The Christian Faith: A Mini-Catechism For Catholics

This booklet presents the Christian faith in a series of 73 concise articles. Each article expresses, in a nutshell, the core ideas about a wide range of topics as they are found in the Catholic tradition. The aim is to give food for thought, clear and accurate explanations and so to provide a mini-catechism of the most important elements of the Christian faith. While the richness and beauty of faith cannot be fully expressed in mere words, the right words can encourage us to explore it more deeply.

Contents

Introduction

Part 1

The Meaning of Faith......................................9

God.................................................................9

Revelation.......................................................10

Faith................................................................11

Knowledge,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12

Theology.........................................................13

Part 2 : The Christian Story,

The Apostle's Creed.......................................15

The Most Holy Trinity....................................15

The Angels

The Devil and the reality of evil

Human beings

Original sin.......................................................................19

The Jewish people

The Incarnation

The life of Christ

The Sacrifice of the Mass.................................................23

The Resurrection

Redemption

The Holy Spirit

The gifts of the Holy Spirit................................................27

Part 3 : Church, Tradition Bible........................................29

8 Sections

Part 4 : Sacraments of Initiation and Healing.......................38

9 Sections

Part 5 : Sacraments and the Christian Vocations ..................49

8 Sections

Part 6 : The Vocation to Love................................................59

The Universal call to Holiness and 12 more sections

Part 7 : The spiritual Life.......................................................74

Christian Prayer and 8 more sections

Part 8 : The Last things..........................................................82

Death,

Judgement, Heaven Hell and Purgatory

Hope

Eternal Life

The saints on earth

The saints in heaven

The Blessed Virgin Mary

Two Marian Prayers.............................................................89

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