Evangelization and Catechesis
3. True or false: Faith is completely our own work which we offer to God who, in return, gives us eternal life. False. Para. 153: When St. Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, Jesus declared to him that this revelation did not come from flesh and blood,' but from my Father who is in heaven' (Mt. 16:17; cf. Gal 1:15; Mt 11:25). Faith is a gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him. Before this faith can be exercised, man must have the grace of God to move and assist him; he must have the interior helps of the Holy Spirit, who moves the heart and converts it to God, who opens the eyes of the mind and makes it easy for all to accept and believe the truth'" (DV 5; cf. DS 377; 3010)." NCCB/USCC Home Page Office for the Catechism Home Page General Info Ad Hoc Committee Cat Update Q & A Articles Editions Documents
False. Para. 153: When St. Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, Jesus declared to him that this revelation did not come from flesh and blood,' but from my Father who is in heaven' (Mt. 16:17; cf. Gal 1:15; Mt 11:25). Faith is a gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him. Before this faith can be exercised, man must have the grace of God to move and assist him; he must have the interior helps of the Holy Spirit, who moves the heart and converts it to God, who opens the eyes of the mind and makes it easy for all to accept and believe the truth'" (DV 5; cf. DS 377; 3010)."