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165 It is then we must turn to the witnesses of faith: to Abraham, who "in hope... believed against hope"; ⁵¹ to the Virgin Mary, who, in "her pilgrimage of faith", walked into the "night of faith" ⁵² in sharing the darkness of her son's suffering and death; and to so many others: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith." ⁵³

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PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

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SECTION ONE: "I BELIEVE"-"WE BELIEVE"

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CHAPTER THREE: MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD

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ARTICLE 1: I BELIEVE

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III. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FAITH

Notes for the above paragraph:

51 Rom 4:18.

52 LG 58; John Paul II, RMat 18.

53 Heb 12:1-2.

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