Eklezjalny sens Roku Wiary w świetle nauczania Papieża Jana Pawła VI i Benedykta XVI

It is necessary to stress that for the Church, on the one hand understood as an institution and on the other hand as a human community, faith is a primary factor of its identity and its existence in history. It is faith that allows to see the theological dimension of ecclesial life, that indicates the Divine genesis of the Church and its redeeming mission. In a most general sense faith is perceived in this context as a response of a man and the whole community to God’s call, focused on the event of Jesus Christ. The revelation and salvation done in Him is for the Church the only credible criterion of the mission of evangelisation. Unfortunately, faith is a dynamic reality which can develop, yet it can also give in to degradation. The "Year of Faith" experienced in the Church in 1967 and 2013, analogically to Jubilee Years, was to dynamise the religious life of believers and answer the questions which trouble the membersof the Church. The solemn credo and the postulate of new evangelisation will remain the most important symbols of this time.