What We Believe about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Church

Welcome to The Creed module. In this module you will deepen your understanding of the basic beliefs of our Catholic faith through an exploration of the Creed and its elements. The Nicene Creed is a detailed summary of what the whole Church believes about the great doctrines of the Christian faith. As we say the Creed at Sunday Mass, we join Christians past and present, and from all over the world, in proclaiming our common faith.

In this module you will explore what the Creed professes about:

1. What We Believe about God
2. What We Believe about Jesus Christ
3. What We Believe about the Holy Spirit
4. What We Believe about the Church

Before You Begin

• We have created a Downloadable Guide to the Creed module with all of the articles and worksheets you will need for this program. Download the Guide before you begin. We also provide worksheets in Word files to make them easy for you to write-on during the program.

Contents:

1. The Creed Quiz
2. Nicene Creed Worksheet
3. The Church’s Creeds – Maura Thompson Hagarty
4. What is the Creed – Brian Strassburger, SJ
5. Teaching the Creed – Online Resources

• Print this Checklist to help you monitor your progress.
• It will be helpful to have a journal to record any reflections you make as your work your way through this module.

To learn more about the Creed, the following two books provide an easy-to-read introduction: 

• A Well Built Faith: A Catholic’s Guide to Knowing and Sharing What We Believe. Part 1—The  Creed. Joe Paprocki. (Loyola Press, 2008)
• The Creed: A Catechist’s Guide – Understanding and Sharing What We Believe. (Link Broken)Janet Schaeffler, OP. (Twenty-Third Publications, 2014)