Lesson 4: On the Trinity, and Incarnation

1. How many persons are there in God? A. Three divine persons, really distinct and equal in all things. 1 St. John, v. 7.

2. How do you call the three divine persons? A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost

3. Is the Father God?

Yes; the Father is God. and the first person o£ the blessed Trinity.

4. Is the Son God?

Yes; the Son is God, and the second person of the blessed Trinity. •

5. Is the Holy Ghost God?

Yes; the Holy Ghost is God, and the third person of the blessed Trinity.

6. What means the blessed Trinity?

One God in three divine persons. SL John, v. 7.

7. Are the three divine persons, three Gods?

No; they are one only God, having but one and the same divine nature; and they are from eternity, i Q. Is any one of the three divine persons more powerful or more wise than the other?

No; as the three divine persons are all but one and the same God, they must be alike in all divine per.fections; therefore one cannot be more powerful or more wise than the other.

8. Did one of the three divine persons become man?

Yes; God the Son, the second divine person, became man. St. John, i. 14.

9. How did God the Son become man?

He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and was born of the Virgin Mary. Ap. Cr.

10. What do you mean by saying, that the Son of God was conceived by the Holy Ghost?

I mean that he assumed human nature, that is, a body and soul like ours, by the power or operation of the Holy Ghost.

11. Where did God the Son take a body and soullike ours?

In the chaste womb of the Virgin Mary, and lie was born man of her.

12. How do you call God the Son, made man?

Jesus Christ.

13. What fs the meaning of these words, Jesus C krist?

Jesus signifies Saviour, and Christ signifies the Anointed; and St. Paul says that, in the name of Jesus every knee should bow. Phil. ii. 10.

14. Did Jesus Christ remain God, when he became man?

Yes; he was always God.

15. Was Jesus Christ always man?

Only from the time of his conception, or incarnation.

16. What means the incarnation?

That God the Son, the second person of the blessed Trinity, was made man. St. John, i. 14.,

17. What do you believe Jesus Christ to be?

True God and true man.

18. Why did Christ become man?

To redeem and save us.

19. How did Christ redeem and save us?

By his sufferings and death on the cross.

20. Was it by his passion and death Christ also satisfied the justice of God for our sins?

Yes; and delivered us from hell, and from the power of the devil. Col. ii. 14.