and promises I hope to obtain pardon of my sins the help of thy grace and life everlasting through the merits of Jesus Christ my Lord and Redeemer Amen Lesson Four Faith and Reason Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth ID: 741684
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Act of Faith
O my God, relying on thy infinite goodness
and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins,
the
help of thy grace, and life everlasting,
through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord
and Redeemer.
Amen.Slide2
Lesson Four: Faith and Reason
“Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth – in a word, to know himself – so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.” –
St. Pope
John Paul
II, Fides et RatioSlide3
Reason
Sometimes God reveals truths to us that can ALSO be known through reason.
What are some examples?Slide4
Faith
Some things cannot be known by reason acting alone, but must be known by faith.
What are some examples? Slide5
The Blessed Trinity
God is one. We believe in one God, a unity of Persons.
God is three Divine Persons.
The three persons are equal and possess all of God’s attributes equally. They are one in being (
consubstantial)All three Persons are co-eternal. All three Persons are distinct.We ascribe different works to each person (Father is Creator, Son is Redeemer, Holy Spirit is Sanctifier), but all three Persons take part in each work. Slide6
The Blessed Trinity
God is immutable
changeless
God is impassable –Incapable of suffering, feeling pain, emotions (passions)
God is omniscient all-knowing God is omnipresent present everywhereGod is omnibenevolent
all-lovingSlide7
Mystery
The Trinity is a mystery of the Faith; it is beyond reason, but it is not contrary to it.Slide8
Errors Against the Trinity
Modalism
– the idea that the three Persons of the Trinity are actually one person manifested in three, different ways
. E.g. Sabellianism.
Polytheism – the idea that the three Persons of the Trinity are so separate that they are not one God. E.g. Tritheism. Subordinationism – the idea that one or two of the three Persons are not fully divine.
E.g. Arianism.Slide9
Each Divine Person is God
The Father is God:
E.g. 1 Corinthians 8:6
The Son is God: E.g. John 1:1; 1:14The Holy Spirit is God: E.g. 2 Corinthians 3:17Slide10
The Incarnation
The Incarnation teaches that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Son, took on a human nature and became man, being incarnate of Mary and born of her.Slide11
Errors Against the Incarnation
1)
Docetism
– no physical body but in appearance2) Ebionism
– Christ just human, not divine3) Adoptionism – Christ the man “became” God’s son at baptism4) Arianism (Subordinationism) – Christ “like” the Father, but not fully divine like the Father
5)
Nestorianism
– Christ split into two persons, Jesus the man and Jesus the God, each a distinct subject/person
6)
Monophysitism
– Christ’s divinity swallows up his humanity, so he’s not fully human
Etc., etc…Slide12
Mary is the Mother of God?
Show of hands – Is Mary the mother of God? Slide13
Yes, She Is
Mary is the mother of Jesus
Jesus is God (the Son)
-------------------------------------------3) Therefore, Mary is the mother of God (the Son)
"The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God" – St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies 5.19.1Slide14
Fully God, Fully ManSlide15
Apologetics
Greek
apologia
means “a defense”The defense of the doctrines of the FaithSlide16
Activity Book, p. 4
Faith and Reason
1. We can know that God exists:
By reason alone
By faith aloneBy both faith and reasonNone of the above2. We can know about God through reason:By reflecting upon the order of creation
By reflecting upon the design of creation
By seeing the perfections in creatures
All of the above
3. We can know about ourselves through reason:
T
hat we are made of a body and a soul
That we are above the animals
That we are free and intelligent
All of the above
4. We can have faith:
But it will be contrary to reason
In the truths revealed by God and passed on through the Catholic Church
Because we created it in our hearts
Because our parents make us
5. What is a gift from God?
Faith
Revelation
Creation
All of the above
6. Revelation includes:
The Bible
The truths passed on through the Church
Jesus Christ and his teachings
All of the aboveSlide17
Activity Book, p.
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Faith and Reason
1. We can know that God exists: By reason alone
By faith aloneBy both faith and reasonNone of the above2. We can know about God through reason:By reflecting upon the order of creation
By reflecting upon the design of creation
By seeing the perfections in creatures
All of the above
3. We can know about ourselves through reason:
That we are made of a body and a soul
That we are above the animals
That we are free and intelligent
All of the above
4. We can have faith:
But it will be contrary to reason
In the truths revealed by God and passed on through the Catholic Church
Because we created it in our hearts
Because our parents make us
5. What is a gift from God?
Faith
Revelation
Creation
All of the above
6. Revelation includes:
The Bible
The truths passed on through the Church
Jesus Christ and his teachings
All of the aboveSlide18
Homework
Write a paragraph about either faith or reason, and its role.Slide19
Act of Faith
O my God, relying on thy infinite goodness
and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins,
the help of thy grace, and life everlasting,through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.Amen.