Quick Answers For Catholics I

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[b] Who is God? [/b]

God is the great Spirit Who has always existed and has made all things.

[b] Can we see God? [/b]

No, for He is a Spirit and a spirit cannot be seen (we cannot see a mans mind nor even the wind).

[b] How do we know God exists? [/b]

a. By sound reasoning. A watch did not make itself. Its parts are to cleverly and practically arranged. Someone who is intelligent must have made it. Now, plants animals and men are put together in a way that is much more beautiful. All that must have been made by a great and powerful mind.

b. But God has also spoken to men (Revelation): To the first human couple when He created them; later, through the Patriarchs and the Prophets; finally through Jesus Christ.

[b] Why do we call God Creator? [/b]

Because He has brought everything into existence where there was nothing. He had only to will and it existed. That is why we say that God has created everything.

[b]S:[/b] Pg 4-5, St. Joseph Edition - Pocket Catechism. 1985-1973 [i] Catholic Book Publishing Co., N.Y.[/i], By Rev. A. Lodders, C.SS.R.

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[b]Quick Answers For Catholics II
Pocket Catechism[/b]

[b]What are Angels?[/b]

They are exalted, immortal spirits. They praise and serve God and carry out His orders. Every human being recieves from God an Angel who in a particular way protects him (Guardian Angel).

[b]What are devils?[/b]

They are Angels who refused to serve God and on that account are forever in Hell. They are also called evil spirits, demons. They hate God, hate and envy us and seek to lead us into sin.

[b]What are Human beings?[/b]

Human beings are persons who have a mortal body and an immortal spirit. Man's spirit is called a soul. When the human being dies, only the body begins to corrupt but the soul lives on forever.

[b]Why did God create man?[/b]

God made man to serve Him on earth and later to be perfectly happy with God in heaven.

[b]Did Adam and Eve remain in that happy state?[/b]

No, they sinned grievously. As a punishment they then had to suffer henceforth and would die and they would no longer enter Heaven. But God promised in His mercy that He would some day send a Saviour to reopen Heaven.

[b]So, has GOd a Son?[/b]

Yes, for God exists in three persons: The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit - three Persons Who nevertheless are one being, One God. That is something we cannot understand; it is a Mystery. But we know that it is so because God has revealed it to us. We call that Mystery of faith the Most Holy Trinity or the Blessed Trinity.

[b]S:[/b] Pg 6-9, St. Joseph Edition - Pocket Catechism. 1985-1973 [i] Catholic Book Publishing Co., N.Y.[/i], By Rev. A. Lodders, C.SS.R.