Transcript Our Catholic Roots Chpt 1.pptx

What is faith?
“
Believing but not seeing.”
 Faith
is a gift from God. Faith helps us to see
our lives and the world as God sees them.
 Take
place of reason, personal experience,
human searching or learning from others.
 By
reasoning, thinking, and generating ideas.
 By reflecting on their own experiences
 By reaching out and exploring beyond
everyday knowledge
 By listening to those with whom they live and
work.
 Which
option appeals to you?
 Work
through our human abilities and is
supported by our logical reasoning.
 God
making himself known to us.
WE BELIEVE…..
 There is one God . Catholics are
monotheistic.
 God created nature.
 God is loving and caring
 God is active in our lives
 God wants a relationship with us.
Played
a HUGE role in the
creation of the Bible.
Written
by people,
INSPIRED by God.
 Catholics
 This
read the Bible: CONTEXTUALLY
means, we read searching for religious
truth, but take in to account that the time
period, geographical area, oral tradition and
inspired writers all have a significant effect
on Scripture.
 ( Your CONTEXT CLUE, IS CONTEXT!)
 To read FUNDAMENTALLY is to take the Bible
LITERALLY. Catholics do not read scripture
from a fundamentalist perspective.