Propozycje przedstawienia biblijnych przykładów wiary podczas lekcji religii i katechezy parafialnej

Abstract

The Holy Bible is a basic resource for religion classes, therefore the directive that the examples of faith for Christians should be taken out of it is quite reasonable. Besides the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the apostolic letter of Benedict XVI announcing the Year of Faith were brought into attention. The Pope encouraged the study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and he also gave examples of faith of the people from the New Testament times until today. The present paper firstly discusses the directives given by catechetical documents Principles of Program Catechesis of Catholic Church in Poland and The Program of the Roman Catholic Religion Teaching at Nursery Schools and Schools concerning the biblical examples of faith, then the examples of faith for Christians given by the author of the Letter to the Hebrews, examples of the praying people included in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and in the end deals with the persons and groups of persons mentioned by the Pope Benedict XVI in his Apostolic Letter Porta fidei. It is concluded with a summary which contains catechetical directives.