Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Penny Catechism - Faith in God



CATECHISM FOR BEGINNERS
Faith in God

1. Who made you? 
God made me. 

2. Who is God? 
God is the Creator (Maker) of Heaven and earth and of all things. 

3. Can we see God? 
We cannot see God, because He is a spirit without a body. 

4. What is God? 
God is a Spirit, infinitely perfect. 
(Infinitely perfect means perfect in every way.) 

5. Had God a beginning? 
God had no beginning. He always has been and He always will be. 

6. What is the greatest truth we learn about God? 
The greatest truth we learn about God is the Blessed Trinity. 

7. What is the Blessed Trinity? 
The Blessed Trinity is one God in three Divine Persons. 

8. What are the names of the three Divine Persons in the Blessed Trinity? 
The names of the three Divine Persons in the Blessed Trinity are: 
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost. 

9. How do we know that there is a God? 
Our own heart tells us that there is a God. 

10. Who tells us all we ought to know about God? 
The Catholic Church tells us all we ought to know about God.


11. How are you to know what God has revealed?

I am to know what God has revealed by the testimony, teaching, and authority of the Catholic Church.

12. Who gave the Catholic Church divine authority to teach?
Jesus Christ gave the Catholic Church divine authority to teach, when he said, 'Go therefore, make disciples of all the nations'. (Matt. 28:19)

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