Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine

  • Part 2 Lesson 2 ~ The Three Divine Persons

    Q. Why do we call God Father? A. Because God is our invisible Father in heaven, and because in God there are more persons than one, the first of whom is called the Father. Q, How many persons are there in God? A. There are three persons in God. Q. How are they named?…

  • Part 2 Lesson 1 ~ On God

      Q. What did the Apostles do before they went into the whole world to instruct all nations? A. They made the .Symbol or Creed. Q. What is this Symbol or Creed of the Apostles? A. It is a summary of the whole Christian Doctrine, in these terms: I believe in God, the Father…

  • Part 1 Lesson XII—No Salvation Outside of the Roman Catholic Church

    Since the Roman Catholic Church alone is the true Church of Jesus Christ, can any one who dies outside of the Church be saved? He cannot. Why not? Because one who does not do the will of God cannot be saved. Is it, then, the will of God that all men should be Catholics?…

  • Part 1 Lesson XI—Holy Scripture and Tradition

    Q. What do you mean by Holy Scripture? A. A collection of books which were written by holy men, inspired by the Holy Ghost, and acknowledged by the Catholic Church to be the written Word of God. Q. How is Holy Scripture divided? A. Into the books of the Old and the New Testament;…

  • Part 1 Lesson X – Qualities of Faith

    Q. When is our faith quite pleasing to God?                             A. When it is strong, lively, entire, and sound. Q. When is our faith strong? A. When we believe without the least doubt, and choose to lose all, even our life,…

  • Part 1 Lesson IX – The Faith of the Roman Catholic

    Q. What do the words “I believe” mean? A. They mean that I hold to be true that which another tells me. Q. What must we know of a person to believe firmly all his words? A. That he is truthful and knows well the things which he tells us. Q. Is God truthful?…

  • Part 1 Lesson VIII – What cannot and what can be reformed in the Catholic Church

    Q. What follows from the fact that the holy Roman Catholic Church can never be destroyed by any created power? A. That it would be the sin of heresy for any one to say that a reform of the doctrine or the constitution of the Roman Catholic Church could ever become necessary. Q. Can…

  • Part 1 Lesson VII – The Roman Catholic Church Cannot Be Destroyed

    Q. What is the world in which we live? A. It is the temple of God Q. What forms the carpeted floor of this temple? A. The earth, with all its thousands of flowers. Q. What forms the vaulted dome? A. The blue sky above, with its millions of twinkling stars. Q. For whom…

  • Part 1 Lesson VI —Marks of the Church

      Q. How many churches did Christ establish? A. He established only one Church. Q. How do we know this? A. Because He said to St. Peter: “Upon thee I will build My Church.” Q. Was it a visible or an invisible Church that Christ established? A. Christ established a visible Church. Q. How…

  • Part 1 Lesson V – Propagation of Christ’s Religion

    Q. What did the Apostles do after they had received the Holy Ghost on Whitsunday? A. They went forth into the whole world to instruct all nations, according to the orders given them by Jesus Christ. Q. What did they do with those who believed their doctrine? A. They gathered them into congregations. Q.…