Catechism

Overview

Essential information to memorize:

• Apostles Creed
• Ten Commandments
• Two Great Commandments
• Seven Works of Mercy
• Seven Virtues
• Seven Vices
• Seven Sacraments

Apostles Creed

English

I believe in God, 
the Father almighty,
Creator 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, died and was buried;
he descended into Hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into Heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting. 
Amen.

Latin

Crēdō in Deum Patrem omnipotentem,
Creātōrem caelī et terrae,
et in Iēsum Chrīstum, Fīlium eius ūnicum, Dominum nostrum,
quĪ conceptus est dē Spīritū Sānctō,
nātus ex Mariā Virgine,
passus sub Pontiō Pīlatō,
crucifīxus, mortuus, et sepultus;
dēscendit ad īnferōs;
tertiā diē resurrēxit ā mortuīs;
ascendit ad caelōs,
sedet ad dexteram Deī Patrīs omnipotentis;
inde ventūrus est iūdicāre vīvōs et mortuōs.

Crēdō in Spīritum Sānctum,
sānctam Ecclēsiam catholicam,
sānctōrum communiōnem,
remissiōnem peccātōrum,
carnis resurrēctiōnem,
vītam aeternam.
Amen.

Ten Commandments

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.
4. Honor thy father and thy mother.
5. Thou shalt not murder.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against they neighbor.
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

Two Greatest Commandments

1. To love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength.
2. To love thy neighbor as thyself.

Seven Works of Mercy

1. Feed the hungry
2. Give drink to the thirsty
3. Clothe the naked
4. Shelter the homeless
5. Visit the imprisoned
6. Care for the sick
7. Bury the dead

Seven Virtues

• Humility
• Liberality
• Chastity
• Meekness
• Temperance
• Brotherly Love
• Diligence

Seven Vices

• Pride: Unrestrained appreciation of our own worth.
• Greed: Immoderate desire for earthly goods.
• Lust: Desire for impure pleasures.
• Anger: Inordinate desire for revenge.
• Gluttony: Unrestrained use of food and drink.
• Envy: Sorrow over another's good fortune.
• Sloth: Laxity in keeping the Faith and the practice of virtue.

Seven Sacraments

• Baptism
• Confirmation
• Eucharist
• Penance
• Extreme Unction
• Holy Orders
• Matrimony