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1 Int, 2 | is a sign of a crisis of faith.1~Twenty-five years after
2 Int, 2 | goal an interior renewal of faith and Christian life. For
3 Int, 2 | the Church, revitalizes faith and Christian identity,
4 Int, 2 | enthusiasm and new incentive. Faith is strengthened when it
5 1, 4 | universal mission is born of faith in Jesus Christ, as is stated
6 1, 4 | Trinitarian profession of faith: "I believe in one Lord,
7 1, 4 | mystery."6 It is only in faith that the Church's mission
8 1, 4 | be understood and only in faith that it finds its basis.~
9 1, 5 | characteristic of the Christian faith: belief in one God and in
10 1, 5 | teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth" (1 Tm 2:5-7;
11 1, 6 | contrary to the Christian faith. St. John clearly states
12 1, 6 | differ from the "Christ of faith." The Church acknowledges
13 1 | Faith in Christ Is Directed to
14 1, 8 | does not violate freedom. Faith demands a free adherence
15 1, 8 | man, but at the same time faith must also be offered to
16 1, 11| first clearly affirm our faith in Christ, the one Savior
17 1, 11| one Savior of mankind, a faith we have received as a gift
18 1, 11| salvation to everyone who has faith" (Rom 1:16). Christian martyrs
19 1, 11| to bear witness to this faith, in the conviction that
20 1, 11| reply with the Church's faith and experience that true
21 1, 11| Mission is an issue of faith, an accurate indicator of
22 1, 11| accurate indicator of our faith in Christ and his love for
23 1, 11| of bearing witness to the faith and to the Christian life
24 2, 13| prayed for (cf. Mt 6:10); faith can glimpse it already at
25 2, 13| the kingdom comes through faith and conversion (cf. Mk 1:
26 2, 14| healing, he invites people to faith, conversion and the desire
27 2, 14| Lk 5:24). Once there is faith, healing is an encouragement
28 2, 17| those who lack Christian faith, whereas different peoples,
29 2, 20| by guiding them to mature faith and charity in openness
30 3, 23| repeat Peter's profession of faith: "You are the Christ" (Mk
31 3, 24| that is, to accept Jesus in faith and to let themselves be
32 3, 24| converted Gentiles to live their faith in Jesus? Are they bound
33 3, 25| the Spirit, the Christian faith is decisively opened to
34 3, 28| Spirit, "mankind attains in faith to the contemplation and
35 4, 33| be able to incarnate the faith in their own environment
36 4, 33| They are fervent in their faith and in Christian living.
37 4, 33| lost a living sense of the faith, or even no longer consider
38 4, 36| confidence that comes from faith, from the certainty that
39 4, 37| situations with regard to the faith.~Thus the criterion of geography,
40 4, 40| missionaries have opened up to the faith.~The fact remains however
41 4, 40| an integral part of their faith, an apostolic concern to
42 5, 44| opens the way to conversion. Faith is born of preaching, and
43 5, 45| Proclamation is inspired by faith, which gives rise to enthusiasm
44 5, 45| is called to manifest his faith in an environment that is
45 5, 45| to bear witness to one's faith in Jesus Christ. Throughout
46 5, 45| lives to bear witness to the faith. They are par excellence
47 5, 45| heralds and witnesses of the faith.~
48 5, 46| Christ and his Gospel through faith. Conversion is a gift of
49 5, 46| draw near to him through faith Jesus says: "No one can
50 5, 46| conversion is expressed in faith which is total and radical,
51 5, 47| genuine meaning as an act of faith. This is due to a variety
52 5, 47| the Church as a mystery of faith and love.77 I wish to encourage
53 5, 47| energy, an enthusiasm for the faith, and a desire to see the
54 5, 49| evangelized and evangelizing. Faith must always be presented
55 5, 49| clearest sign of a mature faith. A radical conversion in
56 5, 49| precious gift of all - our faith. The effectiveness of the
57 5, 49| unity and its strength of faith.~Missionary personnel coming
58 5, 49| foster the spread of the faith and the expansion of the
59 5, 50| in their approach to the faith."81 The fact that the Good
60 5, 50| by a common profession of faith in God and in Jesus Christ
61 5, 52| integrity of the Christian faith.~Through inculturation the
62 5, 53| objective requirements of the faith itself. To this end, especially
63 5, 53| translating the treasure of faith into a legitimate variety
64 5, 54| guardians of the "deposit of faith," will take care to ensure
65 5, 54| is the work of a mature faith.~
66 5, 55| thereby cancel the call to faith and baptism which God wills
67 5, 55| insisting on the need for faith and baptism, at the same
68 5, 57| encourage them to persevere with faith and love, even in places
69 6, 63| strengthen the brothers' in the faith, to console the Church,
70 6, 63| people. They are journeys of faith...they are likewise opportunities
71 6, 65| the task of spreading the faith, to the best of one's ability,
72 6, 65| legitimate authority, go out, in faith and obedience, to those
73 6, 66| Fide for the spread of the faith and the founding of new
74 6, 66| preferring - in a spirit of faith, obedience and communion
75 6, 68| freshness and liveliness of faith. Of course, the missionary
76 6, 69| families in the spread of the faith and the formation of new
77 6, 71| shared in spreading the faith. Pope Pius XII recalled
78 6, 73| contribution to the spread of the faith and of the Church by their
79 6, 74| the Church, living their faith authentically.~
80 7, 77| the sign of maturity in faith and of a Christian life
81 7, 81| enlightened and inspired by faith: then we will truly be more
82 7, 82| witness always to their faith and love of Christ. Firsthand
83 7, 82| and can strengthen one's faith. Visiting the missions is
84 7, 82| opportunity to live the faith and to bear witness to it.
85 7, 82| courageous witness to their faith and founded the first communities
86 7, 84| Societies - Propagation of the Faith, St. Peter the Apostle,
87 7, 85| the universality of the faith, giving and receiving spiritual
88 7, 85| brothers and sisters in the faith. With every legitimate means,
89 7, 86| is unjustified: we have faith in God our Father and Lord,
90 7, 86| the light and joy of the faith, and to this high ideal
91 8, 90| theological foundations of faith. What is needed is the encouragement
92 8, 91| of ours: being young in faith, you must be like the first
93 8, 91| inner joy that comes from faith. In a world tormented and
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