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The Creed a.k.a The Profession of Faith: I believe in God

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  • “O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God

in three divine Persons, Father Son and Holy Spirit; I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins, And that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church Teaches Because you have revealed them, Who can neither deceive nor be deceived.” (Act of Fatih – From the US Catholic Catechism for Adults)

references/resources

Opening Prayer

Hand out Mass cards and all pray the Profession of Faith

Content

The Creed

  • Creed from the Latin Credo meaning "I believe"
  • Two Creeds
  • Development of Creeds (Tanner, 21-25), Apostles at Jerusalem, Councils of Nicaea, Constantinople
    • Apostles Creed
      • The Apostles Creed is attributed to the teachings of the Apostles.
      • The CCC uses the twelve articles of the Apostles Creed as its paradigm for presenting the faith (Part One Section Two)
    • Nicene-Constantinople Creed
      • The Nicene Creed was produced by the Council of Nicea I (325) Which was convoked to combat the heresy of Arius, who basically denied the divinity of Christ.
      • Pronounced that Jesus Christ is "consubstantial" or "one in being" with the Father.
      • Later, at the Council of Constantinople (381), the Creed was expanded to clearly define the divinity of the Holy Spirit. The new creed was called the Nicene-Constantinople Symbol was introduced into the Mass about the year 500.
  • Four sections to the creed: Father, Son, Holy Spirit and Church

I Believe

  • Faith as a theological virtue
  • “Religious belief” is faith… the one believed…and the message are one and the same, Jesus Christ. (Pieper VI)
  • Both a gift of God and a human act by which the believer gives personal adherence to God who invites his response, and freely assents to the whole truth that God has revealed. It is this revelation of God which the Church proposes for our belief, and which we profess in the Creed, celebrate in the sacraments, live by right conduct that fulfills the twofold commandment of charity (as specified in the ten commandments), and respond to in our prayer of faith. Faith is both a theological virtue given by God as grace, and an obligation which flows from the first commandment of God (26, 142, 150, 1814, 2087).
    • Newman's discussion on conscience
  • Cuts to the core of our identity… “I” believe
  • Faith is manifest in "Acts of Faith"
    • Listen to Noah: Right by Bill Cosby - Talk about the belief in God and the act of faith
    • A Man for All Seasons. Bolt, R. Act II, Chapter 20 "Ending a Friendship" 1:19

“ For me it has to be for that's myself. Only God is love right through and that's myself. I would not give in because I oppose it – I – not my in my pride, not my spleen, nor any other of my appetites, but I…”

    • The "yes" of Mary

In God

  • Proofs of God


Pieper – “to think a statement true and consider the stated matter real, objectively existent.” Cf. Augustine – “Belief seems to convey conviction of the statement’s truth with deep knowledge of it.”

However, experience would seem to indicate that when discussing belief we rely not only on the knowledge of the object concerned, but also on the quality of the message and messenger. (Pieper IV) “We participate in the knowledge of the knower.” (Pieper, IV.42) “Belief cannot establish its own legitimacy; it can only derive legitimacy from someone who knows the subject matter of his own accord. By virtue of contact with someone, belief is transmitted to the believer.” (Pieper 42)

Newman – the deepest point of contact between these two persons is the conscience. (Dulles p. 50 – Summary of argument from conscience) Consequently, belief demands: Freedom A personal encounter with the one whom you believe


Faith and its relationship with reason Pieper VIII – If God expects belief, then he must be (to some degree) understandable. Hahn, 15-27 JPII, Fides et ratio (recommended)

In God the Father Almighty… (see chapter V – US Cath. Cat. for Adults)


Closing Prayer

The Return of the Prodigal Son Guided Meditation

Terms

Cultural Applications

  • Rembrandt – The Prodigal Son
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