Catechism Paragraph 29
Part 1:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 1: MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD
Article 1: The Desire for God
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 1: MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD
Article 1: The Desire for God
But this "intimate and vital bond of man to God" (GS 19 # 1) can be forgotten, overlooked, or even explicitly rejected by man.[3] Such attitudes can have different causes: revolt against evil in the world; religious ignorance or indifference; the cares and riches of this world; the scandal of bad example on the part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, that attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call.[4]
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[3]
GS 19 # 1.
[4]
Cf. GS 19-21; Mt 13:22; Gen 3:8-10; Jon 1:3.