Are prayers said with distractions of any avail?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 28, question 309
Prayers said with wilful distractions are of no avail.Read the source passage →
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Clear all filtersIs it enough to belong to God's Church in order to be saved?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 310
It is not enough to belong to the Church in order to be saved, but we must also keep the Commandments of God and of the Church.Read the source passage →
Which are the Commandments that contain the whole law of God?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 311
The Commandments which contain the whole law of God are these two: 1st, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind; 2d, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Read the source passage →
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- Deuteronomy 6:5 (Douay–Rheims) ↗Shared wording: “thou shalt love the lord thy god with thy whole”
- Luke 10:27 (Douay–Rheims) ↗Shared wording: “thou shalt love the lord thy god with thy whole”
Why do these two Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain the whole law of God?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 312
These two Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain the whole law of God because all the other Commandments are given either to help us to keep these two, or to direct us how to shun what is opposed to them.Read the source passage →
Which are the Commandments of God?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 313
The Commandments of God are these ten. 1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth…Read the source passage →
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- Exodus 20:2 (KJV) ↗Shared wording: “brought thee out of the land of egypt out of”
- Exodus 20:7 (KJV) ↗Shared wording: “thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy”
- Deuteronomy 5:11 (KJV) ↗Shared wording: “thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy”
- Jeremiah 34:13 (KJV) ↗Shared wording: “out of the land of egypt out of the house”
- Exodus 20:4 (Douay–Rheims) ↗Shared wording: “of those things that are in the waters under the”
- Exodus 20:7 (Douay–Rheims) ↗Shared wording: “thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy”
Who gave the Ten Commandments?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 314
God Himself gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, and Christ our Lord confirmed them.Read the source passage →
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What is the first Commandment?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 315
The first Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.Read the source passage →
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How does the first Commandment help us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 316
The first Commandment helps us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God because it commands us to adore God alone.Read the source passage →
How do we adore God?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 317
We adore God by faith, hope, and charity, by prayer and sacrifice.Read the source passage →
How may the first Commandment be broken?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 318
The first Commandment may be broken by giving to a creature the honor which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a creature a perfection which belongs to God alone.Read the source passage →
Do those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortune-tellers, and the like, sin against the first Commandment?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 319
Those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortunetellers and the like, sin against the first Commandment, because they attribute to creatures perfections which belong to God alone.Read the source passage →
Are sins against faith, hope and charity also sins against the first Commandment?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 320
Sins against faith, hope, and charity are also sins against the first Commandment.Read the source passage →
How does a person sin against faith?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 321
A person sins against faith: 1st, by not trying to know what God has taught; 2d, by refusing to believe all that God has taught; 3d, by neglecting to profess his belief in what God has taught.Read the source passage →
How do we fail to try to know what God has taught?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 322
We fail to try to know what God has taught by neglecting to learn the Christian doctrine.Read the source passage →
Who are they who do not believe all that God has taught?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 323
They who do not believe all that God has taught are the heretics and infidels.Read the source passage →