Twelve questions chosen at random. A new selection appears at each visit.
Q053The Books of the Bible
The book of the Apocalypse (Revelation) of St John is both an apocalypse and a prophecy, the only New Testament book that pronounces a blessing on its reader and hearers: “Blessed is the one…
Read the answer →Q029The Books of the Bible
God prepared mankind through gradual revelations, prophecies, and types. Prophecies are utterances of men who, moved by the Holy Spirit, discerned spiritual truth concerning events and peoples, foretelling what was to come, warning of…
Read the answer →Q159The Third Article: The Incarnation
God, in his love, gave Adam the commandment not to eat of the fruit of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, with the warning that to eat of it, the outward…
Read the answer →Q077The First Article: God
The Apostle Paul writes: “Without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Heb 11:6; see Q003,…
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 →Q060The Books of the Bible
Although discernment is needed to distinguish deceitful signs from those that are from God, miracles testify to the reality of the spiritual realm, and ultimately to the truth revealed by God. When Aaron’s rod…
Read the answer →Q072The Creed of the Orthodox Christian Faith
The First Council was convened at the invitation of the Emperor Constantine, chiefly to settle the controversy caused by the teaching of Arius, a presbyter of Alexandria. Arius taught that although Jesus Christ could…
Read the answer →Q393On Spiritual Warfare
The Book of Revelation, which the Church may read as a manual of spiritual and liturgical warfare (see the Study: The Book of Revelation), discloses a truth that runs through the whole of the…
Read the answer →Q256The Ninth Article: The Church
The Church is precisely the means by which God, as a loving Father, gives us the highest possible assurance that we are “beloved in Christ” (Rom 1:7; Eph 1:6), “that you may know that…
Read the answer →Q428The Sixth Petition: “Lead Us Not into Temptation”
‘Temptation’ translates the Greek peirasmos, which means ‘trial’ and ‘testing’ as well as ‘temptation’; only the context of a passage indicates which rendering is most fitting. Here, ‘temptation’ refers to any conjunction of circumstances…
Read the answer →Q452The Third Beatitude
Christian meekness produces many blessings such as these: never to murmur against God, nor even against men, when anything falls out contrary to our wishes; not to give way to anger; and not to…
Read the answer →Q595On the Eighth Commandment
True repentance for sins against this commandment includes restitution, wherever it is possible, after the example of Zacchaeus: “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have…
Read the answer →