 A Contemporary Approach  Paul Tillich  Faith as Ultimate Concern  Faith as Commitment of the Total Person  Definition  General  Religious  Christian

 Old Testament Notions of Faith  Hebrew “Aman”  Foundation of…  Expresses itself…  Related to…

 New Testament Notions of Faith  The Synoptics  Primitive Christianity – Acts of the Apostles  Pauline literature  Johannine literature  Other New Testament sources

 Patristic Notions of Faith  Apostolic Fathers  St. Justin  Augustine  Aquinas

 A Contemporary Approach  Paul Tillich  Faith as Ultimate Concern  Faith as Commitment of the Total Person

 Characteristics of the Faith Relationship  Confidence  Convictions  Commitment  Community  Confirmed  Conversion  Celebrated  “Yes” to faith relationship encompasses three things  Knowledge  Appreciation  Commitment

 Defined  Expressed  Catholicism – The Cliff Notes  Doctrine  Dogma  Encyclical  Heresy  Hierarchical  Infallibility  Magisterium  Dissent  McBrien Excerpt

 Definition  General  Anselm ( )  Aquinas ( )  So………..what is it?  Christian Theology  Responsibility of Theology  Differentiations according to content □ Dogmatic Theology □ Moral Theology □ Spiritual Theology

 Definition  Seven Dimensions of Religion  Experiential  Mythic  Doctrinal  Ethical  Ritual  Social  Material