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Problem: It is only after we have come to believe that we seek to understand the faith. The Catechism, borrowing the motto of 12th century Doctor of the Church, Saint Anselm, states, "faith seeks understanding" (ccc 158). It goes on to explain: "it is intrinsic to faith that a believer desires to know better the One in whom he has put his faith, and to understand better what He [God] has revealed; a more penetrating knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith" (ccc 158). In our contemporary society, where do we get out morals and values from? If we have a faith or no faith, where do we get our understanding of how we are to act "good"? On the "perseverance in faith" we are told, "faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to humanity. We can lose this priceless gift," as St. Paul taught (ccc 162). What do you think this means? Do some research? In theology, basic readings, it is stated in this section on faith of the document can be summarized in its terse declaration that "faith sharpens the inner eye." Locate this statement, and examine its context. What do you think John Paul II meant by this? And how does it illuminate the relation of faith and reason?