- Q. Who made the world?
A. God made the world. - Q. Who is God?
A. God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things. - Q. What is man?
A. Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God. - Q. Why did God make you?
A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy
with Him for ever in heaven. - Q. What must we do to save our souls?
A. To save our souls, 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 heart. - Q. How shall we know the things which we are to believe?
A. We shall know the things which we are to believe from the Catholic Church, through which
God speaks to us. - Q. Where shall we find the chief truths which the Church teaches?
A. We shall find the chief truths which the Church teaches 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 crucified; died, and was buried. He descended into
hell: the third day He arose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and 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 Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the
communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.