Confirmation Flash Cards - Part 1

1. Who made us?

2. Who is God?

3. Why did God make us?

4. What must we do to gain the happiness of heaven?

5. From who do we learn to know, love and serve God?

6. Where do we find the chief truths taught by Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church?

7. RECITE ALOUD (and type) the Apostles' Creed

24. Is there only one God?

25. How many persons are there in God?

33. Can we fully understand how the three divine Persons,, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God?

34. What is a supernatural mystery?

35. What do we mean when we say that God is the Creator of heaven and earth?

39. Did all the angels remain faithful to God?

42. How do the good angels help us?

46. Do all temptations come from the bad angels?

47. Can we always resist temptations?

51. Who were the first man and woman?

52. What was the chief gift bestowed on Adam and Eve by God?

57. What happened to us on account of the sin of Adam?

58. What is this sin in us called?

59. Why is this sin called original?

63. Is original sin the only kind of sin?

64. What is actual sin?

69. What 3 things are necessary to make a sin mortal?

71. How can a sin be venial?

74. What are the chief sourcces of actual sin?

78. Who is the Saviour of all men?

79. What is the chief teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus Christ?

85. What is meant by the Incarnation?

90. What is meant by the Redemption?

95. What do we mean when we say in the Apostles' Creed that Christ descended into hell?

105. Who is the Holy Ghost?

106. From who does the Holy Ghost proceed?

107. Is the Holy Ghost equal to the Father and the Son?

109. What is grace?

111. What is sanctifying grace?

114. Can we resist the grace of God?

117. What are the principal ways of obtaining grace?

121. What are the 3 theological virtues?

122. What is faith?

123. What is hope?

124. What is charity?

125. Which are the 7 gifts of the Holy Ghost?

128. Which are the 12 fruits of the Holy Ghost?

132. Which are the chief moral virtues?

134. How do prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance dispose us to lead good lives?

136. What is the Church?

143. What doe the indwelling of the Holy Ghost enable the Church to do?

144. What is meant by teaching, sanctifying, and ruling in the name of Christ?

145. To whom did Christ give the power to teach, to sanctify, and to rule the members of His Church?

147. Did Christ give special power in His Church to any of the apostles?

155. What are the chief marks of the Church?

160. How do we know that no other church but the Catholic Church is the true Church of Christ?

167. What do we mean when we say, "outside the Church there is no salvation"?

170. What is meant by "the communion of saints" in the Apostles' Creed?

180. What is the judgment called which will be passed on all men after the general resurrection?

181. What is the judgment called which will be passed on each one of us immediately after death?