Revelation and Faith

Many people assume that faith begins where reason ends, or that science and religion are at war. The Catholic Church teaches the opposite: faith and reason come from the same God and can never truly conflict. Here is why, and what happens when they seem to.

What actually happens when a person believes? Catholic theology, following St Thomas Aquinas and the First Vatican Council, gives a precise answer. Here is how intellect, will and grace work together in faith, why faith can be certain, how it differs from doubt and from feeling, and why it is both a gift and a free act.

The Church teaches that God has revealed Himself fully in Christ, and that no new public revelation is to be expected. So what are Lourdes, Fatima and other apparitions? Here is the difference between public and private revelation, and how the Church judges claims of visions today.