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Questions / God and the Trinity

Can faith grow, or is it all or nothing?

Church teaching

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In short: It grows. You feed it with God’s Word and ask Him to increase it. CCC 162

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

Faith is a free gift from God, and it can be lost. CCC 162

To live, grow and persevere in faith, we must nourish it with God’s Word and beg the Lord to increase it. CCC 162

Our words

Faith is like a muscle, or a friendship. Feed it and it grows. Pray the apostles’ prayer: “Increase our faith.”

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How we know · 1 Catechism paragraph
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 162 (official text on vatican.va).

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