Sources of Authority

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Bella Hampson

Cards (47)

Gaudium et Spes 29: '"…the greater equality of all must receive increasingly greater recognition."'
Gaudium et Spes 78: '"...peace is the fruit of love."'
Confessions XII, 7: '"There was nothing from which you could make heaven and earth. Therefore, you must have created them from nothing…for there is nothing you cannot do."'
Confessions XII, 7: '"You are good and all that you make must be good."'
"…There is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of faith regarding man and his vocation"
"...it is important to set proper limits to the understanding of scripture…"
Message to the Pontifical Academy of Science: On Evolution
St Catherine of Siena: '"Her dignity is that of her creation, seeing that she is made in the image of God"'
St Catherine of Siena: '"In that same mirror of the goodness of God, the soul knows her own indignity, which is the consequence of their own fault"'
St Catherine of Siena: '"…by love indeed you created her, by love you have given her a being capable of tasting your eternal Good"'
Of Discretions
Genesis 1:1: '"In the beginning God created heavens and the earth.."'
Genesis 1:9: '"And God saw that it was good…"'
Genesis 1:27: '"So God created mankind in his own image…male and female he created them"'
Genesis 1:28: '"Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth and subdue it"'
Genesis 2:3: '"Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy"'
Genesis 2:7: '"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being"'
Genesis 2:18: '"The Lord God said: "It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him'"'
St Augustine, The Enchiridion (3.11): '"For what is that which we call evil but the absence of good?"'
St Augustine, The Enchiridion (3.11): '"Being Himself supremely good, would never permit the existence of anything evil among His works, if He were not omnipotent and good that He can bring good even out of evil"'
Isaiah 53: '"He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain"'
Isaiah 53: '"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed"'
The Nicene Creed: '"I believe in One God, the Father, the Almighty"'
The Nicene Creed: '"I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God…begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father"'
The Nicene Creed: '"For us men and for our salvation, he came down from heaven"'
The Nicene Creed: '"I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life"'
De Trinitate 8.10: '"There are three things in love, as it were a trace of the Trinity".'
De Trinitate 8.10: '"Behold, then, there are three things: he that loves, and that which is love, and love".'
John 1: Incarnation: '"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"'
John 1: Incarnation: '"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us"'
Philippians 2:5-11: '"(He) did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage".'
Philippians 2:5-11: '"He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness"'
Salvific Doloris 13: '"But in order to perceive the true answer to the "why" of suffering, we must look to the revelation of divine love"'
Salvific Doloris 13: '"We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope"'
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5): '"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"'
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5): '"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted"'
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5): '"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth"'
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5): '"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, they will be filled"'
Matthew 5: '"You are the salt of the earth"'
Matthew 5: '"You are the light to the world"'