2007-07-22 20:35:01 · 3 answers · asked by jew011_goody 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2007-07-23 09:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by readthekjv1611@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Paul speaks of the "obedience of faith" as our first obligation. (Rom 1:5; 16:26)
He shows that "ignorance of God" is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations. (Rom 1:18-32)
Our duty toward God is to believe in him and to bear witness to him.
The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it.
There are various ways of sinning against faith:
+ Voluntary doubt - Disregards or refuses to hold as true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief.
+ Involuntary doubt - Refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual blindness.
+ Incredulity - The neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it.
+ Heresy - The obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same.
+ Apostasy - The total repudiation of the Christian faith;
+ Schism - The refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2087-2089: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1.htm#2087
With love in Christ.
2007-07-27 01:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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There are no sins of HUMANS against faith or any other intangible thing.
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2007-07-23 05:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by H. Scot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋