I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds - Psalm 9:1
About “Man”
- Who made you?
- God made me.
- Why did God make you?
- God made me to know Him, love Him and serve Him in this world, and be happy with Him forever in the next.
- To whose image and likeness did God make you?
- God made me to his own image and likeness.
- Is this likeness to God in your body, or in your soul?
- This likeness to God is chiefly in my soul
- How is your soul like to God?
- My soul is like to God because it is a spirit, and is immortal.
- What do you mean when you say that your soul is immortal?
- When I say my soul is immortal, I mean that my soul can never die.
- Of which must you take most care, of your body or of your soul?
- I must take most care of my soul; for Christ has said, ‘What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul?’ Matt. 16:26. (In Catholic theology, the soul and body are not opposed to each other. The human body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, made to the image and likeness of God. Salvation is for the whole person, both body and soul.)
- What must you do to save your soul?
- To save my soul I must worship God by Faith, Hope and Charity; that is, I must believe in him, I must hope in him, and I must love him with my whole heart.
- What is faith?
- Faith is a supernatural gift of God, which enables us to believe without doubting whatever God has revealed.
- Why must you believe whatever God has revealed?
- I must believe whatever God has revealed because God is the very truth, and can neither deceive nor be deceived.
- How are you to know what God has revealed?
- I am to know what God has revealed by the testimony, teaching, and authority of the Catholic Church.
- Who gave the Catholic Church divine authority to teach?
- Jesus Christ gave the Catholic Church divine authority to teach, when he said, ‘Go ye and teach all nations.’ Matt.28:19