In the paper given to

you, write as many

words as you can
about the following:
Catholicism
Jesus
Mary
Trinity
Creed
 I
BELIEVE

BY:
S E M . I A N D AV E G U LT I A N O
AS A CATHOLIC, TO
WHAT AND/OR WHO
DO I BELIEVE IN?
THE ANSWER LIES IN
THE CREEDS
TWO CREEDS OF THE
CHURCH:

1. APOSTLES’
CREED

2. NICENE CREED
WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE APOSTLES’ CREED
AND THE NICENE
CREED?
 APOSTLES’ CREED
-THE CREED BY WHICH OUR ENTIRE
FAITH IS BASED UPON AND THE
RECITAL OF WHICH BRINGS US INTO
COMMUNION WITH GOD AND HIS
ENTIRE CHURCH

VS.
NICENE CREED
-PROVIDES A MORE DETAILED,
MORE EXPLICIT VERSION OF THE
APOSTLES’ CREED
-FORGED OUT OF THE DILEMMA OF
SEVERAL HERESIES THAT AROSE
DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Apostles’
Creed

-IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE

SUMMARY OF THE APOSTLES’
FAITH
-THE ANCIENT BAPTISMAL
SYMBOL OF THE CHURCH OF
ROME
-CONSIDERED AS THE OLDEST
ROMAN CATECHISM
WHAT DOES THE
CREEDS SAY WE
BELIEVE IN?
 “I BELIEVE IN GOD
THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,
CREATOR OF HEAVEN
AND EARTH…”
-ARTICLE I OF THE APOSTLES’ CREED
WHAT DOES THE

FIRST ARTICLE
SAY?
 GOD…
-COMES IN THE PERSON OF
THE FATHER
-IS THE ALMIGHTY
-IS THE SOURCE OF ALL
THAT THERE IS
 GENESIS 1:1
“IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE
WORLD”

NEHEMIAH 9:6
"YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD YOU HAVE
MADE THE HEAVENS, THE HEAVEN OF
HEAVENS WITH ALL THEIR HOST, THE
EARTH AND ALL THAT IS ON IT, THE SEAS
AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM YOU GIVE LIFE
TO ALL OF THEM AND THE HEAVENLY
HOST BOWS DOWN BEFORE YOU.

ISAIAH 66:2
"FOR MY HAND MADE ALL THESE THINGS,
THUS ALL THESE THINGS CAME INTO BEING,"
DECLARES THE LORD "BUT TO THIS ONE I WILL
LOOK, TO HIM WHO IS HUMBLE AND CONTRITE
OF SPIRIT, AND WHO TREMBLES AT MY WORD.
“I BELIEVE IN JESUS

CHRIST THE ONLY

SON OF OUR LORD…”
-ARTICLE II OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

SECOND ARTICLE
SAY?
 GOD…
-COMES IN THE PERSON OF
THE SON
-HAS COME TO SAVE THE
WORLD
JESUS
- “GOD SAVES”

CHRIST
- “THE ANOINTED ONE”
JESUS CHRIST
- IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON OF GOD, “THE
ANOINTED ONE” WHO HAS
COME TO SAVE THE WORLD
FROM SIN
“WHO [JESUS CHRIST]
WAS CONCEIVED BY
THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND
BORN OF THE VIRGIN
MARY”
-ARTICLE III OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

THIRD ARTICLE
SAY?
 GOD THE SON…
-CAME TO EARTH AND
BECAME MAN
-WAS CONCEIVED BY
THE VIRGIN MARY BY
THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
 “HE [JESUS CHRIST]
SUFFERED UNDER
PONTIUS PILATE, WAS
CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND
WAS BURIED…”
-ARTICLE IV OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

FOURTH ARTICLE
SAY?
 GOD THE SON…
-ACCOMPLISHED HIS
FATHER’S PLAN BY
WILLINGLY OFFERING
HIMSELF ON THE
CROSS FOR THE
SALVATION OF MAN
 “HE [JESUS CHRIST]
DESCENDED INTO THE
DEAD ON THE THIRD
DAY HE ROSE AGAIN…”
-ARTICLE V OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 “HE [JESUS CHRIST]
DESCENDED INTO HELL
ON THE THIRD DAY HE
ROSE AGAIN FROM THE
DEAD…”
-ARTICLE V OF THE NICENE CREED
WHAT DOES THE

FIFTH ARTICLE
SAY?
 “HELL”
-THE “BOSOM OF
ABRAHAM”, THE PLACE
WHERE THE SAINTS OF
OLD WERE MADE TO
STAY FOR THEY
CANNOT ENTER THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
DUE TO ORIGINAL SIN
THE RESURRECTION OF
JESUS CHRIST
-IS THE CROWNING APEX
OF HIS STORY
-GIVES US HOPE THAT OUR
LORD IS MORE POWERFUL
THAN EVIL
-GIVES US THE ESSENCE OF
GOD’S LOVING
REDEMPTION AND SAVING
GRACE
“HE ASCENDED INTO
HEAVEN AND IS
SEATED AT THE RIGHT
HAND OF THE FATHER
ALMIGHTY…”
-ARTICLE VI OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
WHAT DOES THE

SIXTH ARTICLE
SAY?
 JESUS CHRIST
-COMPLETED THE
CELEBRATION OF HIS
VICTORY OVER EVIL BY
TAKING HIS RIGHTFUL
PLACE AT THE RIGHT HAND
OF GOD THE FATHER
-BECAME OUR MEDIATOR
TO THE FATHER
 “FROM THENCE HE
SHALL COME AGAIN IN
GLORY TO JUDGE THE
LIVING AND THE DEAD”
-ARTICLE VII OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

SEVENTH ARTICLE
SAY?
SECOND COMING
-JESUS’ RETURN TO
TAKE HIS PLACE AS
KING OF THE EARTH
 JUDGMENT DAY
-WHEN EVERY ONE OF US
IS EITHER CONDEMNED TO
ETERNAL DAMNATION OR
SALVATION BASED ON OUR
FAITH AND LIFE
“I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY
SPIRIT…”
-ARTICLE VIII OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY

SPIRIT, THE LORD, THE

GIVER OF LIFE; WHO PROCEEDS
FROM THE FATHER AND THE
SON, WHO WITH THE FATHER
AND THE SON IS ADORED AND
GLORIFIED
-ARTICLE VIII OF THE NICENE CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

EIGHTH ARTICLE
SAY?
 THE HOLY
SPIRIT
-THE THIRD PERSON WHO
COMPLETES THE HOLY
TRINITY
-THE SANCTIFIER
 THE HOLY
TRINITY
THE FATHER= THE
CREATOR
THE SON= THE REDEEMER
THE HOLY SPIRIT= THE
SANCTIFIER
“[I BELIEVE IN] THE
HOLY CATHOLIC
CHURCH, THE
COMMUNION OF
SAINTS
-ARTICLE IX OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

NINTH ARTICLE
SAY?
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
-GOD’S
CHURCH/GOVERNING
BODY ON EARTH
-ONE OF THE SOURCES
OF TRUTH
 THE THREE KINDS OF
CHURCHES
CHURCH TRIUMPHANT= THE
CHURCH WHO SHARES IN THE GLORY OF
GOD IN HEAVEN

CHURCH SUFFERING= THE CHURCH

WHO PURGE THEMSELVES OF THE
STAINS OF THEIR SINS IN PURGATORY
WHERE THEY WAIT TO SHARE IN THE
GLORY OF GOD IN HEAVEN

CHURCH MILITANT= THE CHURCH

WHO CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AGAINST
WORLDLY TEMPTATION IN THE HOPE
THAT THEY WILL SUCCEED AND
SOMEDAY SHARE IN THE GLORY OF GOD
IN HEAVEN
“[I BELIEVE IN] THE
FORGIVENESS OF
SINS…”
-ARTICLE X OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
 WHAT DOES THE

TENTH ARTICLE
SAY?
FORGIVENESS OF SINS
-CAN ONLY BE
OBTAINED FROM GOD
 JESUS CHRIST
ENTRUSTED TO THE
APOSTLES AND TO
THEIR SUCCESSORS
THE POWER TO
FORGIVE SINS.
HE SAID: “AS THE FATHER
SENT ME, SO I AM
SENDING YOU. RECEIVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR
THOSE WHOSE SINS YOU
FORGIVE, THEY ARE
FORGIVEN; FOR THOSE
WHOSE SINS YOU RETAIN,
THEY ARE RETAINED”
(JOHN 20:21-23).
 “[I BELIEVE IN] THE
RESURRECTION OF THE
BODY…”
-ARTICLE XI OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
WHAT DOES THE

ELEVENTH
ARTICLE SAY?
“AND [I BELIEVE IN]
LIFE EVERLASTING…”
-ARTICLE XII OF THE APOSTLES’
CREED
WHAT DOES THE LAST

ARTICLE SAY?