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What Faith is and What It Isn’t

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This is the first video in a series on St. Thomas Aquinas and the virtue of faith.

What is faith? Is there such a thing as false faith?

Most Rev. Charles Morerod, O.P., a member of the Province of Switzerland and Bishop of the Swiss Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, offers reflections on St. Thomas’ treatment of these and other questions.

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Image: Claude Monet, Water Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow

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