CATECHISM

1. What is faith?
Faith is a supernatural gift of God, which enables us to believe without doubting whatever God
has revealed.
Without doubting, etc. We must believe firmly all that God has made known to us.
Firmness and entirety are the two qualities of faith. The denial of an article of faith by one
who has professed the Christian religion is called heresy; to renounce or turn away from
our religion is called apostasy; denying the existence of God is called infidelity.
 
2. Why must you believe whatever God has revealed?
I must believe whatever God has revealed because God is the very truth, and can neither
deceive nor be deceived.
The very truth. God is truth itself; He is all truth.
Deceive. To cause a person to go wrong, or to try to make him believe that which is not
true.
 
3. 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.
Authority. The power or right to do a thing.
 
4. Who gave the Catholic Church divine authority to teach?
Jesus Christ gave the Catholic Church divine authority to teach, when he said, ‘Go ye and teach
all nations.’ Matt.28:19