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
Is the most perfect embodiment
Virgin Mary
Is the most perfect embodiment
Virgin Mary
Father of all who believes
Abraham
In its great eulogy of the faith of Israel’s ancestors
Letter to the Hebrews
Blessed is she who believed
Mary
Embodies that obedience of faith
Virgin Mary
By faith, he obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was to go
Abraham’s faith
The characteristics of faith
Faith is a grace
Faith a human act
Faith and understanding
The freedom of faith
The necessity of faith
Jesus declared to him that this revelation did not come “from flesh and blood,” but from “my father who is in heaven”
Faith is a Grace
In faith, humans intellect and will cooperate with divine grace
Faith is human act
We believe “because of the authority of himself who reveals them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. So that the submission of our faith be in accordance with reason
Faith and Understanding
Man’s response to God by faith must be free and therefore nobody is to be forced to embrace the faith against his will
The freedom of faith
Believing in Jesus Christ and in the One who sent him for our salvat is necessary for obtaining that salvation
The necessity of Faith
It prescribes for man the ways, the rules of conduct that lead to the promised beatitude
Moral law
The source in God
Eternal law
Compromising the Old Law and the New Law of the Gospel
Natural Law
Different expression of the moral law
Eternal Law
Natural Law
Revealed Law
Civil Law
Ecclesiastical Law
Expresses the original moral sense which enables man to discern by reason the good and the evil, the truth and the lie
The Natural Moral Law
To cleanse us from our sins and to communicate to us. Detached man from sin which contradicts the love of God, and purifies his heart of sin
Justification
The free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God
Grace
Habitual gift, a stable and supernatural disposition
Sanctifying grace
Permanent disposition to live and act in keep with God’s call
Habitual Grace
Refer to God’s intervention
Actual Graces
First and foremost the gift of the Spirit who justifies and sanctifies us
Grace of holy spirit
“The pillar and bulwark of the truth” has received this solemn command of Christ
Church
The basis for this catechesis has traditionally been the Decalogue which set out principle
Creed and the Our Father
Extends as far as does the deposit of divine Revelation
Infallibility
You shall attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
First Precept
You shall confess your sins at least once a year
Second Precept
You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season
Third Precept
You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church
Fourth Precept
You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church
Fifth Precept
Is a primordial condition for the proclamation of the Gospel
Fidelity of the baptized
