Knowing Your Faith: All Basic Catholic Beliefs

by Raymond B. Fullam

Overview

Knowing Your Faith from Catholic Book Publishing is a short catechism of Catholic teachings, practices, and worship, arranged in a well-organized question-and-answer format. This illustrated catechism also includes brief instructions to enhance the presentation of the basics of the Catholic Faith. This book is intended for both adults and high school students and thus is ideal for adult religious education as well as youth courses and RCIA.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899422596
Publisher:	Catholic Book Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/17/2006
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	365,999
Product dimensions:	4.38(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	3
Part 1	Our Creed of Catholic Teachings	11
Chapter I.	What Religion Is	14
	The Importance of Religion	14
Chapter II.	God Reveals Saving Truths to Us	15
	What Revelation Is All About	15
	The Holy Bible in Itself	15
	Divine Inspiration of the Bible	17
	What "Gospel" Means	17
	The Gospel Writers	18
	Our Sacred Church Tradition	18
	Use of the Bible by Catholics	19
Chapter III.	One God In Three Divine Persons, The Most Blessed Trinity	21
	The Apostles' Creed	21
	Who God Is	22
	God's Existence Proven	22
	God's Attributes or Perfections	23
	The Most Blessed Trinity	24
	The Problem of Evil in Our World	24
Chapter IV.	God the Creator of Angels, All Human Beings, And Everything Else	25
	The Angels	25
	Evil Spirits	25
	Human Beings	26
Chapter V.	Of Sin, Original and Personal	27
	Our Original Sin Inherited from Adam and Eve	27
	Actual Sin, Personal and Communal	28
	The Nature, Kinds, and Conditions for Personal Sin	29
	The Seven Capital Sins	30
Chapter VI.	Jesus Christ, True God and True Man Our Lord and Redeemer	31
	The Divinity and Humanity of Jesus	31
	Christ's Death, Mankind's Redemption	32
Chapter VII.	The Holy Spirit and God's Graces and Virtues for Us	35
	The Holy Spirit, Third Person of the Blessed Trinity	35
	God's Helping or Actual Graces For Us	36
	Sanctifying Grace, Life of Our Soul	37
Chapter VIII.	Our Aim Is For Holiness of Life	39
	The Theological Virtues	39
	The Moral Virtues	40
	The Beatitudes or Promised Blessings From Christ	40
	Our Own Imitation of Jesus During Life	41
	The Holy Rosary	42
	Life as a Diocesan or Religious Priest, Sister, or Brother	43
Chapter IX.	Our Catholic Church	44
	Founded by Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Himself	44
	The Pope as Successor of St. Peter and Visible Head of the Church on Earth	45
	Church Government	45
	Our Bishops and Priests	47
	Distinctive Marks of Christ's Church	48
	Powers Given by Christ to His Church	48
	People Who Are Saved	50
Chapter X.	Our Blessed Mother and the Saints	51
	The Prerogatives of Mary, Mother of Jesus	51
	Our Devotion to Our Blessed Lady	52
	St. Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus and Husband of Mary	53
	The Saints, Our Heavenly Helpers	54
	The Stations of the Cross	55
Chapter XI.	Christ's Resurrection and Ours in the Happiness of Heaven	57
	Christ in Glory	57
	Our Death	58
	Our Happiness in Heaven, Body Reunited with Soul	59
	The Souls in Purgatory	61
	The Hell of the Damned	61
	The General Judgment of All Mankind	62
	The End of Our World	62
Part 2	Our Code of Catholic Morality	63
Chapter XII.	Love in Our Lives and God's Ten Commandments to Help us	66
	An Informed Conscience, the Norm for Good Moral Living	66
	Love in Our Lives	67
	List of God's Helpful Ten Commandments For Our Well-being	69
	God's Ten Commandments in Brief	70
	God is First--The 1st Commandment of God for Our Good	70
	Atheism's Loss	71
	Sins Against Faith	71
	Honoring God's Holy Name--The 2nd Commandment of God for Our Good	72
	Some Sacredness on Weekends--The 3rd Commandment of God for Our Good	73
	Obeying Parents and Those in Authority--the 4th Commandment of God for Our Good	74
	Respecting Parents and Authorities	75
	Parents Toward Children	76
	Avoiding Harm to People--The 5th Commandment of God for Our Good	77
	Harm to Ourselves	78
	Harm Against Others	78
	Sexual Self Control--The 6th and 9th Commandments of God for Our Good	80
	Respecting the Human Body	80
	Aids For Sexual Purity	81
	Respecting Others' Property--the 7th and 10th Commandments of God for Our Good	82
	Avoiding Harm to Others	82
	Cooperating in the Sin of Another	83
	Good Speech--The 8th Commandment of God for Our Good	84
	Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You	85
Chapter XIII	Precepts or Guiding Laws of the Catholic Church to Assist Us	87
	The Purpose and List of Church Precepts for Catholics in the United States	87
	Participating at Mass--The 1st Precept of the Church to Assist Us	88
	Catholic Holy Days in the United States	89
	Our Church Liturgical Year	90
	Confession and Holy Communion--The 2nd Precept of the Church to Assist Us	91
	Religious Education--The 3rd Precept of the Church to Assist Us	93
	Marriage Rules--The 4th Precept of the Church to Assist Us	94
	Supporting the Church--the 5th Precept of the Church to Assist Us	95
	Doing Penance--The 6th Precept of the Church to Assist Us	96
	Cooperating in Apostolic Works--the 7th Precept of the Church to Assist Us	97
Part 3	Our Cult of Catholic Worship	99
Chapter XIV.	God's Graces for Us From Christ's Seven Sacraments and the Holy Mass	102
	What a Sacrament Is and Does for Us	102
	Baptism--The Sacrament of the Life-giving Graces of Christ Within Us	103
	Confirmation--The Sacrament of Responsible Caring	107
	The Holy Eucharist--The Sacrament of Christ Himself Present to Us	108
	Jesus Himself Instituted the Holy Eucharist	109
	Holy Eucharist Is Jesus Christ Truly Present	111
	Our Holy Sacrifice of the Mass	112
	What We Profit from the Benefit of Holy Mass	113
	Gaining from Our Receiving of Communion	116
	Reconciliation or Penance--The Sacrament of Peace	118
	What Going to Confession Means to Us	118
	The Priest in Confession	124
	Anointing of the Sick or Aged The Sacrament of Peaceful Anticipation	126
	What the Sacrament Is and Does for Our Sick and Aged	126
	Holy Orders--The Sacrament of the Great Gift to Our Priests	128
	What this Sacrament Is and Does for Our Priests	128
	The Powers Conferred on Our Priests	129
	Vocations to the Priesthood Today	130
	Laypeople Also Share in the Priesthood of Christ	131
	Matrimony--The Sacrament of Togetherness throughout Life	132
	God Instituted Marriage and Christ Elevated it to a Sacrament	132
	What this Sacrament Is and Does for Our Marrying Couple	132
	Preparing for Marriage	136
Chapter XV.	The Sacramentals--Many Little Blessings	137
	Effects of Using the Sacramentals	138
	Valuable Appendices	140
A	Useful Questions For Each Chapter	141
B	Summary of Chief Vatican II Messages	150
C	Basic Catholic Prayers	156