Twelve questions chosen at random. A new selection appears at each visit.
Q145The Second Article: Jesus Christ
The word “God” (theos) can be used, first, in an absolute and personal sense, of God the Father as St Paul writes: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and…
Read the answer →Q230The Seventh Article: The Second Coming
The Lord will appear at the end of the age, the consummation of human history, he who is before history and beyond it: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,…
Read the answer →Q196The Third Article: The Incarnation
Christ’s central message was the Gospel, the Good News, of the Kingdom of God: “The time is fulfilled! The Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent and believe in the Good News” (Mrk 1:14–15;…
Read the answer →Q472The Seventh Beatitude
We must live in friendship with all, giving no occasion for discord; if discord arises, we must try every possible way to end it, even by yielding our own right, unless that would violate…
Read the answer →Q092The First Article: God
Even in the Old Testament there are intimations of plurality within the unity of God: “By the Word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the Breath…
Read the answer →Q153The Third Article: The Incarnation
The Son of God was incarnate in order to rescue us, to deliver and save us, from the power of sin, which is unto death. This was accomplished through his entire saving economy: from…
Read the answer →Q021On Holy Tradition and Holy Scripture
The most ancient and original instrument for spreading divine revelation is holy tradition in the form of oral proclamation and living transmission. From Adam to Moses, there were no sacred books. Our Lord Jesus…
Read the answer →Q367The Eleventh Article: The Resurrection of the Dead
Certainly, human bodies decay and are often wholly disintegrated within years of burial, or lost in the sea, or destroyed by fire. However, the God who formed the body from the ground in the…
Read the answer →Q483On the Unity between Faith and Love
It is impossible for a person who has no faith in God to truly love him. Moreover, fallen human beings, ruined by sin, cannot accomplish works truly acceptable to God without receiving, through faith…
Read the answer →Q510On the First Commandment
The First Commandment teaches us to respond to the love of God: “We love him, because he first loved us” (1Jo 4:19). With the Psalmist, we exclaim: “Let the morning bring me word of…
Read the answer →Q412The Third Petition: “Thy Will Be Done”
Having rightly called upon God as our Father and prayed that his holy Name be hallowed and his Kingdom come, the third petition concerns God’s holy will, in accord with the prominence of these…
Read the answer →Q166The Third Article: The Incarnation
The death that came to the human race through sin is twofold: (1) spiritual death, when the soul loses the contemplation of God and communion with him; and (2) bodily, physical death, the visible…
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