."48~
42 1, 1, 2, 87 | forms.~The dogmas of the faith~
43 1, 1, 2, 89 | lights along the path of faith; they illuminate it and
44 1, 1, 2, 89 | light shed by the dogmas of faith.50~
45 1, 1, 2, 90 | foundation of the Christian faith."52~The supernatural sense
46 1, 1, 2, 90 | The supernatural sense of faith~
47 1, 1, 2, 92 | supernatural appreciation of faith (sensus fidei) on the part
48 1, 1, 2, 92 | universal consent in matters of faith and morals."55~
49 1, 1, 2, 93 | this appreciation of the faith, aroused and sustained by
50 1, 1, 2, 93 | receives. . . the faith, once for all delivered
51 1, 1, 2, 93 | unfailingly adheres to this faith, penetrates it more deeply
52 1, 1, 2, 93 | Growth in understanding the faith~
53 1, 1, 2, 94 | words of the heritage of faith is able to grow in the life
54 1, 1, 2, 99 | its supernatural sense of faith, the People of God as a
55 1, 1, 2, 105 | Mother Church, relying on the faith of the apostolic age, accepts
56 1, 1, 2, 108 | 108 Still, the Christian faith is not a "religion of the
57 1, 1, 2, 114 | attentive to the analogy of faith.82 By "analogy of faith"
58 1, 1, 2, 114 | faith.82 By "analogy of faith" we mean the coherence of
59 1, 1, 2, 114 | coherence of the truths of faith among themselves and within
60 1, 1, 2, 118 | speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith; ~The Moral how to act;
61 1, 1, 2, 124 | salvation to everyone who has faith, is set forth and displays
62 1, 1, 2, 131 | Church as strength for their faith, food for the soul, and
63 1, 1, 3, 142 | response to this invitation is faith.~
64 1, 1, 3, 143 | 143 By faith, man completely submits
65 1, 1, 3, 143 | revelation, "the obedience of faith".3~
66 1, 1, 3 | I. The Obedience of Faith~
67 1, 1, 3, 144 | hear or listen to") in faith is to submit freely to the
68 1, 1, 3, 145 | its great eulogy of the faith of Israel's ancestors, lays
69 1, 1, 3, 145 | special emphasis on Abraham's faith: "By faith, Abraham obeyed
70 1, 1, 3, 145 | on Abraham's faith: "By faith, Abraham obeyed when he
71 1, 1, 3, 145 | where he was to go."4 By faith, he lived as a stranger
72 1, 1, 3, 145 | in the promised land.5 By faith, Sarah was given to conceive
73 1, 1, 3, 145 | son of the promise. and by faith Abraham offered his only
74 1, 1, 3, 146 | fulfils the definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1: "Faith
75 1, 1, 3, 146 | faith in Hebrews 11:1: "Faith is the assurance of things
76 1, 1, 3, 146 | Because he was "strong in his faith", Abraham became the "father
77 1, 1, 3, 147 | rich in witnesses to this faith. the Letter to the Hebrews
78 1, 1, 3, 147 | eulogy of the exemplary faith of the ancestors who "received
79 1, 1, 3, 147 | pioneer and perfecter of our faith".11~Mary - "Blessed is she
80 1, 1, 3, 148 | embodies the obedience of faith. By faith Mary welcomes
81 1, 1, 3, 148 | the obedience of faith. By faith Mary welcomes the tidings
82 1, 1, 3, 148 | Lord."13 It is for this faith that all generations have
83 1, 1, 3, 149 | died on the cross, Mary's faith never wavered. She never
84 1, 1, 3, 149 | the purest realization of faith.~
85 1, 1, 3, 150 | 150 Faith is first of all a personal
86 1, 1, 3, 150 | to his truth, Christian faith differs from our faith in
87 1, 1, 3, 150 | Christian faith differs from our faith in any human person. It
88 1, 1, 3, 150 | and false to place such faith in a creature.17~To believe
89 1, 1, 3, 152 | never ceases to proclaim her faith in one only God: Father,
90 1, 1, 3 | The Characteristics of Faith~Faith is a grace~
91 1, 1, 3 | Characteristics of Faith~Faith is a grace~
92 1, 1, 3, 153 | Father who is in heaven".24 Faith is a gift of God, a supernatural
93 1, 1, 3, 153 | infused by him. "Before this faith can be exercised, man must
94 1, 1, 3, 153 | and believe the truth.'"25~Faith is a human act~
95 1, 1, 3, 154 | our dignity to "yield by faith the full submission of...
96 1, 1, 3, 155 | 155 In faith, the human intellect and
97 1, 1, 3, 155 | by God through grace."27~Faith and understanding~
98 1, 1, 3, 156 | that the submission of our faith might nevertheless be in
99 1, 1, 3, 156 | show that the assent of faith is "by no means a blind
100 1, 1, 3, 157 | 157 Faith is certain. It is more certain
101 1, 1, 3, 158 | 158 "Faith seeks understanding":33
102 1, 1, 3, 158 | understanding":33 it is intrinsic to faith that a believer desires
103 1, 1, 3, 158 | One in whom he has put his faith, and to understand better
104 1, 1, 3, 158 | turn call forth a greater faith, increasingly set afire
105 1, 1, 3, 158 | afire by love. the grace of faith opens "the eyes of your
106 1, 1, 3, 158 | plan and the mysteries of faith, of their connection with
107 1, 1, 3, 158 | Spirit constantly perfects faith by his gifts, so that Revelation
108 1, 1, 3, 159 | 159 Faith and science: "Though faith
109 1, 1, 3, 159 | Faith and science: "Though faith is above reason, there can
110 1, 1, 3, 159 | real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same
111 1, 1, 3, 159 | reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of
112 1, 1, 3, 159 | never conflict with the faith, because the things of the
113 1, 1, 3, 159 | world and the things of faith derive from the same God.
114 1, 1, 3, 159 | they are."38~The freedom of faith~
115 1, 1, 3, 160 | man's response to God by faith must be free, and... therefore
116 1, 1, 3, 160 | be forced to embrace the faith against his will. the act
117 1, 1, 3, 160 | against his will. the act of faith is of its very nature a
118 1, 1, 3, 160 | Christ invited people to faith and conversion, but never
119 1, 1, 3, 160 | himself."41~The necessity of faith~
120 1, 1, 3, 161 | salvation.42 "Since "without faith it is impossible to please (
121 1, 1, 3, 161 | sons, therefore without faith no one has ever attained
122 1, 1, 3, 161 | end.'"]~Perseverance in faith~
123 1, 1, 3, 162 | 162 Faith is an entirely free gift
124 1, 1, 3, 162 | the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By
125 1, 1, 3, 162 | made shipwreck of their faith."44 To live, grow and persevere
126 1, 1, 3, 162 | grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish
127 1, 1, 3, 162 | the Lord to increase our faith;45 it must be "working through
128 1, 1, 3, 162 | hope, and rooted in the faith of the Church.46~Faith -
129 1, 1, 3, 162 | the faith of the Church.46~Faith - the beginning of eternal
130 1, 1, 3, 163 | 163 Faith makes us taste in advance
131 1, 1, 3, 163 | face", "as he is".47 So faith is already the beginning
132 1, 1, 3, 163 | contemplate the blessings of faith even now, as if gazing at
133 1, 1, 3, 163 | wonderful things which our faith assures us we shall one
134 1, 1, 3, 164 | Now, however, "we walk by faith, not by sight";49 we perceive
135 1, 1, 3, 164 | him in whom it believes, faith is often lived in darkness
136 1, 1, 3, 164 | from the one promised us by faith. Our experiences of evil
137 1, 1, 3, 164 | News; they can shake our faith and become a temptation
138 1, 1, 3, 165 | turn to the witnesses of faith: to Abraham, who "in hope...
139 1, 1, 3, 165 | who, in "her pilgrimage of faith", walked into the "night
140 1, 1, 3, 165 | walked into the "night of faith"52 in sharing the darkness
141 1, 1, 3, 165 | pioneer and perfecter of our faith."53~
142 1, 1, 3, 166 | 166 Faith is a personal act - the
143 1, 1, 3, 166 | who reveals himself. But faith is not an isolated act.
144 1, 1, 3, 166 | have not given yourself faith as you have not given yourself
145 1, 1, 3, 166 | the believer has received faith from others and should hand
146 1, 1, 3, 166 | speak to others about our faith. Each believer is thus a
147 1, 1, 3, 166 | without being carried by the faith of others, and by my faith
148 1, 1, 3, 166 | faith of others, and by my faith I help support others in
149 1, 1, 3, 166 | help support others in the faith.~
150 1, 1, 3, 167 | Apostles' Creed) is the faith of the Church professed
151 1, 1, 3, 167 | Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed) is the faith of the Church confessed
152 1, 1, 3, 167 | mother, responding to God by faith as she teaches us to say
153 1, 1, 3 | I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church"~
154 1, 1, 3, 168 | nourishes and sustains my faith. Everywhere, it is the Church
155 1, 1, 3, 168 | the Church that we receive faith and new life in Christ by
156 1, 1, 3, 168 | Church?" and the answer is: "Faith." "What does faith offer
157 1, 1, 3, 168 | is: "Faith." "What does faith offer you?" "Eternal life."54~
158 1, 1, 3, 169 | because we receive the life of faith through the Church, she
159 1, 1, 3, 169 | also our teacher in the faith.~
160 1, 1, 3 | II. The Language of Faith~
161 1, 1, 3, 170 | realities they express, which faith allows us to touch. "The
162 1, 1, 3, 170 | The believer's act [of faith] does not terminate in the
163 1, 1, 3, 170 | help of formulations of the faith which permit us to express
164 1, 1, 3, 170 | permit us to express the faith and to hand it on, to celebrate
165 1, 1, 3, 171 | faithfully guards "the faith which was once for all delivered
166 1, 1, 3, 171 | apostles' confession of faith.57 As a mother who teaches
167 1, 1, 3, 171 | teaches us the language of faith in order to introduce us
168 1, 1, 3, 171 | understanding and the life of faith.~
169 1, 1, 3 | III. Only One Faith~
170 1, 1, 3, 172 | constantly confessed this one faith, received from the one Lord,
171 1, 1, 3, 172 | Lyons, a witness of this faith, declared:~
172 1, 1, 3, 173 | earth, having received the faith from the apostles and their
173 1, 1, 3, 173 | guards [this preaching and faith] with care, as dwelling
174 1, 1, 3, 173 | teaches and hands on this faith with a unanimous voice,
175 1, 1, 3, 174 | in Germany have no other faith or Tradition, nor do those
176 1, 1, 3, 175 | We guard with care the faith that we have received from
177 1, 1, 3, 176 | 176 Faith is a personal adherence
178 1, 1, 3, 179 | 179 Faith is a supernatural gift from
179 1, 1, 3, 181 | ecclesial act. the Church's faith precedes, engenders, supports
180 1, 1, 3, 181 | supports and nourishes our faith. the Church is the mother
181 1, 1, 3, 183 | 183 Faith is necessary for salvation.
182 1, 1, 3, 184 | 184 "Faith is a foretaste of the knowledge
183 1, 2, 0, 185 | we believe." Communion in faith needs a common language
184 1, 2, 0, 185 | needs a common language of faith, normative for all and uniting
185 1, 2, 0, 185 | in the same confession of faith.~
186 1, 2, 0, 186 | expressed and handed on her faith in brief formulae normative
187 1, 2, 0, 186 | essential elements of her faith into organic and articulated
188 1, 2, 0, 186 | Baptism:~This synthesis of faith was not made to accord with
189 1, 2, 0, 186 | the one teaching of the faith in its entirety. and just
190 1, 2, 0, 186 | so too this summary of faith encompassed in a few words
191 1, 2, 0, 187 | are called "professions of faith" since they summarize the
192 1, 2, 0, 187 | since they summarize the faith that Christians profess.
193 1, 2, 0, 187 | also called "symbols of faith".~
194 1, 2, 0, 188 | identity. the symbol of faith, then, is a sign of recognition
195 1, 2, 0, 188 | or summary. A symbol of faith is a summary of the principal
196 1, 2, 0, 188 | principal truths of the faith and therefore serves as
197 1, 2, 0, 189 | The first "profession of faith" is made during Baptism.
198 1, 2, 0, 189 | during Baptism. the symbol of faith is first and foremost the
199 1, 2, 0, 189 | Spirit",3 The truths of faith professed during Baptism
200 1, 2, 0, 191 | too in this profession of faith, the name "articles" has
201 1, 2, 0, 191 | fullness of the apostolic faith by the number of the apostles.7~
202 1, 2, 0, 192 | professions or symbols of faith have been articulated in
203 1, 2, 0, 192 | Creed;9 The professions of faith of certain Councils, such
204 1, 2, 0, 193 | to attain and deepen the faith of all times by means of
205 1, 2, 0, 194 | summary of the apostles' faith. It is the ancient baptismal
206 1, 2, 0, 194 | which he brought the common faith".13~
207 1, 2, 0, 196 | Our presentation of the faith will follow the Apostles'
208 1, 2, 0, 197 | Creed of our life-giving faith. To say the Credo with faith
209 1, 2, 0, 197 | faith. To say the Credo with faith is to enter into communion
210 1, 2, 0, 197 | Church which transmits the faith to us and in whose midst
211 1, 2, 1, 198 | 198 Our profession of faith begins with God, for God
212 1, 2, 1, 200 | one God: "The Christian faith confesses that God is one
213 1, 2, 1, 202 | distinctive of Christian faith. This is not contrary to
214 1, 2, 1, 212 | the centuries, Israel's faith was able to manifest and
215 1, 2, 1, 221 | IV. THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAITH IN ONE GOD~
216 1, 2, 1, 226 | good use of created things: faith in God, the only One, leads
217 1, 2, 1, 229 | 229 Faith in God leads us to turn
218 1, 2, 1, 231 | 231 The God of our faith has revealed himself as
219 1, 2, 1, 232 | the Spirit: "I do." "The faith of all Christians rests
220 1, 2, 1, 233(55)| Cf. Profession of faith of Pope Vigilius I (552):
221 1, 2, 1, 234 | central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery
222 1, 2, 1, 234 | all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens
223 1, 2, 1, 234 | hierarchy of the truths of faith".56 The whole history of
224 1, 2, 1, 235 | articulated the doctrine of the faith regarding this mystery,
225 1, 2, 1, 237 | Trinity is a mystery of faith in the strict sense, one
226 1, 2, 1, 237 | alone or even to Israel's faith before the Incarnation of
227 1, 2, 1, 239 | Father", the language of faith indicates two main things:
228 1, 2, 1, 239 | creature. the language of faith thus draws on the human
229 1, 2, 1, 245 | 245 The apostolic faith concerning the Spirit was
230 1, 2, 1, 248 | not affect the identity of faith in the reality of the same
231 1, 2, 1, 248 | TRINITY IN THE TEACHING OF THE FAITH~The formation of the Trinitarian
232 1, 2, 1, 249 | root of the Church's living faith, principally by means of
233 1, 2, 1, 249 | in the rule of baptismal faith, formulated in the preaching,
234 1, 2, 1, 250 | clarify her Trinitarian faith, both to deepen her own
235 1, 2, 1, 250 | own understanding of the faith and to defend it against
236 1, 2, 1, 250 | Christian people's sense of the faith.~
237 1, 2, 1, 251 | she did not submit the faith to human wisdom, but gave
238 1, 2, 1, 256 | this summary of Trinitarian faith to the catechumens of Constantinople: ~
239 1, 2, 1, 256 | me this great deposit of faith for which I live and fight,
240 1, 2, 1, 256 | I mean the profession of faith in the Father and the Son
241 1, 2, 1, 260 | completely vigilant in my faith, entirely adoring, and wholly
242 1, 2, 1, 261 | mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. God
243 1, 2, 1, 265 | earth in the obscurity of faith, and after death in eternal
244 1, 2, 1, 266 | Now this is the Catholic faith: We worship one God in the
245 1, 2, 1, 268 | and mysterious, for only faith can discern it when it "
246 1, 2, 1, 272 | 272 Faith in God the Father Almighty
247 1, 2, 1, 273 | 273 Only faith can embrace the mysterious
248 1, 2, 1, 273 | God's almighty power. This faith glories in its weaknesses
249 1, 2, 1, 273 | the supreme model of this faith, for she believed that "
250 1, 2, 1, 274 | more apt to confirm our faith and hope than holding it
251 1, 2, 1, 279 | words. the profession of faith takes them up when it confesses
252 1, 2, 1, 282 | response of the Christian faith to the basic question that
253 1, 2, 1, 285 | beginning the Christian faith has been challenged by responses
254 1, 2, 1, 286 | disfigured by error. This is why faith comes to confirm and enlighten
255 1, 2, 1, 286 | understanding of this truth: "By faith we understand that the world
256 1, 2, 1, 291 | together."130 The Church's faith likewise confesses the creative
257 1, 2, 1, 292 | in the Church's rule of faith: "There exists but one God. . .
258 1, 2, 1, 297 | Scripture bears witness to faith in creation "out of nothing"
259 1, 2, 1, 298 | can also give the light of faith to those who do not yet
260 1, 2, 1, 308 | creatures is inseparable from faith in God the Creator. God
261 1, 2, 1, 309 | suffice. Only Christian faith as a whole constitutes the
262 1, 2, 1, 313 | steadfastly keep me in the faith... and that at the same
263 1, 2, 1, 316 | it is equally a truth of faith that the Father, Son and
264 1, 2, 1, 324 | and rose to vanquish evil. Faith gives us the certainty that
265 1, 2, 1, 327 | 327 The profession of faith of the Fourth Lateran Council (
266 1, 2, 1, 327 | existence of angels - a truth of faith~
267 1, 2, 1, 328 | calls "angels" is a truth of faith. the witness of Scripture
268 1, 2, 1, 336 | Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of
269 1, 2, 1, 357 | offer him a response of faith and love that no other creature
270 1, 2, 1, 382 | 1). the doctrine of the faith affirms that the spiritual
271 1, 2, 1, 385 | by fixing the eyes of our faith on him who alone is its
272 1, 2, 1, 387 | an essential truth of the faith~
273 1, 2, 1, 390 | gives us the certainty of faith that the whole of human
274 1, 2, 1, 403 | Because of this certainty of faith, the Church baptizes for
275 1, 2, 2, 424 | God.'8 On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter,
276 1, 2, 2, 425 | transmission of the Christian faith consists primarily in proclaiming
277 1, 2, 2, 425 | order to lead others to faith in him. From the beginning,
278 1, 2, 2, 429 | lead others to the "yes" of faith in Jesus Christ. But at
279 1, 2, 2, 429 | time the need to know this faith better makes itself felt.
280 1, 2, 2, 440 | accepted Peter's profession of faith, which acknowledged him
281 1, 2, 2, 442 | centre of the apostolic faith, first professed by Peter
282 1, 2, 2, 444 | pre-existence.54 He asks for faith in "the name of the only
283 1, 2, 2, 449 | confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the beginning
284 1, 2, 2, 463 | distinctive sign of Christian faith: "By this you know the Spirit
285 1, 2, 2, 464 | and clarify this truth of faith against the heresies that
286 1, 2, 2, 465 | apostolic times the Christian faith has insisted on the true
287 1, 2, 2, 487 | 487 What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based
288 1, 2, 2, 487 | Mary illumines in turn its faith in Christ.~Mary's predestination~
289 1, 2, 2, 490 | give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her
290 1, 2, 2, 494 | responded with the obedience of faith, certain that "with God
291 1, 2, 2, 494 | disbelief, Mary loosened by her faith."142 Comparing her with
292 1, 2, 2, 496 | first formulations of her faith, the Church has confessed
293 1, 2, 2, 498 | To this we must respond: Faith in the virginal conception
294 1, 2, 2, 498 | event is accessible only to faith, which understands in it
295 1, 2, 2, 499 | 499 The deepening of faith in the virginal motherhood
296 1, 2, 2, 502 | 502 The eyes of faith can discover in the context
297 1, 2, 2, 505 | the Holy Spirit through faith. "How can this be?"165 Participation
298 1, 2, 2, 506 | virginity is the sign of her faith "unadulterated by any doubt",
299 1, 2, 2, 506 | God's will.168 It is her faith that enables her to become
300 1, 2, 2, 506 | blessed because she embraces faith in Christ than because she
301 1, 2, 2, 507 | receiving the word of God in faith becomes herself a mother.
302 1, 2, 2, 507 | entirety and purity the faith she pledged to her spouse."170~
303 1, 2, 2, 511 | co-operated through free faith and obedience in human salvation" (
304 1, 2, 2, 512 | life, but the articles of faith concerning his Incarnation
305 1, 2, 2, 515 | among the first to have the faith174 and wanted to share it
306 1, 2, 2, 515 | others. Having known in faith who Jesus is, they could
307 1, 2, 2, 534 | but they accepted them in faith. Mary "kept all these things
308 1, 2, 2, 543 | those who hear it with faith and are numbered among the
309 1, 2, 2, 548 | those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask.270
310 1, 2, 2, 548 | So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his
311 1, 2, 2, 552 | of death. Because of the faith he confessed Peter will
312 1, 2, 2, 552 | mission will be to keep this faith from every lapse and to
313 1, 2, 2, 568 | strengthening the apostles' faith in anticipation of his Passion:
314 1, 2, 2, 573 | 573 Faith can therefore try to examine
315 1, 2, 2, 576 | dwells in a special way; - faith in the one God whose glory
316 1, 2, 2, 586 | III. JESUS AND ISRAEL'S FAITH IN THE ONE GOD AND SAVIOUR~
317 1, 2, 2, 591 | accomplished.373 But such an act of faith must go through a mysterious
318 1, 2, 2, 595 | priests were obedient to the faith" and "some believers. . .
319 1, 2, 2, 598 | Magisterial teaching of the faith and in the witness of her
320 1, 2, 2, 601 | Citing a confession of faith that he himself had "received",
321 1, 2, 2, 602 | formulate the apostolic faith in the divine plan of salvation
322 1, 2, 2, 638 | the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed
323 1, 2, 2, 638 | of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the
324 1, 2, 2, 641 | called to strengthen the faith of his brothers,499 and
325 1, 2, 2, 642 | stones of his Church. the faith of the first community of
326 1, 2, 2, 643 | facts that the disciples' faith was drastically put to the
327 1, 2, 2, 644 | produced by the apostles' faith (or credulity) will not
328 1, 2, 2, 644 | up. On the contrary their faith in the Resurrection was
329 1, 2, 2, 645 | precisely to awaken their faith.510~
330 1, 2, 2, 647 | heart of the mystery of faith as something that transcends
331 1, 2, 2, 648 | Resurrection is an object of faith in that it is a transcendent
332 1, 2, 2, 651 | preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain."520 The Resurrection
333 1, 2, 2, 656 | 656 Faith in the Resurrection has
334 1, 2, 2, 675 | trial that will shake the faith of many believers.573 The
335 1, 2, 3, 683 | Father!"'2 This knowledge of faith is possible only in the
336 1, 2, 3, 683 | comes to meet us and kindles faith in us. By virtue of our
337 1, 2, 3, 683 | the first sacrament of the faith, the Holy Spirit in the
338 1, 2, 3, 684 | Spirit is the first to awaken faith in us and to communicate
339 1, 2, 3, 687 | disposes us to welcome him in faith. the Spirit of truth who "
340 1, 2, 3, 688 | communion living in the faith of the apostles which she
341 1, 2, 3, 689 | indivisible, the Church's faith also professes the distinction
342 1, 2, 3, 690 | contact with the Son by faith must first encounter the
343 1, 2, 3, 690 | who approach the Son in faith.15~
344 1, 2, 3, 702 | Christ.61~By "prophets" the faith of the Church here understands
345 1, 2, 3, 706 | Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the
346 1, 2, 3, 709 | people to whom Abraham's faith gave birth. "If you will
347 1, 2, 3, 723 | Holy Spirit's power and her faith, her virginity became uniquely
348 1, 2, 3, 732 | humility of the flesh and in faith, they already share in the
349 1, 2, 3, 732 | we have found the true faith: we adore the indivisible
350 1, 2, 3, 748 | demonstrates that the article of faith about the Church depends
351 1, 2, 3, 770 | is only "with the eyes of faith"183 that one can see her
352 1, 2, 3, 771 | Church, the community of faith, hope, and charity, as a
353 1, 2, 3, 779 | her mystery, which only faith can accept.~
354 1, 2, 3, 782 | Spirit,"203 that is, by faith in Christ, and Baptism. ~-
355 1, 2, 3, 784 | the People of God through faith and Baptism, one receives
356 1, 2, 3, 785 | the supernatural sense of faith that belongs to the whole
357 1, 2, 3, 785 | unfailingly adheres to this faith . . . once for all delivered
358 1, 2, 3, 795 | to her judges sums up the faith of the holy doctors and
359 1, 2, 3, 797 | the strengthening of our faith and the ladder of our ascent
360 1, 2, 3, 804 | into the People of God by faith and Baptism. "All men are
361 1, 2, 3, 812 | 812 Only faith can recognize that the Church
362 1, 2, 3, 815 | communion: ~- profession of one faith received from the Apostles; ~-
363 1, 2, 3, 818 | them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic
364 1, 2, 3, 818 | who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated
365 1, 2, 3, 819 | God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with
366 1, 2, 3, 823 | is held, as a matter of faith, to be unfailingly holy.
367 1, 2, 3, 830 | and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life,
368 1, 2, 3, 833 | faithful in communion of faith and sacraments with their
369 1, 2, 3, 837 | constituted by the profession of faith, the sacraments, ecclesiastical
370 1, 2, 3, 838 | not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have
371 1, 2, 3, 839 | Word of God."327 The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian
372 1, 2, 3, 841 | these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together
373 1, 2, 3, 846 | asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby
374 1, 2, 3, 848 | ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible
375 1, 2, 3, 863 | apostles, in communion of faith and life with her origin:
376 1, 2, 3, 866 | one Lord, confesses one faith, is born of one Baptism,
377 1, 2, 3, 868 | proclaims the fullness of the faith. She bears in herself and
378 1, 2, 3, 875 | the Gospel to himself: "Faith comes from what is heard."391
379 1, 2, 3, 886 | those persecuted for the faith, as well as to missionaries
380 1, 2, 3, 888 | They are "heralds of faith, who draw new disciples
381 1, 2, 3, 888 | teachers" of the apostolic faith "endowed with the authority
382 1, 2, 3, 889 | Church in the purity of the faith handed on by the apostles,
383 1, 2, 3, 889 | a "supernatural sense of faith" the People of God, under
384 1, 2, 3, 889 | unfailingly adheres to this faith."417~
385 1, 2, 3, 890 | possibility of professing the true faith without error. Thus, the
386 1, 2, 3, 890 | infallibility in matters of faith and morals. the exercise
387 1, 2, 3, 891 | confirms his brethren in the faith he proclaims by a definitive
388 1, 2, 3, 891 | a doctrine pertaining to faith or morals.... the infallibility
389 1, 2, 3, 891 | to with the obedience of faith."420 This infallibility
390 1, 2, 3, 892 | Revelation in matters of faith and morals. To this ordinary
391 1, 2, 3, 892 | distinct from the assent of faith, is nonetheless an extension
392 1, 2, 3, 904 | them with the sense of the faith [sensus fidei] and the grace
393 1, 2, 3, 904 | order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher
394 1, 2, 3, 907 | regard to the integrity of faith and morals and reverence
395 1, 2, 3, 927 | in the propagation of the faith and in the formation of
396 1, 2, 3, 935 | 935 To proclaim the faith and to plant his reign,
397 1, 2, 3, 939 | authentically teaching the faith, celebrating divine worship,
398 1, 2, 3, 949 | prayers."480 ~Communion in the faith. the faith of the faithful
399 1, 2, 3, 949 | Communion in the faith. the faith of the faithful is the faith
400 1, 2, 3, 949 | faith of the faithful is the faith of the Church, received
401 1, 2, 3, 949 | received from the apostles. Faith is a treasure of life which
402 1, 2, 3, 955 | according to the constant faith of the Church, this union
403 1, 2, 3, 964 | advanced in her pilgrimage of faith, and faithfully persevered
404 1, 2, 3, 967 | is the Church's model of faith and charity. Thus she is
405 1, 2, 3, 968 | cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope, and burning charity
406 1, 2, 3, 972 | on her own "pilgrimage of faith," and what she will be in
407 1, 2, 3, 976 | Apostle's Creed associates faith in the forgiveness of sins
408 1, 2, 3, 976 | forgiveness of sins not only with faith in the Holy Spirit, but
409 1, 2, 3, 976 | Holy Spirit, but also with faith in the Church and in the
410 1, 2, 3, 977 | the forgiveness of sins to faith and Baptism: "Go into all
411 1, 2, 3, 978 | our first profession of faith while receiving the holy
412 1, 2, 3, 981 | calling them to conversion and faith; but also by communicating
413 1, 2, 3, 983 | nourish in the faithful faith in the incomparable greatness
414 1, 2, 3, 984 | with its profession of faith in the Holy Spirit, for
415 1, 2, 3, 988 | the profession of our faith in God, the Father, the
416 1, 2, 3, 991 | element of the Christian faith from its beginnings. "The
417 1, 2, 3, 991 | preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.... But in fact
418 1, 2, 3, 992 | consequence intrinsic to faith in God as creator of the
419 1, 2, 3, 992 | double perspective that faith in the resurrection came
420 1, 2, 3, 993 | nor the power of God?"540 Faith in the resurrection rests
421 1, 2, 3, 993 | the resurrection rests on faith in God who "is not God of
422 1, 2, 3, 994 | there is more. Jesus links faith in the resurrection to his
423 1, 2, 3, 996 | the beginning, Christian faith in the resurrection has
424 1, 2, 3, 996 | point does the Christian faith encounter more opposition
425 1, 2, 3, 1000 | it is accessible only to faith. Yet our participation in
426 1, 2, 3, 1002 | raised with him through faith in the working of God, who
427 1, 2, 3, 1006 | death is natural, but for faith it is in fact "the wages
428 1, 2, 3, 1021 | accordance with his works and faith. the parable of the poor
429 1, 2, 3, 1031 | formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially
430 1, 2, 3, 1064 | baptismal profession of faith:~May your Creed be for you
431 1, 2, 3, 1064 | believe. and rejoice in your faith each day.647~
432 2, 0, 0, 1066 | 1066 In the Symbol of the faith the Church confesses the
433 2, 0, 0, 1072 | preceded by evangelization, faith, and conversion. It can
434 2, 1, 1, 1080 | toward its source. By the faith of "the father of all believers,"
435 2, 1, 1, 1083 | liturgy as a response of faith and love to the spiritual
436 2, 1, 1, 1091 | Spirit is teacher of the faith of the People of God and
437 2, 1, 1, 1091 | encounters in us the response of faith which he has aroused in
438 2, 1, 1, 1092 | makes Christ manifest to the faith of the assembly. By his
439 2, 1, 1, 1096 | knowledge of the Jewish people's faith and religious life as professed
440 2, 1, 1, 1098 | Holy Spirit seeks to awaken faith, conversion of heart, and
441 2, 1, 1, 1102 | the saving word of God, faith . . . is nourished in the
442 2, 1, 1, 1102 | hearts of believers. By this faith then the congregation of
443 2, 1, 1, 1102 | elicits the response of faith as consent and commitment,
444 2, 1, 1, 1102 | Spirit who gives the grace of faith, strengthens it and makes
445 2, 1, 1, 1102 | first of all a communion in faith.~
446 2, 1, 1, 1112 | and manifest Christ to the faith of the assembly; to make
447 2, 1, 1, 1117 | for the doctrine of the faith, the Church, by the power
448 2, 1, 1 | III. The Sacraments of Faith~
449 2, 1, 1, 1122 | the word of God and by the faith which is assent to this
450 2, 1, 1, 1122 | sacraments are sacraments of faith, drawing their origin and
451 2, 1, 1, 1123 | They not only presuppose faith, but by words and objects
452 2, 1, 1, 1123 | are called 'sacraments of faith."'44~
453 2, 1, 1, 1124 | 1124 The Church's faith precedes the faith of the
454 2, 1, 1, 1124 | Church's faith precedes the faith of the believer who is invited
455 2, 1, 1, 1124 | sacraments, she confesses the faith received from the apostles -
456 2, 1, 1, 1124 | of prayer is the law of faith: the Church believes as
457 2, 1, 1, 1125 | only in the obedience of faith and with religious respect
458 2, 1, 1, 1126 | develop the communion of faith in the Church, the lex orandi
459 2, 1, 1, 1127 | 1127 Celebrated worthily in faith, the sacraments confer the
460 2, 1, 1, 1127 | sacrament, expresses her faith in the power of the Spirit.
461 2, 1, 1, 1133 | the Word of God and the faith which welcomes that word
462 2, 1, 1, 1133 | the sacraments strengthen faith and express it.~
463 2, 1, 2, 1153 | God and the response of faith have to accompany and give
464 2, 1, 2, 1153 | his people's response of faith.~
465 2, 1, 2, 1154 | celebrations. To nourish the faith of believers, the signs
466 2, 1, 2, 1154 | litanies, and profession of faith).~
467 2, 1, 2, 1155 | the Holy Spirit awakens faith, he not only gives an understanding
468 2, 1, 2, 1161 | who is revealed to our faith. So too are the angels,
469 2, 1, 2, 1189 | Integrated into the world of faith and taken up by the power
470 2, 1, 2, 1190 | proclaimed and by the response of faith to it.~
471 2, 1, 2, 1192 | to awaken and nourish our faith in the mystery of Christ.
472 2, 1, 2, 1200 | faithful to the apostolic faith, celebrate in every place.
473 2, 1, 2, 1201 | in the communion of the faith and the sacraments of the
474 2, 1, 2, 1201 | and the sacraments of the faith, they enriched one another
475 2, 1, 2, 1202 | tradition of the "deposit of faith,"67 in liturgical symbolism,
476 2, 1, 2, 1204 | bring about the obedience of faith,"71 it must be proclaimed,
477 2, 1, 2, 1206 | only fidelity to the common faith, to the sacramental signs
478 2, 1, 2, 1206 | incompatible with the Catholic faith."74~
479 2, 1, 2, 1209 | e., the communion in the faith and the sacraments received
480 2, 2, 0, 1210 | the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain
481 2, 2, 1, 1226 | is seen as connected with faith: "Believe in the Lord Jesus,
482 2, 2, 1, 1229 | conversion, profession of faith, Baptism itself, the outpouring
483 2, 2, 1, 1236 | elicits the response of faith, which is inseparable from
484 2, 2, 1, 1236 | Baptism is "the sacrament of faith" in a particular way, since
485 2, 2, 1, 1236 | sacramental entry into the life of faith.~
486 2, 2, 1, 1237 | he is able to confess the faith of the Church, to which
487 2, 2, 1, 1247 | initiation into Christian faith and life should dispose
488 2, 2, 1, 1248 | bringing their conversion and faith to maturity, in response
489 2, 2, 1, 1248 | introduced into the life of faith, liturgy, and charity of
490 2, 2, 1, 1249 | already living a life of faith, hope, and charity."48 "
491 2, 2, 1, 1252 | also have been baptized.53~Faith and Baptism~
492 2, 2, 1, 1253 | Baptism is the sacrament of faith.54 But faith needs the community
493 2, 2, 1, 1253 | sacrament of faith.54 But faith needs the community of believers.
494 2, 2, 1, 1253 | believers. It is only within the faith of the Church that each
495 2, 2, 1, 1253 | faithful can believe. the faith required for Baptism is
496 2, 2, 1, 1253 | not a perfect and mature faith, but a beginning that is
497 2, 2, 1, 1253 | Church?" the response is: "Faith!"~
498 2, 2, 1, 1254 | baptized, children or adults, faith must grow after Baptism.
499 2, 2, 1, 1258 | death for the sake of the faith without having received
500 2, 2, 1, 1270 | must profess before men the faith they have received from
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