What we believe
When we pray or recite the Creed, we are reminded that Catholicism is a revealed religion. God is the author of our faith. All that we are expected to believe is summed up in the revelation of Jesus Christ. God has spoken all that is necessary for our Salvation in Jesus, the Word made flesh. God also gives us the gift of faith that enables us to respond, accept and live out the implications of Divine Revelation.
Various aspects of OUR FAITH PROFESSED, as explained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) can be explored below.
Paschal Mystery, Unity of the Saving Deeds The Paschal Mystery is the saving death and resurrection of Jesus for the redemption of the world. It is a core Christian belief...
Son of God, Son of Mary, Mysteries of Christ’s Life ‘For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him...
 The Church is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic In the words of the Creed, we profess ‘one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church’. These four characteristics, or ‘marks,’ affirm the essential...
The Images and Mission of the Church The word ‘Church’ (Latin ecclesia) originally meant a gathering or assembly. In Christian usage, the word ‘church’ refers to the worshipping community, the local...
The Revelation of the Spirit, Joint Mission of Son and Spirit The Holy Spirit is God, the third divine Person of the Trinity, sometimes called the Paraclete, an Advocate and...
The Transmission of Divine Revelation Christianity is a religion of the ‘Word of God’, a living and Incarnate Word. In Apostolic Tradition and in the books of Sacred Scripture, God...
Last Things: Resurrection of the Body, Death, Particular Judgement, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Last Judgement, New Heavens, and New Earth God ‘wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of...
The Human Quest for God To be human is to search for God. Throughout history, to the present moment, religious beliefs and practices express the human search for God. As...
Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mother of God, Mother of the Church Catholic beliefs about Mary and the saints are based on what is believed about Jesus Christ and the Church...
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