Faith, Theology, and Evangelization. These words are heard often in our Catholic faith. What do each of these words mean? How are they different? Also, how are they the same? I have been able to experience each of these words both academically and personally. Let 's start with faith.
It has become apparent to me that there is more than one meaning of faith. The first is a noun, the type of Faith which is the "revelation of God." It 's also known as the "Deposit of Faith." This kind of faith is like our Church 's faith as a whole. Now, it would only make sense that the next meaning of faith is a verb. This is when we take the faith of the Church and choose to use it in our own lives. Although there are two meanings they do seem to go hand in …show more content…
For now let 's focus on the definition. First let 's be clear, we are all called to evangelize; it 's our job. My course book put it beautifully when they quoted Pope Paul VI, "the Church exists to evangelize." We are the Church. We are called to proclaim Jesus Christ to those we encounter. Whether our personal calling is to be a grand public speaker and we evangelize that way. Or we may be a cashier and our simple conversations with those we serve is our way to evangelize. When we accept the Holy Spirit 's gifts and we allow ourselves to be filled with the love of Christ so fully we cannot help but want the world to experience this love also; that is …show more content…
There can be faith without theology or evangelization. There could certainly be an argument on how strong this faith is if you have no theology or evangelization. However, faith is still there. It is almost impossible, yet still a possibility to have theology without faith. In the eyes of an atheist, Theology could be seen as just facts about God. We of course know Theology is deeper than that. However, you could have an atheist professor who teaches you everything you need to know about Theology, he knows all the facts, and you grow in your faith during this class. By the end of the class you will have learned everything that he knows, yet you will understand it in your heart better because you have faith. What about evangelization? Can you have it without faith and theology? Yes. You can evangelize about any passion. Not necessarily just the Good News. As you can see we can stretch these definitions quite far apart from each
It has become apparent to me that there is more than one meaning of faith. The first is a noun, the type of Faith which is the "revelation of God." It 's also known as the "Deposit of Faith." This kind of faith is like our Church 's faith as a whole. Now, it would only make sense that the next meaning of faith is a verb. This is when we take the faith of the Church and choose to use it in our own lives. Although there are two meanings they do seem to go hand in …show more content…
For now let 's focus on the definition. First let 's be clear, we are all called to evangelize; it 's our job. My course book put it beautifully when they quoted Pope Paul VI, "the Church exists to evangelize." We are the Church. We are called to proclaim Jesus Christ to those we encounter. Whether our personal calling is to be a grand public speaker and we evangelize that way. Or we may be a cashier and our simple conversations with those we serve is our way to evangelize. When we accept the Holy Spirit 's gifts and we allow ourselves to be filled with the love of Christ so fully we cannot help but want the world to experience this love also; that is …show more content…
There can be faith without theology or evangelization. There could certainly be an argument on how strong this faith is if you have no theology or evangelization. However, faith is still there. It is almost impossible, yet still a possibility to have theology without faith. In the eyes of an atheist, Theology could be seen as just facts about God. We of course know Theology is deeper than that. However, you could have an atheist professor who teaches you everything you need to know about Theology, he knows all the facts, and you grow in your faith during this class. By the end of the class you will have learned everything that he knows, yet you will understand it in your heart better because you have faith. What about evangelization? Can you have it without faith and theology? Yes. You can evangelize about any passion. Not necessarily just the Good News. As you can see we can stretch these definitions quite far apart from each