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4 sie 2023 · First, we need to understand properly the difference between the theological virtues of faith and hope. When we Catholics speak of believing with “divine and catholic faith” as defined by Vatican I (Dei Filius 3), or “the assent of faith,” as Lumen Gentium 25 describes it, we are talking about a faith that is ordered to the infallible ...
4 sty 2005 · Hope is faith directed to the future. It’s faith acting on and trusting in the promises God has made. It’s hope that moves us to say “Yes” to God, and it’s hope that gives meaning to our trials.
20 gru 2008 · 1 Corinthians 13:13. So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. Faith, hope, and love are known in Catholic tradition as the “theological virtues.” They are virtues which are revealed, supernatural, and, strictly speaking, impossible for us to have on our own.
25 sie 2023 · The scriptures often speak of hope as anticipation of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. In the Bible, hope is the assurance that God will fulfill his promises. It is a certainty, not based on us, but on God.
24 maj 2017 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the true nature and meaning of the virtue. It states: Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit. (CCC 1817)
The difference between faith and hope is that hope applies to the future and faith is "now"--it is always in the immediate moment. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 KJV. More directly, in the verse quoted, there is a connection between faith and hope.
1 sty 2017 · According to scripture, we’re dealing with someone who is the image and likeness of God. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Gen. 1:26). And what does it mean to be in the image and likeness of God?
