Faith, theology, Belief, and spirituality
Unfortunately, over time, the word Christian has lost much of its meaning and is often used today to refer to a religious person or with high moral values, whether or not a true disciple of God. Many people who do not believe in God regard themselves as Christians only because they go to church or live in a Christian nation. But to go to church, to help the poor, to be a good person does not make you a Christian. Going to church does not make you a Christian any more than going to a garage does not make you an automobile. Being a member of a church, attending church services regularly and making donations to church does not make you a Christian. A true Christian is a person who has put his faith and …show more content…
Theology is seeking to know God by resorting mainly to a much more particular source of knowledge. First, there is the field initiation, that is to say, an understanding of the sources of faith: the Bible, the history of the Church, its principles and its practices, especially liturgical ones. For example, the way God chose to reveal himself in a very precise place and time of history, first through history Of Israel, and even more precisely through the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. This science has the same object as faith: that is to say, all that God has revealed, taught and commanded to be the rule of religion or worship due to him. We owe him everything, and our mind and heart, and our understanding and our will. The mind ought to apply itself to knowing it; The heart must be attached to the love Theology is an explanation of divine revelation admitted and understood in faith; the reflection on the faith, which tries to manifest its meaning for the life of men. After acquiring faith Christians communicate throughout word to help others understand it. They represent God as a transcendent principle, superior to men and to nature, creator and master of everything. In Christianity, God designates an all-powerful but personal entity, which is gradually becoming known in history and finds its full
Unfortunately, over time, the word Christian has lost much of its meaning and is often used today to refer to a religious person or with high moral values, whether or not a true disciple of God. Many people who do not believe in God regard themselves as Christians only because they go to church or live in a Christian nation. But to go to church, to help the poor, to be a good person does not make you a Christian. Going to church does not make you a Christian any more than going to a garage does not make you an automobile. Being a member of a church, attending church services regularly and making donations to church does not make you a Christian. A true Christian is a person who has put his faith and …show more content…
Theology is seeking to know God by resorting mainly to a much more particular source of knowledge. First, there is the field initiation, that is to say, an understanding of the sources of faith: the Bible, the history of the Church, its principles and its practices, especially liturgical ones. For example, the way God chose to reveal himself in a very precise place and time of history, first through history Of Israel, and even more precisely through the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. This science has the same object as faith: that is to say, all that God has revealed, taught and commanded to be the rule of religion or worship due to him. We owe him everything, and our mind and heart, and our understanding and our will. The mind ought to apply itself to knowing it; The heart must be attached to the love Theology is an explanation of divine revelation admitted and understood in faith; the reflection on the faith, which tries to manifest its meaning for the life of men. After acquiring faith Christians communicate throughout word to help others understand it. They represent God as a transcendent principle, superior to men and to nature, creator and master of everything. In Christianity, God designates an all-powerful but personal entity, which is gradually becoming known in history and finds its full