Catechism Paragraph 170
Part 1:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 3: MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD
Article 2: WE BELIEVE
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 3: MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD
Article 2: WE BELIEVE
We do not believe in formulae, but in those realities they express, which faith allows us to touch. "The believer's act [of faith] does not terminate in the propositions, but in the realities [which they express]."[56] All the same, we do approach these realities with the help of formulations of the faith which permit us to express the faith and to hand it on, to celebrate it in community, to assimilate and live on it more and more.
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[56]
St. Thomas Aquinas, STh II-II, 1,2, ad 2.