Lumen fidei EN

POPE FRANCIS ENCYCLICAL LETTER "LUMEN FIDEI" ON FAITH Given in Rome, at Saint Peter’s, on 29 June, the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, in the year 2013, the first of the pontificate

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ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS 1 AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH 2 An illusory light? 4 A light to be recovered 7 CHAPTER ONE: WE HAVE BELIEVED IN LOVE (cf. 1Jn 4:16) 8 Abraham, our father in faith 12 The faith of Israel 15 The fullness of Christian faith 19 Salvation by faith 22 The ecclesial form of faith CHAPTER TWO: UNLESS YOU BELIEVE, YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND (cf. Is 7:9) 23 Faith and truth 26 Knowledge of the truth and love 29 Faith as hearing and sight 32 The dialogue between faith and reason 35 Faith and the search for God 36 Faith and theology CHAPTER THREE: I DELIVERED TO YOU WHAT I ALSO RECEIVED (cf. 1Cor 15:3) 37 The Church, mother of our faith 40 The sacraments and the transmission of faith 46 Faith, prayer and the Decalogue 47 The unity and integrity of faith 49 CHAPTER FOUR: GOD PREPARES A CITY FOR THEM (cf. Heb 11:16) 50 Faith and the common good 52 Faith and the family 54 A light for life in society 56 Consolation and strength amid suffering 58 Blessed is she who believed (Lc 1:45)