Part I: Lesson 1

Question 1

1. Who made us?

Answer 1

God made us.

Question 2

2. Who is God?

Answer 2

God is the Supreme Being who made all things.

Question 3

3. Why did God make us?

Answer 3

God made us to show forth His goodness and to share with us His everlasting happiness in heaven.

Question 4

4. What must we do to gain the happiness of heaven?

Answer 4

To gain the happiness of heaven we must know, love, and serve God in this world.

Question 5

5. From whom do we learn to know, love and serve God?

Answer 5

We learn to know, love, and serve God from Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who teaches us through the Catholic Church.

Question 6

6. Where do we find the chief truths taught by Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church?

Answer 6

We find the chief truths taught by Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church in the Apostles’ Creed.

Question 7

7. Say the Apostles’ Creed.

Answer 7

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 Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day he arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.