What Do Catholics Believe ?

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have." - 1 Peter 3:15

I. We Believe in God

1. The One and Only God GO
2. God, the Trinity of Persons GO
3. God, the Father Almighty GO
4. God, Creator of Heaven and Earth GO
    i. Creation out of Nothing GO
    ii. The Holy Angels in the Plan of God GO
    iii. Devils and Demons GO
    iv. Our World and Universe GO
    v. Evolution GO
5. God, the Merciful
GO

II. We Believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God
1. Is Jesus the Son of God? GO
2. The Historical Jesus GO
3. Jesus, Compassionate Saviour GO
    i. The Mystery of Redemption GO
    ii. Salvation GO
    iii. The Passion and Death of Jesus GO
    iv. The Resurrection of Jesus
GO

III. We Believe in the Holy Spirit GO

IV. We Believe in the Dignity of the Human Person GO
1. What is Man? GO
2. Man's Freedom GO
3. God's Salvation
    i. The Moral Law GO
    ii. The Ten Commandments GO
    iii. The Virtues GO
    iv. Grace and Justification GO
4. Evil GO
5. Sin GO
6. The Human Community
GO

V. We Believe in Revelation: God Comes to Meet Man
1. The Revealed and Personal God GO
2. The Sacred Scriptures GO
    i. Biblical Inspiration GO
    ii. Biblical Studies GO
        A. Gettingback to basics GO
        B. The Bible and The Catholic Church GO
        C. Advanced Biblical Studies GO
        D. Hermeneutics GO
        E. What Texts are Sacred? GO
        F. The Old Testament GO
        G. The New Testament
GO
3. Tradition GO
4. Private Revelation GO

VI. Response to Revelation
1. Faith - Man's Response to God GO
2. Profession of Faith: Creeds
GO

VII. We Believe in the Holy Catholic Church
1. The Church, The People of God GO
2. The Church, The Mystical Body Of Christ GO
3. The Church and Salvation GO
4. The Church, Mother and Teacher GO
5. The Church and the World GO
6. The Domestic Church
GO

VIII. Church History

1. General Reference GO

2. A History of the Church
   
i. In the beginning... GO
    ii. The Early Christian Community GO
    iii.The Early Church GO

    iv.The End of the Roman Empire GO

    v.The Middle Ages GO

    vi.The Late Medieval Church and its Reformation GO

    vii.Expansion of the Church GO

    viii.The Church and the Modern World GO

 

IX. We Believe in the Communion of Saints GO

 

X. We Believe in the Person of Mary

1. Mary in Scripture GO

2. Mary, Mother of the Messiah GO

3. Mary, Mother of God GO

4. Mary, Mother of the Church GO

5. Marian Devotions GO

XI. We Believe in the Resurrection of the Body

1. Death: The Last Good-bye? GO

2. Heaven: Where the Elite All Meet GO

3. Purgatory GO

4. The Hell There Is GO

5. Come, Lord Jesus GO

6. Life Everlasting GO

 

XII. We Believe in the Seven Sacraments of the Church

1. Sacrament: A Real Meeting with the Risen Christ GO

2. Sacrament of Initiation

    i. Baptism GO

    ii. Confirmation GO

    iii. Holy Eucharist

        A. Blessed Sacrament - Real Presence - Holy Communion GO

        B. Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist GO

        C. Eucharistic Documents GO

3. Sacraments of Healing

    i. Penance of Reconciliation GO

    ii. Anointing of the Sick GO

4. Sacraments of Vocation

    i. Holy Orders GO

    ii Matrimony - A Covenant Relationship GO

 

XIII. Sacramentals - Little Sacraments GO

 

XIV. Liturgy - The Celebration of the Christian Mystery GO

 

XV. We Believe in Prayer - We Speak to God

1. Lord, Teach Us to Pray GO

2. O Lord, Open My Lips... GO

3. Expressions of Prayer GO

    i. Meditation

    ii. Contemplative

    iii. Scriptural Prayer

    iv. The Psalms, the Songs of God's People

    v. The Divine Office

4. Other Prayers GO

    i. Prayers for Every Need

    ii. Children's Prayers

    iii. Prayer Requests

XVI. Come and See: An Invitation to the Catholic Church GO

XVII. Select Websites GO

XVIII. What's New?
GO