CATECHISM

Man  

1. Who made you? 

God made me. 

 
2. Why did God make you? 

God made me to know Him, love Him and serve Him in thi

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

Q. What are the chief things which God has revealed?

A. The chief things which God has revealed are contained in the Apostles’ Creed.
Creed. A form of belief. There are

Q. What is the first article of the Creed?
A. The first article of the Creed is, I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and
earth.
 
Q. What is Go

Q. What is the second article of the Creed?
A. The second article of the Creed is, ‘and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord’.
And in Jesus Christ. The words &l

Q. What is the third article of the Creed?
A. The third article of the Creed is, ‘who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin
Mary’.
Conceived by the H

Q. What is the fourth article of the Creed?
A. The fourth article of the Creed is, ‘suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and
buried’.
Pontius Pilate.

Q. What is the fifth article of the Creed?
A. The fifth article of the Creed is, ‘he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the
dead’.
Descend. To go

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’.

Q. What is the seventh article of the Creed?
A. The seventh article of the Creed is, ‘from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead’.
From thence, etc. Our Lo

Q. What is the eighth article of the Creed?
A. The eighth article of the Creed is, ‘I believe in the Holy Spirit’.
Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God like the Father and

Q. What is the ninth article of the Creed?
A. The ninth article of the Creed is, ‘the Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints’.
Church. The whole body of Catholic Ch