CATECHISM

Q. What is the sixth article of the Creed?
A. The sixth article of the Creed is, ‘he ascended into heaven; is seated at the right hand of God the
Father Almighty’.
Ascend. As God, our Lord had always been in heaven; but as man, He was there only
from the time of His Ascension.
At the right hand, etc. This means that Jesus is equal to the Father as God, and next to
Him as man.
 
Q. What do you mean by the words, ‘he ascended into heaven’?
A. By the words, ‘he ascended into heaven’, I mean that our Saviour went up Body and Soul into
heaven on Ascension Day, forty days after his resurrection.
On Ascension Day. Our Lord went to heaven
1. to receive His reward as man;
2. to be our advocate;
3. to prepare a place for us;
4. to send the Holy Spirit.

Q. What do you mean by the words, ‘is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty’?
A. By the words, ‘is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.’ I do not mean that God
the Father has hands, for he is a spirit; but I mean that Christ, as God, is equal to the Father and,
as man, is in the highest place in heaven.