Q. Which must we take most care of; our body or our soul? · A. Of our soul. Q. Why so? A. Because, What will it avail a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mat xvi. 26. Q. What must we do to save our soul? A. We must worship God by faith, hope, and charity that is we must believe in him, hope in him, and love him with all our hearts. Q. What is faith? A. It is to believe without doubting all that God teaches; because he is the very truth, and cannot deceive, nor be deceived. Q. And how shall we know what the things are which God teaches? A. From the testimony of the catholic church of God, which he has established by innumerable miracles, and illustrated by the lives & deaths of innumerable saints. CHAP, CHA P. II. The Apostles Creed. Q. W Hat are the chief things which God teaches? A. They are contained in the Apostles Creed. Q. Say the Apostles Creed? A. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary : suffered under Pontius Pilate, was cru. cified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven; sits at the right-hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the living & the dead; I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the com munion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, & life everlasting. Amen. The first Article of the Creed. Q. Which is the first Article of the Apostles Creed? A. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven & earth. Q. What is God? A. God is a spirit, the Creator and sovereign Lord of all things. Q. Why is he called Almighty? A. Because he can do all things whatever he pleases, and nothing is hard or impossible to him. Q. Why is he called Creator of heaven and earth? A.Eccause he made heaven and earth, and all things out of nothing, by his only word. Q. Had God any beginning? A. No, he always was, is, and always will be. Q. Where is God. A. God is every where. Q. Does God know and see all things? A. Yes, he does know and see all things. Q. Has God any body? A. No: God has no body; he is a pure spirit. Q. Q. How many Gods are there? Q. Are there more persons than one in God? A. Yes; in God there are three per sons, Q. Which are they? A. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Q. Are they not three Gods? A. No, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, are all but one and the same God. The Second Article. Q. Which is the second Article of the Creed? A. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. Q. Who is Jesus Christ? A. He is the only Son of God the Father, the second Person of the blessed Trinity, true God and true man. Q. Why is he true God? A.Because he has the nature of God, being of the self-same substance with God the Father. Q. Why is he true man? A iv A. A. Because he has also the nature of Man, being the Son of the blessed Virgin, and has a body and soul like unto us. Q. Was Jesus Christ always God? A. Yes he was always God, equal to his Father from all eternity. Q. Was he always Man? A. No; but only from the time of his incarnation. Q. How many natures are there in Jesus Christ? A. Two the nature of God, and the nature of Man. Q. How many persons are there in Jesus Christ? A. Only one; which is the person of God the Son, Q. Why was he made Man? The Third Article.. Q. Which is the third Article of the Creed? A. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary. Q. How was Christ made Man? A. He was conceived and made Man |
