The First American Pope
Dr. Matthew Bunson

The Creeds Express the Church’s Faith: “I Believe in God, the Father Almighty…”
Faith is a personal response to God and God’s revelation. The creeds, which are part of Sacred Tradition, present a necessary summary of what we believe, or the faith of the Church.
The first article speaks of God, who is One and Spirit. But he is also a personal God who Jesus addressed—and taught us to know and address—as “Father.”
Following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism of the Catholic Church reveals a new emphasis and clarity on the essential role and mission of lay…...
Jesus' promise that the Holy Spirit would guide the Church into all truth is fulfilled in this gift of infallibility: that God's people would know with certainty the…...
Jesus commissioned his Apostles to guide and lead his Church, and they passed on this authority to others. By the beginning of the second century, each local church…...