A phoenix rising from flames on a nest of ash sprigs

Index Fidei

Past the trees, a light inside the mountain.

Begin the walk
A stained-glass window: a haunted forest, a cave in the mountain, a river running down to a lake and a chapel, with heaven above and the circles of hell below.
Heaven above · The walk between · Hell below

The Walk

I · The Haunted Forest

Wandering

For anyone who has wandered into the dark: the occult, hauntings, the supernatural, demons. You’re not the first, and there’s a way out.

Divination and magic
CCC 2115–2117
II · The Cave

Seek

The hard questions, one at a time. Where to start when you’re not sure what you believe.

Man’s capacity for God
CCC 27–49
III · The River

Follow the source

Scripture and Tradition flow from one spring. Tracing a teaching back to where it began.

Tradition and Scripture
CCC 74–141
IV · The Lake

Be still

“Be still and know that I am God.” Prayer, devotion, and the quiet life of faith.

Psalm 46:10
CCC 2558–2865
V · The Chapel

Come in

The sacraments and the life of the Church: what they are and why they matter.

The seven sacraments
CCC 1210–1666

Above and Below

The Heights

Heaven

Seeing God face to face. What the Church teaches about the life of the blessed.

CCC 1023–1029
The Mountain

Purgatory

The climb after death for those who die in God’s friendship but still need to be made clean.

CCC 1030–1032
The Depths

Hell

What the Church teaches about hell, and why it’s spoken of as a warning and a call to turn back.

CCC 1033–1037

The Two Trees

The Tree of Virtues

Virtues

It grows upward.

Root Humilitas Humility

Fides
Faith
Spes
Hope
Prudentia
Prudence
Iustitia
Justice
Fortitudo
Fortitude
Temperantia
Temperance
Caritas
Charity
CCC 1803–1845Climb the tree →
The Tree of Vices

Vices

It bends toward the ground.

Root Superbia Pride

Avaritia
Greed
Invidia
Envy
Ira
Wrath
Gula
Gluttony
Acedia
Sloth
Vanagloria
Vainglory
Luxuria
Lust
A tall stained-glass window of the walk, from the forest at the bottom up to the chapel.
Chi-Rho with Alpha and Omega

I’m a Catholic convert who experienced God. I saw miracles happen.

This is my Index Fidei. I’m a layman who believes.