Formulas of Catholic Doctrine
The Double Commandment of Love
– You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
– You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
– Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo et in tota anima tua et in tota mente tua.
– Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
The Golden Rule (Mt 7:12)
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
Omnia quaecumque vultis ut faciant vobis homines, ita et vos facite eis.
The Ten Commandments
1. I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before Me.
1. Ego sum Dominus Deus tuus: non habebis deos alios coram me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
2. Non assumes Nomen Domini Dei tui in vanum.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
3. Memento ut dies festos sanctifices.
4. Honour your father and mother.
4. Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam.
5. You shall not kill.
5. Non occides.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
6. Non moechaberis.
7. You shall not steal.
7. Non furtum facies.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
8. Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
9. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife.
9. Non desiderabis uxorem eius.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour’s goods.
10. Non concupisces eius bona.
The Beatitudes (Mt 5:3-12)
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1. Beati pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est Regnum caelorum.
2. Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
2. Beati, qui lugent, quoniam ipsi consolabuntur.
3. Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted.
3. Beati mites, quoniam ipsi possidebunt terram.
4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
4. Beati, qui esuriunt et sitiunt iustitiam, quoniam ipsi saturabuntur.
5. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
5. Beati misericordes, quia ipsi misericordiam consequentur.
6. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
6. Beati mundo corde, quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
7. Beati pacifici, quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur.
8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
8. Beati, qui persecutionem patiuntur propter iustitiam, quoniam ipsorum est Regnum caelorum.
– Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of Me.Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.
– Beati estis, cum maledixerint vobis et persecuti vos fuerint et dixerint omne malum adversum vos, mentientes, propter me. Gaudete et exsultate, quoniam merces vestra copiosa est in caelis.
The Three Theological Virtues
1. Faith.
1. Fides.
2. Hope.
2. Spes.
3. Charity.
3. Caritas.
The Four Cardinal Virtues
1. Prudence.
1. Prudentia.
2. Justice.
2. Iustitia.
3. Fortitude.
3. Fortitudo.
4. Temperance.
4. Temperantia.
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
1. Wisdom.
1. Sapientia.
2. Understanding.
2. Intellectus.
3. Counsel.
3. Consilium.
4. Fortitude.
4. Fortitudo.
5. Knowledge.
5. Scientia.
6. Piety.
6. Pietas.
7. Fear of the Lord.
7. Timor Dei.
The Twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:22-23)
1. Charity.
1. Caritas.
2. Joy.
2. Gaudium.
3. Peace.
3. Pax.
4. Patience.
4. Patientia.
5. Kindness.
5. Benignitas.
6. Goodness.
6. Bonitas.
7. Generosity.
7. Longanimitas.
8. Gentleness.
8. Mansuetudo.
9. Faithfulness.
9. Fides.
10. Modesty.
10. Modestia.
11. Self-control.
11. Continentia.
12. Chastity.
12. Castitas.
The Five Precepts of the Church
1. Attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.
2. Confess your sins at least once a year.
3. Receive the Eucharist at least once a year, during the Easter season.
4. Observe the days of fasting and abstinence.
5. Help provide for the needs of the Church, according to your own ability.
1. Missam audire diebus Dominicis ceterisque festis de praecepto.
2. Peccata sua mortalia saltem semel in anno confiteri, et in mortis periculo, et si quis ad Sacram Communionem accedere debet.
3. Eucharistiae Sacramentum saltem tempore paschali recipere.
4. Ieiunium et abstinentiam servare diebus ab Ecclesia statutis.
5. Ecclesiae in suis necessitatibus subvenire.
The Seven Corporal Works of Mercy
1. Visit the sick.
1. Infirmos visitare.
2. Feed the hungry.
2. Cibum praebere esurientibus.
3. Give drink to the thirsty.
3. Potum praebere sitientibus.
4. Harbour the harbourless.
4. Hospites excipere.
5. Clothe the naked.
5. Nudos cooperire.
6. Ransom the captive.
6. Carcere clausos invisere.
7. Bury the dead.
7. Mortuos sepelire.
The Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy
1. Instruct the ignorant.
1. Ignorantes instruere.
2. Counsel the doubtful.
2. Dubitantibus consilia dare.
3. Admonish sinners.
3. Peccatores monere.
4. Bear wrongs patiently.
4. Offensas remittere.
5. Comfort the afflicted.
5. Afflictos solari.
6. Forgive offences willingly.
6. Molestos patienter sustinere.
7. Pray for the living and the dead.
7. Pro vivis et defunctis Deum orare.
The Seven Deadly Sins
1. Pride.
1. Superbia.
2. Greed.
2. Avaritia.
3. Lust.
3. Luxuria.
4. Wrath.
4. Ira.
5. Gluttony.
5. Gula.
6. Envy.
6. Invidia.
7. Sloth.
7. Acedia.
The Last Things
1. Death.
1. Mors.
2. Judgement.
2. Iudicium.
3. Hell.
3. Infernus.
4. Heaven.
4. Paradisus.