Grade-7-Religion-Chapter-1-Knowing-God-through-Creation-Class-3-1.pptx

1. Act of Faith

2. Lesson Three: Revelation
 The relationship between faith and reason
Natural Supernatural
Reason explains Faith “feeds” reason
and leads to faith and fulfills reason

3. Gift of Faith
 The gift of Faith is that which makes it
possible for us to believe what God has
revealed.
 By faith, we freely and firmly say “yes” to
what God has told us.
 The “Faith” – a reference to the Catholic
faith, specifically, the body of truths that we
believe as Catholics.

4. Explaining the Faith
 Is the Faith reasonable? Yes! Pick a
doctrine/teaching of the Church and
explain it to a classmate. Explain how it
is reasonable.

5. Revelation
 Revelation – “to remove
the veil”
 Public and Private
 Public Revelation refers to
the Scriptures and Tradition
 Private Revelation refers to
personal spiritual
experiences

6. Public Revelation
 Scripture – the written word of God
 Tradition – the word of God, taught in its
fullness by the Apostles and by the
doctrine, life, and worship of the Church

7. The Sacred Scriptures
 The 73 Books of the Catholic Bible
 46 Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) books
 27 New Testament books

9. Tradition
 Ecumenical Councils (21)
 E.g. The Council of Nicaea (325 AD)
 The Liturgy of the Church
 E.g. Baptism of infants

10. Magisterium
 Teaching office of the Church
 Comprised of the Bishop of Rome, the
Pope – and those bishops in union with
him
 Has role of passing on the truth without
error; the Holy Spirit protects Church
from formally teaching heresy

11. Activity Book, p. 3
 Our Need for Revelation
1) What is faith?
– Faith is the gift of God whereby man assents to
and believes in god and the truths he has revealed.
2) How can we come to know about the mysteries of
God?
– We can know more about the mysteries of God by
believing what he has revealed.
3) How does revelation perfect our knowledge of God?
– Revelation perfects our knowledge of God by
revealing things about him that we cannot know by
reason alone.

12. Activity Book, p. 3
4) How do faith and reason work together?
– Faith allows reason to believe things God
has revealed; reason can help us to
understand what we believe and why we
believe it.
5) How does God reveal himself to us?
– Answers will vary: Scripture, Sacred
Tradition, Jesus.
6) What have we learned about God from
revelation?
– Answers will vary, but should include the
Blessed Trinity.

13. Homework
 Read selection from Fides et Ratio and
write a paragraph reflection.

14. Act of Faith