Dear Mubanga —

• There is one God in three Divine Persons, the Father, Son, and Spirit.
  
  
• The Son was sent to become incarnate as Man in this world to save us by making the perfect free will offering of Himself through bearing all the sin and evil man can do in humble obedience.
  
  
• In doing this He healed the breach between God and man and was united in His Humanity with the Godhead, and his Risen Body became the vehicle for our union with God.
  
  
• He is made present In Word and Deed, in our time through the Teaching and sacraments of the Catholic Church.
  
  
• Through the power given us by the sacraments, we are enabled to live as adopted sons of God, and we receive the Spirit as the source of that Life and the pledge of eternal life, that we will share if we are faithful in our lives to the gift we have been given.
  
  
• While on earth, we strive to build up the Body of Christ, and we await the coming of the Lord to judge the living and the dead.
  

Mary Ann

Hi, Mubanga —

Thanks for the question.

If you want a more detailed, elaborate, and expanded form of all the Catholic doctrines a faithful Catholic must believe, you should consider buying a cheap copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

That said, although it's not as simplified as Mary Ann's six-point summary and was authored in a different (culture/generation), my favorite is from a book written back in 1942.

• The 1942 Catholic Layman's Guide: A brief outline of what he should know and do.

Mike

Mubanga —

You can read the Catechism online at:

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Vatican website
• St Charles Borromeo's version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  (in Picayune, Mississippi)

Also the Compendium (Vatican version) is a good resource as well:

• Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Vatican website.

Eric