Outline of Lumen Fidei

Here is an outline of Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis’s first encyclical. This outline includes the chapter titles and headings of Lumen FideiĀ as they appear in the English translation of the encyclial.Lumen Fidei Encyclical

  • Introduction (1)
    • An illusory light? (2-3)
    • A light to be revealed (4-7)
  • Chapter 1: We Have Believed in Love (1 Jn 4:16)
    • Abraham, our father in faith (8-11)
    • The faith of Israel (12-14)
    • The fullness of Christian faith (15-18)
    • Salvation by faith (19-21)
    • The ecclesial form of faith (22)
  • Chapter 2: Unless You Believe, You Will Not Understand (Is 7:9)
    • Faith and truth (23-25)
    • Knowledge of the truth and love (26-28)
    • Faith as hearing and sight (29-31)
    • The dialogue between faith and reason (32-34)
    • Faith and the search for God (35)
    • Faith and theology (36)
  • Chapter 3: I Delivered to You What I Also Received (1 Cor 15:3)
    • The Church, mother of our faith (37-39)
    • The sacraments and the transmission of faith (40-45)
    • Faith, prayer and the Decalogue (46)
    • The unity and integrity of faith (47-49)
  • Chapter 4: God Prepares a City for Them (Heb 11:16)
    • Faith and the common good (50-51)
    • Faith and the family (52-53)
    • A light for life in society (54-55)
    • Consolation and strength amid suffering (56-57)
    • Blessed is She Who Believed (Lk 1:45) (58-60)