Ways of knowing God
We can experience God through the beauty and wonder of this.
Creation or nature
A good piece of wisdom is that human beings must speak to God with a great deal of _______.
What is humility?
God making Godself known to humanity.
What is Revelation.
This means placing confidence in God even when we don't have all the answers.
What is trust?
Catholics believe every human person possesses this because each person is created in God's image.
Human dignity
Thinking, questioning, and using our minds to search for truth is this way of knowing God.
What is Reason
Qualities of God emphasized by Jesus when speaking of the judgment of God.
Mercy and forgiveness
God's saving action unfolding through human history.
What is salvation history?
Faith is considered this rather than something we earn or achieve.
What is gift?
Catholics believe that human beings were created with this within them.
built in desire for God.
This source help Catholics encounter God's revelation through listening and proclaiming.
What is the Bible or Scripture
Catholics believe that this type of relationship can put us in touch with the sense of mystery of God.
A Loving relationship
How a person sees and understands the world.
Worldview
This involves accepting something as true, while trust involves relying upon someone.
What is belief?
Catholics believe in living out their faith
in communion or community with others
Friendship, family, compassion, forgiveness, and love can reveal God through this part of life.
What are human relationships/experience?
God desires this with every human person
What is a relationship/communion with us?
A statement that summarizes religious belief.
Creed
This involves accepting something as true, while trust involves relying upon someone.
What is faith?
Catholics believe that the Revelation of God is communicated in a unique and special way through the writings collected in _____.
The Bible
Name four ways humans can come to know God.
What are creation, reason, human relationships/experience, Scripture, Tradition, prayer/spiritual experience, and events of history?
Christians say God is beyond anything we can fully describe. This is why we use these to speak about God.
What are metaphors/images?
The gift of God by which one accepts the invitation to be in relationship with God.
Faith
Complete this idea: Faith does not mean having every answer; it means ______________
What is responding to/trusting God even when questions remain?
The Catholic understanding of faith that human beings are created by God with a
built-in desire for God.