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Characteristics of Creed

The document discusses the key characteristics of Christian creed and faith according to Catholic teachings. It describes creed as presenting the essential truths of the Christian faith, with the two principal Catholic creeds being the Apostles' Creed and Nicene Creed. It then outlines several characteristics of Christian faith, including that it requires total and absolute commitment to God as exemplified by Jesus, that it is adherence to the Triune God through Jesus Christ, and that authentic faith impels believers to share their faith with others through evangelism.

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Characteristics of Creed

The document discusses the key characteristics of Christian creed and faith according to Catholic teachings. It describes creed as presenting the essential truths of the Christian faith, with the two principal Catholic creeds being the Apostles' Creed and Nicene Creed. It then outlines several characteristics of Christian faith, including that it requires total and absolute commitment to God as exemplified by Jesus, that it is adherence to the Triune God through Jesus Christ, and that authentic faith impels believers to share their faith with others through evangelism.

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CHARACTERIS

TICS OF
CREED
CREED
• FROM THE LATIN WORD “CREDO” WHICH
MEANS “I BELIEVE,” PRESENTS THE
ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN
FAITH.
• THE TWO PRINCIPAL CATHOLIC CREEDS,
PRESENTED SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE VATICAN’S
CATHECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CURCH ARE:
•
1) THE APOSTLES’ CREED 2) NICENE CREED
CHARACTERISTICS OF

CHRISTIAN
FAITH
TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE
Already the Old Testament contrasted faith “in man
in whom there is no salvation” with faith in “the
Lord who made heaven and earth…who shall reign
forever”. Only Faith in God calls for a total and
absolute adherence. Christ himself provides,
especially in his Passion, Death and Resurrection,
the best example of this total and absolute
commitment to God.
TRINITARIAN
For us Christians, Faith is our adherence to the Triune
God revealed through Jesus Christ our Lord. It is our
friendship with Christ and through Christ with the
‘Father, in their Holy Spirit. Through Christ’s witness
to his Father in his teaching, preaching, miracles and
especially in his Passion, Death and Resurrection, we
come to believe in Christ our Saviour, in the Father,
and in the Holy Spirit sent into our hearts.
TRINITARIAN
Our Faith as Catholics, then, consist in our
personal conviction and belief in God our
Father, revealed by Jesus Christ, His own
divine Son-made-man, and their presence to us
through the Holy Spirit, in the church.
LOVING, MATURING AND
MISSIONARY
Our Christian Faith is truly life-giving and
mature only through love, for “man without
love has known nothing of God, for God is
love”. And to be Christian, this love must be
inseparably love of God and love of neighbour,
like Christ’s. It thus impels us to mission, to
evangelize, by bringing others the Good News.
LOVING, MATURING AND
MISSIONARY
Such a missionary spirit is a test of authentic
faith because it is unthinkable that a person
should believe in Christ’s Word and Kingdom
without bearing witness and proclaiming it in
his turn. This means that we are all called to
share in Christ’s own three-fold mission as
priest, prophet and king.
INFORMED AND COMMUNITARIAN
PCP II insist that Catholic faith must be “informed,”
that is “Believing in Jesus’ words, and accepting his
teachings trusting that he has” the words of eternal
life”. It must be “communitarian” since it is the
Church that transmits to us Christ’s revelation
through sacred scriptures and it’s living Tradition,
and alone makes possible for us an adequate faith
response.
ENCULTURATED
This Catholic in God and in Jesus Christ is
never separated from the typical Filipino faith
in family and friends. On the other hand, we
live out our faith in God precisely in our daily
relationships with family, friends, fellow
workers, etc.
ENCULTURATED
On the other hand, each of these is radically
affected by our Catholic Faith in God our
Father, in Jesus Christ His only begotten
Son, our Saviour, and in their Holy Spirit
dwelling within us in grace.
-FIN–
A N K Y O U !
T H

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