Holy Spirit Catholic Schools
The Six Strands of Religious Education
Believing
"I would not believe if I did not realize that is reasonable to believe.”
-St. Thomas Aquinas
Principle of Believing:
We begin our profession of faith by saying: 'I believe' or 'We believe'. Before expounding the Church's faith , as confessed in the Creed, celebrated in the liturgy and lived in observance of God's commandments and in prayer, we must first ask what 'to believe' means. Faith is man's response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a super-abundant light as he searches for the ultimate meaning of his life. (CCC 26)
He is the way,
the truth
and the life.
John 14: 1-14
Official Teachings
On the human order, when one loves another person, s/he desires to know that person more and more deeply and profoundly. So with Christ, when one has truly established intimacy with him, he or she will desire to know Christ even more deeply. (GDC in Plain English 85)
Someone who believes is seeking a personal union with God and is ready to believe God in everything that He shows (reveals) about himself. (YOUCAT 22)