The first three Commandments concentrate on our responsibilities toward God; the final seven highlight our responsibilities toward our neighbor, starting with our parents.
The Magisteriums role is to proclaim, clarify, and explain Christs revelation and those actions that are incompatible with it.
The Church is one because God Himself is one.
The Church teaches that salvation is possible for those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church.
The Protestant Reformation was sparked by Augustinian priest Martin Luther. More movements of reform and schism quickly swept across Europe and, as time went on, throughout the United States.
The Sacrament of Marriage is a sign to the world of God’s love and the means by which Christ sanctifies a couple and leads them to Heaven. The most appropriate place for the marriage rite is within a liturgical celebration, preferably a Nuptial Mass surrounded by Christian witnesses.
Marriage is the perfect and complete form of human friendship.
The Church understands marriage to be a covenant that remains binging on the spouses even if they feel the relationship has become difficult or unbearable. It is for this reason the Church believes marriage is an indissoluble union and does not recognize divorce.
The Church includes those who belong to the Church on earth, the angels and saints in Heaven, and the souls in Purgatory.
A vocation is God’s call to a particular and permanent state in life in direct service to another person or the Church. These vocations are marriage, ordained priesthood, and consecrated religious life.
Happiness is only fully satisfied when we enter Heaven and live in union with God forever.
Society itself depends upon the well-being of the family; therefore, the good of the family should take priority in nature to the good of civil society or the State.
The Industrial Revolution swept across the world turning societies into mass consumers and bringing economic, political, social, and spiritual challenges.
Following the grueling years of war and turmoil, the world and the Church needed renewal to move forward.
Today there are both many challenges facing the Church and many reasons for hope.
