#ngl talking about my faith on this website makes me nervous sometimes

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Hey lofty

So your Catholic right? Im curious and kinda considering becoming a Catholic but don’t really know anything about it, if it’s not to much could you give like a basic explanation of what you believe, what you have to do, what you can’t do, etc?

Thank you

Well hi! :D

I am Catholic, yes, and very happy to hear from you. :) There's a lot to Catholicism, but the basic premise of our beliefs can be found in a prayer we call the Nicene Creed. I'll post it below, along with more specific answers to your questions. I feel like it's hard to go into a blanket statement about all of this, but I will try. Please feel free to reach out to me via dm (or if that's too intimidating you can do asks without anon and I can answer privately if you like) for details because it's a lot of info and details and I tend to be hesitant about posting complicated things for the whole world to see an misinterpret. I think I'm still just a little bleh from earlier, though, so if you truly aren't comfortable you can simply ask on anon too.

So! "basic explanation of what we believe" = our Nicene Creed, also called our profession of faith that we pray weekly:

"I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth,  of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,  the Only Begotten Son of God,  born of the Father before all ages.  God from God, Light from Light,  true God from true God,  begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;  through him all things were made.  For us men and for our salvation  he came down from heaven,  and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,  and became man.  For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,  he suffered death and was buried,  and rose again on the third day  in accordance with the Scriptures.  He ascended into heaven  and is seated at the right hand of the Father.  He will come again in glory  to judge the living and the dead  and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,  who proceeds from the Father and the Son,  who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,  who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.  I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins  and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead  and the life of the world to come."

There's a lot to unpack in that, so if you want to talk more, please feel free to each out. :)

Next questions! "What you have to do/what you can't do" We have something called the Ten Commandments that serves as a basic rulebook we go off:

I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me. (i.e. prioritize God first)

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. (self explanatory)

Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day. (go to Mass on Sunday)

Honor your father and your mother. (give respect to elders)

You shall not kill. (do not harm others, do not wish them harm in any way, do not hold grudges or anger towards others)

You shall not commit adultery. (do not lust, do not use others or look at others as objects for your own pleasure, respect your body and other's bodies)

You shall not steal. (self explanatory)

 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (don't lie)

You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

You shall not covet your neighbor's goods. (these last two essentially are about not being jealous and not being selfish, respecting others' boundaries and their worth)

Jesus himself summarizes it all pretty well into what we call the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Essentially, the commandments break down to "respect God and put him first in your life, respect others and treat them with love."

Hope this helps! :)

#you ask skye answers #lovely anon #ngl talking about my faith on this website makes me nervous sometimes #because of exactly what happened before #but I love it dearly and will happily explain it to others #sorry to rope everyone into it LOL I know this is a zelda themed blog