Catechism index

221 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love": 44 God's very being is love. By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness …
222 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. Believing in God, the only One, and loving him with all our being has enormous consequences for our whole life.
223 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. It means coming to know God's greatness and majesty: "Behold, God is great, and we know him not." 46 Therefore, we must "serve God first". 47
224 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. It means living in thanksgiving: if God is the only One, everything we are and have comes from him: "What have you that you did not receive?" 48 "What shall I render …
225 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. It means knowing the unity and true dignity of all men: everyone is made in the image and likeness of God. 50
226 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. It means making good use of created things: faith in God, the only One, leads us to use everything that is not God only insofar as it brings us closer to him, …
227 In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change." 26 God is "HE WHO IS", from everlasting to everlasting, and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promises. It means trusting God in every circumstance, even in adversity. A prayer of St. Teresa of Jesus wonderfully expresses this trust: IN BRIEF
228 Let nothing trouble you / Let nothing frighten you Everything passes / God never changes Patience / Obtains all Whoever has God / Wants for nothing God alone is enough. 52 "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God is one LORD..." (Dt 6:4; Mk 12:29). "The supreme being must be unique, without equal. . . If God is not one, he is not …
229 Let nothing trouble you / Let nothing frighten you Everything passes / God never changes Patience / Obtains all Whoever has God / Wants for nothing God alone is enough. 52 Faith in God leads us to turn to him alone as our first origin and our ultimate goal, and neither to prefer anything to him nor to substitute anything for him.
230 Let nothing trouble you / Let nothing frighten you Everything passes / God never changes Patience / Obtains all Whoever has God / Wants for nothing God alone is enough. 52 Even when he reveals himself, God remains a mystery beyond words: "If you understood him, it would not be God" (St. Augustine, Sermo 52, 6, 16: PL 38, 360 and Sermo 117, …
231 Let nothing trouble you / Let nothing frighten you Everything passes / God never changes Patience / Obtains all Whoever has God / Wants for nothing God alone is enough. 52 The God of our faith has revealed himself as HE WHO IS; and he has made himself known as "abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness" (Ex 34:6). God's very being is Truth …
232 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER Christians are baptized "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" 53 Before receiving the sacrament, they respond to a three-part question when asked to …
233 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER Christians are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: not in their names, 55 for there is only one God, the almighty Father, …
234 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the …
235 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER This paragraph expounds briefly (I) how the mystery of the Blessed Trinity was revealed, (II) how the Church has articulated the doctrine of the faith regarding this mystery, and (III) how, by …
236 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER The Fathers of the Church distinguish between theology (theologia) and economy (oikonomia). "Theology" refers to the mystery of God's inmost life within the Blessed Trinity and "economy" to all the works by …
237 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER The Trinity is a mystery of faith in the strict sense, one of the "mysteries that are hidden in God, which can never be known unless they are revealed by God". 58 …
238 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER Many religions invoke God as "Father". the deity is often considered the "father of gods and of men". In Israel, God is called "Father" inasmuch as he is Creator of the world. …
239 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER By calling God "Father", the language of faith indicates two main things: that God is the first origin of everything and transcendent authority; and that he is at the same time goodness …
240 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER Jesus revealed that God is Father in an unheard-of sense: he is Father not only in being Creator; he is eternally Father by his relationship to his only Son who, reciprocally, is …