Top Questions and Answers Every Catholic Should Know

How Well Do You Know the Catholic Faith?

Every Catholic is called not only to believe, but to understand what the Church teaches and why she teaches it. These questions and answers below represent the most common objections that Catholics encounter. Our comprehensive list highlights important topics that every Catholic should be able to explain.

1. Who is God (Trinity) and how is the Trinity rightly confessed? (The Trinity Simplified – The Eucharist and Saints)
2. Who is Jesus Christ, and how is the Incarnation compatible with God’s immutability? (Did Jesus Christ Abandon His Divinity on Earth?)
3. What is the nature and reality of the Eucharist (Real Presence, transubstantiation)? (The Eucharist)
4. Why are the sacraments necessary, and how do they function as channels of grace? (Why Catholics Need the Sacraments for Salvation)
5. What is the Church’s claim to be the one true Church founded by Christ, and what follows from papal and episcopal authority? (The Church Christ Founded)
6. What is the role and veneration of Mary and the saints, and how does it differ from worship? (How to Talk to Protestants About Mary and the Saints)
7. Why is sacramental confession necessary if sinners may pray directly to God for forgiveness? (Why Don’t Catholics Go Straight to Jesus?)
8. How do Scripture and Apostolic Tradition relate as sources of divine revelation? (Scripture and Tradition)
9. How are salvation, faith, and works harmonized in Catholic teaching (justification, grace, perseverance)? (What Catholics Believe About Faith and Works)
10. What does the Church teach about death, judgment, heaven, hell, purgatory, and the final consummation? (The Last Things: Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell)

These questions and answers represent the core tenants of the Catholic faith, and seek to aid the faithful in understanding the Church’s teaching and to properly defend the Faith.

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