Why do you believe anything that anybody teaches? First, and foremost, you trust the people who teach you. You trusted your parents before you even knew you were trusting them. You trust your teachers. You trust your coaches. And rightfully so. They are put in authority over you to guide you to know the truth.
Secondly, you trust what has been taught to you because it is true! Two plus two does equal four! And it always will! Force equals mass times acceleration! Mathematic and scientific truths are easy to verify.
But there are other truths that are even more important. Your parents love you. God loves us. The Church teaches God’s love for us.
So, if the Church is established by Jesus to bring us to Heaven, and the pope and the bishops “are authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice,” (CCC, 2034) as it says in the Catechism, and we believe this, then we should believe what the Church teaches.
Read more about the Church as Mother and Teacher in the Catechism, paragraphs, 2030-2051.
Know your faith. Live your faith. Teach your faith.
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