Faith

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Faith
Theology
Belief
Religion
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FAITH

• A Contemporary Approach
• Paul Tillich
• Faith as Ultimate Concern
• Faith as Commitment of the Total Person
• Definition
• General
• Religious
• Christian

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FAITH

• Old Testament Notions of Faith
• Hebrew Aman
• Foundation of
• Expresses itself
• Related to

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FAITH

• New Testament Notions of Faith
• The Synoptics
• Primitive Christianity Acts of the Apostles
• Pauline literature
• Johannine literature
• Other New Testament sources

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FAITH

• Patristic Notions of Faith
• Apostolic Fathers
• St. Justin
• Augustine
• Aquinas

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FAITH

• A Contemporary Approach
• Paul Tillich
• Faith as Ultimate Concern
• Faith as Commitment of the Total Person

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FAITH

• Characteristics of the Faith Relationship
• Confidence
• Convictions
• Commitment
• Community
• Confirmed
• Conversion
• Celebrated
• Yes to faith relationship encompasses three
  things
• Knowledge
• Appreciation
• Commitment

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BELIEF

• Defined
• Expressed
• Catholicism The Cliff Notes
• Doctrine
• Dogma
• Encyclical
• Heresy
• Hierarchical
• Infallibility
• Magisterium
• Dissent
• McBrien Excerpt

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THEOLOGY

• Definition
• General
• Anselm (1033-1109)
• Aquinas (1225-1274)
• So..what is it?
• Christian Theology
• Responsibility of Theology
• Differentiations according to content
• Dogmatic Theology
• Moral Theology
• Spiritual Theology

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RELIGION

• Definition
• Seven Dimensions of Religion
• Experiential
• Mythic
• Doctrinal
• Ethical
• Ritual
• Social
• Material