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The creed we usually profess at Mass on Sundays.
Nicene Creed
A solemn commitment of fidelity that God and the People of God
Covenant
The official list of books included in the Bible.
Canon
Contains 27 books of the Bible.
New Testament
A statement of beliefs, a profession of faith, a summary of the principal beliefs of the Church.
Creed
The 4 written accounts that are the heart of Sacred Scripture.
Gospels
The first state of grace in which Adam and Eve shared in God’s divine life, the perfect state of grace before the Fall.
Original holiness
These tell the story of the early Church.
Acts of the Apostles
Through the gift of faith we get the desire to know God better and more fully.
Knowledge
8 letters in the New Testament that help us to understand and live out our faith.
Catholic Letters
The first state of grace before the Fall, when Adam and Eve and all of creation were in harmony.
Original justice
The descendants of Abraham to whom God made a promise. The people of the Church by the right of our Baptism. A person who has faith.
People of God
A gift of the Holy Spirit that can be referred to as “fear of the Lord.”
Wonder & Awe
The 16 books of the Bible that tell of how God’s people did and did not live the Covenant.
The Historical Books
The Holy Spirit Guiding the human writers of Sacred Scripture so that they would faithfully and accurately communicate what God intended to reveal.
Biblical Inspiration
To put one in that state of grace in which sin is removed and we are made Holy.
Sanctify
A Prophet who was the sister of Moses and Aaron, she led in song and dance after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea.
Miriam
One of the Earliest Creeds of the Church.
Apostles Creed
These 13 Epistles, or letters of Saint Paul help us to understand and live out our faith in Jesus.
New Testament Letters
God making himself and his divine plan of creation and Salvation known over time.
Divine Revelation
7 books of the Bible that share advice on how to live the Covenant.
The Wisdom Books
The final book of the Bible that encourages Christians to remain faithful to Jesus when they suffer.
Book of Revelation
Honored as a Doctor of the Church, a great teacher of the faith of the Church.
St. Thomas Aquinas
The 18 books of the Bible that remind God’s people to be faithful to the Covenant and that God will always be faithful to them.
The Prophetic Books
The gift of God’s invitation that enables us to know and believe in him and the power God gives us to respond freely to his invitation.
Faith