Q. 200. Give an example of truths which all believe, though many do not
understand them.
A. All believe that the earth is round and moving, though many do not
understand it. All believe that a seed planted in the ground will
produce a flower or tree often with more than a thousand other seeds
equal to itself, though many cannot understand how this is done.

Q. 201. Why must a divine religion have mysteries?
A. A divine religion must have mysteries because it must have
supernatural truths and God Himself must teach them. A religion that has
only natural truths, such as man can know by reason alone, fully
understand and teach, is only a human religion.

Q. 202. Why does God require us to believe mysteries?
A. God requires us to believe mysteries that we may submit our
understanding to Him.

Q. 203. By what form of prayer do we praise the Holy Trinity?
A. We praise the Holy Trinity by a form of prayer called the Doxology,
which has come down to us almost from the time of the Apostles.

Q. 204. Say the Doxology.
A. The Doxology is: "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen."

Q. 205. Is there any other form of the Doxology?
A. There is another form of the Doxology, which is said in the
celebration of the Mass. It is called the "Gloria in excelsis" or "Glory