Reed Flashcards
We begin our profession of faith by saying
I believe
Is man’s response to God
Faith
Is man’s response to God
Faith
Written in the human heart
Desire of God
Ways of coming to know God
World
Human Person
Man has this capacity because he is created
In the image of God
All reflect the infinite perfection of God
Truth
Goodness
Beauty
Man can know God with certainty
Natural Reason
God wishes to make them capable of responding to him, and of knowing him and of loving him far beyond their own natural capacity
By revealing himself
The Stages of Revelation
- In the beginning God makes Himself known
- The covenant with Noah
- God chooses Abraham
- God forms His people Israel
Provides men with constant evidence of himself
In the beginning God makes Himself known
Save humanity part by part
The Covenant with Noah
“The father of a multitude of nations” “in you all the nations of the earth shall be blessed”
Good chooses Abraham
God formed Israel as his people by freeing them from slavery in Egypt.
God forms His people in Israel
He established with them the covenant of Mount Sinai, through Moses, gave them his law
God forms His people in Israel
In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophet, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a son. Jesus is the last revelation
God has said everything in His Word
“private” revelation, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith.
There will be no further revelation
To help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church.
There will be no further revelation
The sensus fidelium [sense of the faithful] knows how to discern and welcome in these revelation
Magisterium of the Church
Man completely submit his intellect and his will to God
Faith
From the latin word ob-audire to hear or listen to
Obey
To submit freely to the word that has been heard
To obey