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Home / Curious, or no faith: if you only have 10 minutes

If you only have 10 minutes.

Curious, or no faith: the whole path on one page, one cited paragraph per step.

You can stop anytime. This asks nothing of you.

  1. Is anyone there?

    The Church teaches that the desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God. CCC 27 She also teaches that God can be known with certainty from the created world by the natural light of human reason. CCC 36

  2. The case for God

    You and the world both point past yourselves: things exist without having to, and you hunger for a truth and love nothing here can fill. CCC 32 CCC 33 The Church calls these converging arguments, and says God can be known with certainty by reason. CCC 31 CCC 36

  3. Can we trust the Gospels?

    The Church holds firmly that the four Gospels, “whose historicity she unhesitatingly affirms,” faithfully hand on what Jesus really did and taught. CCC 126 They are the heart of all the Scriptures, our principal source for His life and teaching. CCC 125

  4. Did Jesus really rise?

    The earliest record, written within living memory, says Jesus died, was buried, rose, and was seen by many. CCC 639 The disciples weren’t expecting it and doubted it at first; meeting the risen Jesus changed them. CCC 643 CCC 644

  5. Why a Church at all?

    Jesus didn’t leave a book; He gathered a people, with the Twelve and Peter at their head. CCC 765 The Church is His Body, holy because of Him, full of sinners always in need of purification. CCC 787 CCC 827

  6. What Catholics believe, on one page

    A creed is a summary of the principal truths of the faith and a sign of recognition and communion between believers. CCC 188 Its three parts follow Baptism in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. CCC 189 CCC 190

  7. Common fears

    The Church teaches that the act of faith is of its very nature a free act, and that nobody is to be forced to embrace the faith against his will. CCC 160 Believing is contrary neither to human freedom nor to human reason. CCC 154

  8. Talk to someone

    Faith is a personal act, but not an isolated one: the believer receives faith from others and hands it on. CCC 166 From the time of the apostles, becoming a Christian has been a journey in several stages, covered rapidly or slowly. CCC 1229

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