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Sources of Faith: Creation So, God chose to reveal Himself in a second,

It speaks about 3 things: more intimate way, by entering into the history
✓ The Artist – The Creator of the human race He had created (CFC 67).
✓ Masterpiece – His Creations Laudato Si'
✓ Presence – God’s ever-present nature ✓ Means ‘On Care for Our Common Home’.
Divine Revelation ✓ complements what the Catechism of the
✓ Refers to the various means by which God Catholic Church says, which is that our
communicates Himself and His will to His responsibility is to care for our world and not
people. ‘steal’ resources from future generations. It
✓ The word “revelation” originates from the Latin speaks of the intrinsic value of all creatures, not
word revelare, meaning “to unveil” and the just humans, and of protecting the climate and
term “Divine Revelation” refers specifically, to biodiversity as part of the common good.
those truths that God has revealed, which we ✓ Instead, we need a new definition of progress
could not have come to know without God rooted in “integral ecology”, recognizing that
having communicated them. (Socias, 2011) “everything is connected” and hearing both the
Natural revelation cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. Pope
✓ It is what God communicates through the Francis calls for all people to dialogue in society
existence of creation. When God creates, he about how best to tackle the global issues we
imprints a “mark” on his creation, and through face.
that mark we can learn something about him. Sources of Faith: Sacred Scriptures
✓ The perfections of creatures—their truth, Bible
goodness, and beauty—reflect the infinite ✓ “bible”- English
perfection of God. ✓ Greek. “ta biblia” – “the books”- refers the
✓ God must be unlimited in all of his perfections: whole sacred volume Literal Meaning: Books
power, truth, knowledge, and goodness. ✓ is a Book of Remembrance
God reveals Himself in Creation ✓ is a Faith-Record
✓ The first way God reveals Himself to us is ✓ contains a Religious Interpretation of History
through creation. “The heavens declare the glory How was the bible formed?
of God, and the firmament proclaims His Actual events
handiwork” (Ps 19:1). In creation, man holds a ✓ this refers to the actual experiences of god’s
special place. God said: “Let us make man in our people which they interpreted as god’s
image, after our likeness” (Gn 1:26). intervention in their history.
✓ God even gives us a share in His own creativity: Oral tradition
“Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue ✓ so that the people will forever remember these
it” (Gn 1:28). God creates the whole world for important events, they are handed on to
us, to support us in life and reveals Himself to us succeeding generations through storytelling.
through His handiwork. “Since the creation of Written scriptures
the world. . . God’s eternal power and divinity ✓ these stories were sorted, edited, and eventually
have become visible, recognized through the put into, to serve as norms against which other
things He has made” (Rom 1:20) (CFC 65). stories and traditions will be verified; and to
Natural Signs more effectively preserve tradition.
✓ For us Filipinos, then, the world and everything Have you ever been inspired? By whom?
in it are natural signs of God -- the initial way AUTHORSHIP
God makes Himself known to us. Yet in our ✓ “God is the author of sacred scripture because
everyday experience, we meet not only love, he inspired its human authors; he acts in them
friendship, the good and the beautiful, but also and by means of them. He thus gives assurance
suffering, temptation and evil. that their writings teach without error his saving
✓ All creation has become affected by sin -- “sin truth”
entered the world, and with sin death” (Rom Written by men through the inspiration of the holy
5:12). The “natural signs” of the Creator have spirit
thus become disfigured by pollution, ✓ The Bible did not fall from heaven. When God
exploitation, injustice, oppression and suffering. gave us his word, he inspired some men to put in
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into writing. The Bible was written by persons
who lived in a particular context, using the
means available to them as they went through
the natural process of data gathering, selection,
and finally writing down scriptures.
Inspiration is not:
Dictation
✓ God did not dictate the words to the human
authors.
Possession
✓ The human authors were not coerced by God to
write.

God reveals Himself in Scripture, through..

Salvation History
✓ The Bible records God’s entering into a special
covenant relationship with His chosen people,
the race of Abraham, the people of Israel.
✓ “I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites and will Pentateuch
be their God” (Ex 29:45) ✓ The first five books of the Bible, the heart of the
✓ God did not reveal Himself to mankind all at Old Testament.
once. Instead, He unveiled His revelation 1. Genesis
gradually throughout history. 2. Exodus
Biblical Signs 3. Leviticus
✓ God revealed Himself in stages. In the Old 4. Numbers
Testament, God revealed Himself through 5. Deuteronomy
biblical signs made up of both deeds and words. Prophets
He made covenants with Noah, with Abraham, ✓ Eighteen books recording the warnings and
and with Moses. promises of Israel’s prophets
✓ He performed great works for His Chosen 1. Isaiah
People, and proclaimed their saving power and 2. Jeremiah
truth through the prophets’ words (cf. DV 2; CCC 3. Lamentations
56-64). 4. Baruch
✓ Through chosen men and women - kings, judges, 5. Ezekiel
prophets, priests and wisemen, God led, 6. Daniel
liberated, and corrected His people. He forgave 7. Hosea
their sins. 8. Joel
✓ He thus revealed Himself as Yahweh, He-who-is- 9. Amos
with His people. He is “the Lord, a merciful and 10. Obadiah
gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness
11. Jonah
and fidelity” (Ex 34:6).
12. Micah
✓ Today, through His inspired word in the Old
Testament, God still reveals Himself to us, and 13. Nahum
inspires us to respond to His covenant. 14. Habakkuk
15. Zephaniah
16. Haggai
17. Zechariah
18. Malachi
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Historical Books 7. Jude
✓ Sixteen books of religious history and a few Pauline Letters
“historical novellas” ✓ (Epistles) Fourteen letters by Saint Paul or his
1. Joshua disciples written to provide teaching and to
2. Judges correct abuses in the early churches
3. Ruth 1. Romans
4. 1 Samuel 2. 1 Corinthians
5. 2 Samuel 3. 2 Corinthians
6. 1 Kings 4. Galatians
7. 2 Kings 5. Ephesians
8. 1 Chronicles 6. Philippians
9. 2 Chronicles 7. Colossians
10. 1 Chronicles 8. 1 Thessalonians
11. 2 Chronicles 9. 2 Thessalonians
Wisdom 10. 1 Timothy
✓ Seven books of poetry and wise sayings 11. 2 Timothy
1. Job. 12. Titus
2. Psalms. 13. Philemon
3. Proverbs. 14. Hebrews
4. Ecclesiastes. Revelation
5. Song of Songs. ✓ A book written as apocalyptic literature, during
6. Wisdom a time when Christians we’re being persecuted
7. Sirach 1. James
2. 1 Peter
3. 2 Peter
4. 1 John
5. 2 John
6. 3 John
7. Jude

Gospels & Acts

✓ The story of Jesus’ life and ministry and the
start of the Church, told from four
complementary faith perspectives
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Luke
4. John
5. Acts Of Apostles
Catholic Letters
✓ Seven letters written by Christ’s Apostles or
them disciples to provide teaching and to
correct abuses in the early churches
1. James
2. I Peter
3. II Peter
4. I John
5. II John
6. III John
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SOURCES OF FAITH: CHURCH TRADITIONS AND ✓ The Commandments of God and of the Church.
TEACHINGS ✓ Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture which
Church together form one Deposit of Faith, the word of
✓ The question really ought to be, “Who is the God, entrusted to the Church and
Church?” for above all, the Church is a “who” ✓ All that the Church teaches, in matters of faith
not a “what”. and morals.
✓ The Church is the assembly of people who have Scripture
been called and gathered by God to be his holy ✓ is the part of the Sacred Tradition written down.
people, who, fed by the body of Christ, It is the Bible.
themselves become the body of Christ. Sacred Tradition
✓ It is the human family of God, who seeks to ✓ is the oral teaching of Jesus passed down
continue Christ’s work on earth by striving for through teaching, worship, witness, and
holiness and serving as an instrument of God’s institutions of the apostles to their successors
love and grace to make disciples of all nations. the bishops.
HOW DID GOD REVEAL HIMSELF IN CHURCH? Magisterium
✓ God’s definitive revelation in Jesus Christ did ✓ is the authentic interpretation of Sacred
not stop with Christ’s ascension to his Father. Tradition and Scriptures. It consists of the living
Jesus himself had gathered around him a group teaching office of the church, the bishops.
of disciples who would form the nucleus of his
Church. Liturgical / Ecclesial Signs
✓ In this Church, the “Good News” of Jesus Christ ✓ God continues to manifest Himself today
would be proclaimed and spread to the ends of through the Holy Spirit in the Church. He is
the earth by the power of the Holy Spirit, sent present in the Church’s preaching the truth of
down upon the apostles at Pentecost. Scripture, in its witness of loving service, and
✓ What was handed on by the apostles comprises through the celebration of its Christ-given
everything that serves to make the People of Sacraments.
God live their lives in holiness and increase their ✓ Christ’s revelation in the Church is “the new and
faith. definitive covenant [which] will never pass
✓ In this way the Church in her doctrine, life and away. No new public revelation is to be
worship, perpetuates and transmits to every expected before the glorious manifestation of
generation all that she herself is, all that she our Lord, Jesus Christ.
believes. SUMMARY:
✓ The plenary council of the Philippines II (PCP II) ✓ In summary, then, Filipino Catholics experience
summarizes this by stating that Sacred Scripture God’s Self-revelation today.
and the living tradition of the Church transmit ✓ First, God shows Himself in the natural signs of
to us the teachings of Jesus. the beauty and abundance of our natural
The Faith of the Church resources and our rich Filipino culture.
The people of God who make up the Catholic Church ✓ Second, the biblical signs in God’s inspired
are bound together in a Word in Scripture, the book of the Church,
communion of faith. reveal Him.
✓ There is one supreme, eternal, infinite ✓ Third, through the Church’s liturgical signs, we
God, Creator of heaven and Earth. encounter the Risen Christ in the Sacraments.
✓ The good will be rewarded by God forever ✓ Finally, God makes Himself known to us through
in heaven the ecclesial signs of the Church’s proclamation
✓ There are Three Persons in one God, The of the Creed and in her moral teachings and
Father, Son, Holy Spirit. commitment to service.
✓ Jesus Christ became man and died on the Sources of Faith: Human Experience
Cross for our Redemption. ✓ Life is a mystery that is revealed as it unfolds.
A CATHOLIC MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ABIDE Even after many years, much still remains
BY THE FOLLOWING: hidden to us. This continual unravelling of our
✓ The Doctrinal Statements recounted in the inner depths is dynamic provoking and
Apostle’s Creed.
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challenging an ongoing invitation to keep on ✓ He is here with us
searching (Sammon, 2007, p. 40). Omniscient
✓ As we pass through the different phases of life, ✓ God is all-knowing
we experience beauty and ugliness, certainty ✓ Everything God does has an intelligent purpose,
and doubt. There are times when we feel a definite goal.
uplifted, and times when we feel depressed. All SOURCES OF FAITH: HUMAN EXPERIENCE
of this both attracts and frightens us at the RECAPITULATION OF THE PAST
same time (Sammon, 2007, p. 40). Divine Revelation
✓ Our hearts long to find happiness, to believe ✓ Refers to the various means by which God
that we can find love and share in the blessings communicates Himself and His will to His
of life. But we also fear hurt and betrayal and so people.
are tentative in our relationships and SOURCES OF FAITH – GOD REVEALS HIMSELF IN:
involvements (Sammon, 2007, p. 40). Creation
✓ We live in a time of fast and far-reaching ✓ Natural Signs
cultural and social change. Boundaries are Sacred Scripture
shifting and changing, old values are ✓ Biblical Signs
questioned, and practices of the past no longer Church Teaching and Traditions
seem to work (Sammon, 2007, p. 40). ✓ Liturgical/Ecclesial Signs
✓ We may find ourselves questioning the purpose DISCOVERING GOD IN OUR DAILY LIVES
of our existence: Who am I? What is my life for? ✓ Ask, Seek, Knock
How can I make a difference with my life? To ✓ 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you
whom do I belong? For whom am I responsible? will find; knock and the door will be opened to
Questions like these can fill our minds and you.”
hearts. As we grow in awareness of the life in ✓ We’re told to look for God in many places—in
and around us this sense of unease, of anxiety is the scriptures, in our daily prayers, in our
felt more acutely (Sammon, 2007, p. 41). weekly worship but God is everywhere. His
✓ Yearning for something that will make sense of presence surrounds us. Once we realize this, we
our lives, we search for an idea, a person, an can begin to learn how to find Him in our daily
activity that will integrate the different lives. Consider ways you can find him in your
dimensions of living feelings and desires, life, no matter what you’re doing or where
relationships and actions, sexuality and loves, you’re going.
rights and responsibilities, hopes and dreams DISCOVERING GOD IN THE FAITH OF OTHERS
(Sammon, 2007, p. 41). ✓ What do you think are the characteristics of a
✓ In such human situations, we discover God as faith- filled person? Can you name some Who in
the one for whom our hearts really yearn. We your life has helped you discover God through
realize that this longing is not of our making but the example of their faith?
primarily the work of God's Spirit within the ✓ Some people discover God when they see
depths of our being. With trust, we can open others live out their faith.
ourselves and come to an experience of God ✓ A quotation attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi
through our human experience (Sammon, 2007, states: “Preach the Gospel at all times. When
p. 41). necessary, use words.”
Divine Nature / Divine Characteristics of God ✓ People have been moved by seeing the
Omnipotent devotion and love with which people receive
✓ God is all-powerful Holy Communion.
✓ God is in total control of himself and his ✓ People are moved by seeing the social action
creation. taken by others who are on fire for their faith.
✓ God rules not only the important events of *kulang kay wala gi publish ni sir hmp*
human history but also the Lives of individual
people.
Omnipresent
✓ God is present or everywhere present at the
same time