Catholic Beliefs

• God the Father

  • Created the universe
  • Created us
  • We are his children
  • Teacher
• God the Son


  • Lived on earth as a human
  • Saviour
  • Allows for personal relationship between God and man
  • Role model
• God the Spirit


  • Gives faith, courage and wisdom
  • An invisible presence of God
  • Impregnated Mary
  • Inspired authors of the bible
  • Is present during the sacraments
• Trinity Importance


  • Proves jesus is fully human and fully God
  • Shows God is transcendant
  • Proves monotheism
• Nicene Creed: '"We believe in one God, the father""And in one Lord Jesus""And we believe in the holy spirit"'
• Jesus: '"He saw the spirit of God descending on him like a dove." "And a voice from the heavens said 'This is my son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased.'"'
• Deutronomy: '"Hear O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord"'
• Monotheism


  Belief in one God
• Genesis: 'Let us make mankind in our own image, in our likeness'
• Pope Francis: 'Catholics have the duty to protect the environment.'
• Incarnation


  God became human in Jesus

  
• John: 'In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.'
• Beliefs about Jesus


  • Jesus is God, and God is Jesus
  • Jesus is fully human (Born to a human, felt pain, felt remorse)
  • Jesus is fully divine (born to a virgin, miracles, resurrected)

  
• Jesus's Sacrifice


  • Before Jesus, people sacrificed animals to pay for their sins, and repair their relationship with God
  • Jesus is the 'Lamb of God' and was sacrificed to clear man of sin
  • God is omnibenevolent, as he gave away his only son, and gave humanity salvation, and entry into heaven