Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that he has revealed to us and that the Church proposes for our belief because God is Truth itself. By faith the human person freely commits himself to God. Therefore, the believer seeks to know and do the will of God because “faith works through charity” (Galatians5:6).
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1814. Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because he is truth itself. By faith "man freely commits his entire self to God."78For this reason the believer seeks to know and do God's will. "The righteous shall live by faith." Living faith "work(s) through charity."79
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1815. The gift of faith remains in one who has not sinned against it.80But "faith apart from works is dead":81when it is deprived of hope and love, faith does not fully unite the believer to Christ and does not make him a living member of his Body.
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1816. The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: "All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks."82Service of and witness to the faith are necessary for salvation: "So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven."83
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1842. By faith, we believe in God and believe all that he has revealed to us and that Holy Church proposes for our belief.
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