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An on-demand video of this class is available above and on our YouTube channel.
Our Theologian in Residence, the Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, continues a year-long course to dive into all the main areas of theology: Faith, Scripture, Tradition, God, Christ, Salvation, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, and the Church – always with an eye to their relevance for spirituality and for everyday life.
As we have seen in our previous talk, ‘grace’ is the gift of God. But what is this gift? One way of answering this question is that the gift of God is a new ability to trust God, love him, and desire him. Another way of saying the same thing is that we receive the gifts of ‘faith’ (that is trust), charity (that is love) and hope (that is desire). In the next three talks we are going to explore each of these gifts, starting with faith. What does it mean to trust in God? Can we say that “believe in God but not in the Church”? If faith is a gift why is Jesus constantly asking his disciples and those who listened to him to believe in him?
The Adult Education program at Saint Thomas Church offers sound Christian teaching presented with intellectual vigor, teaching that is grounded in Holy Scripture, mediated by the catholic tradition that is the inheritance of Anglicanism and set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. For more information about our theology program and to receive links for weekly Sunday Theology Talks, please contact Fr. Gioia.
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