4. The First Part of God’s Honor is Faith and it is here that Belief and Faith Are Declared.
Q. Why is faith put in the first place?
A. Because it is the Mother to all the rest.
Q. What does faith work in us?
A. It moves us to put our whole confidence in God.
Q. How may we be moved to do this?
A. By the knowledge of his power and goodness.
Q. But we are unworthy and guilty.
A. Therefore we apprehend his promise in Christ.
Q. Which are the principal heads of his promise?
A. They are contained in our belief, called the Apostles Creed.
Q. Rehearse Apostles Creed.
A. I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, buried, and descended into Hell. He rose again the third day from death. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he will come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit: the Holy Universal Church, the communion of Saints: the forgiveness of sins: the rising again of the bodies and life everlasting.
Q. Why is this called the Creed of the Apostles?
A. Because it agrees with their doctrine and time.
Q. In how many parts is it divided?
A. In four principal parts.
Q. What are we taught in the first part?
A. The right knowledge of God the Father.
Q. What are we taught in the second part?
A. The right knowledge of God the Son.
Q. What are we taught in the third part?
A. The right knowledge of God the Holy Spirit.
Q. What are we taught in the fourth part?
A. The right knowledge of the Church, and the gifts given to it.
Q. How many gods are there?
A. Only one Eternal God, maker of all things.
Q. Why, then, do we speak of three gods here?
A. Because there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.
Q. Wherefore is the Father put in the first place?
A. Because he is the fountain of all things.
Q. Why is the Son put in the second place?
A. He is the Eternal wisdom of the Father, begotten before all beginnings.
Q. Why is the Spirit put in the third place?
A. He is his power, proceeding from the Father and the Son.
Q. Why is the Church put in the fourth place?
A. It is the good work of these three persons.
An Introduction of the Life and Works of Scottish Reformation John Craig - Part 1
A Short Summary of the Whole Catechism - Introduction
A Short Summary of the Whole Catechism - Chapter 1
A Short Summary of the Whole Catechism - Chapter 2
A Short Summary of the Whole Catechism - Chapter 3
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