The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth Chapters 3 & 4

Catechism of the Catholic Church Part One: The Profession of Faith Section 2: The Profession of the Christian Faith Chapter 1: I Believe in God the Father
Created by Mr. James Woodmansee for use at Good Shepherd Catholic School.

Faith = (Trust + Love) Mans action

toward God
The supernatural gift from God which

enables us to believe without doubting what God has reveled

Faith: Our Response

Why is faith important? Mark 16:16 Hebrews 11:6 Faith is not just an emotion it is an Response

Faith is infused into ones soul, by the sanctifying grace from

God

Our Belief
Entire embrace all mysteries and truths

Firm belief, practice, and attitude

Steadfast conviction despite hardships Living active basis of our lives

Supernatural God is the source and the goal, the

beginning of eternal life

Churchs Belief
The Catholic community is responsible to communicate the

faith Faith and religion are united

Faith in God means believing in tradition and scripture as

communicated by the Holy Spirit through the Church The sacraments, practices, and community of the Church help guide people to God

Statements of Faith
Creeds Apostles Creed (c. 200) Nicene Creed (325) Nicene-Constantinople Creed (381) Used Today in both the East and West

I Believe in God the Father Almighty

Who is God? God is the supreme Being who exists in all things and in all places; He exists without having been created but He created all things and sustains all things through his love

Proofs of Gods Existence

Aristotles theory of the first mover Watchmaker

Intelligent Design

What came first

I Am Who Am
Exodus 3:13-14

I Am God, the person, being

Who Am His existence, that is, He Is was not created,

always eternal
He Who Is Gods existence and substance are one with no

beginning

God is(make two lists and match)

Passages
Deut. 6:4 & 32:39 Matthew 6:26-32 Just Loving and Forgiving

Hebrews 4:13
John 8:58 1 John 4:16, Isaiah 49:15

One, Alone, No Other God

All Knowing Caring of all things Unchanging Eternal

Psalms 11:7
Malachi 3:6

Maker of that is seen and unseen

Angels are spiritual beings
Intelligent and have Freewill
Immortal

They see God face to face and know his glory

They worship and carry messages for God

Fall of the Angels

Through personal, intelligent, free choice Lucifer and

1/3 of the Angels revolted against God and His creation St. Michael and his angelic army fought Lucifer/Satan with his followers were transformed into evil because of their free choice Their rejection of God created Hell

Original Sin
God desires our love

He wanted humans to freely choose to love him

Original sin was the sin of disobedience

committed by Adam and Eve a free choice to go against God

God Wants - ACTS

Adoration - our praise Contrition - our sorrow for the sins we freely commit Thanksgiving - our gratitude for Gods blessings Supplication - our dependence on Him

Bibliography
Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2001. Ripley, Canon Francis. This is the Faith. Rockford, Ill: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 2002. Singer-Towns, Brian, Janet Claussen, Clare vanBrandwijk, and others, The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth. Winona, Minnesota: Saint Marys Press, 2004. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church. Washington DC: USCCB Publishing, May 2007.