Faith Truths of the Catholic Church

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Truths of faith are statements or contents of the Roman Catholic faith which were formulated in doctrines and - if and in particular they claim timeless validity - are called dogmas .

Regarding this timeless validity and constant topicality of the truths of faith, the Roman Catholic Church says: "If the faith and the truths of faith are correctly understood, they agree with the demands of human reason, and the Gospel is always up-to-date and responsible." Directory for Catechesis [1997], n. 175).

The baptism of an adult requires knowledge of the truths of faith ( Latin fidei veritates ) ( CIC § 865); These include - in addition to the truths of faith formulated in the creed and dogmas - among others

  • the mystery of the most holy trinity as the "most fundamental and essential" of the truths of faith (cf. CCC No. 224 and 316),
  • the existence of angels (CCC No. 328),
  • the original sin (cf. KKK No. 388),
  • the doctrine of the true human and divine nature of Jesus Christ : "Jesus Christ is true God and true man" (cf. CCC No. 464).

“The persistent denial of a truth to be believed by virtue of divine and Catholic faith or a persistent doubt about such a truth of faith” is called heresy (cf. CIC § 751). For the different degrees of certainty and the correspondingly different binding nature of doctrinal statements, see degrees of certainty of dogmatics .