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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+



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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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(+



&. 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

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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+



Resolutions for Christian lifeResolutions for Christian life



/esolutions to move forward

To learn the Creed+

To recite the Creed )ith

deotion! not only in the

/oly ass+

To *ray for those )hodon.t hae faith+

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