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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 414
Purgatory is a state in which those suffer for a time who die guilty of venial sins, or without having satisfied for the punishment due to their sins.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 415
The faithful on earth can help the souls in Purgatory by their prayers, fasts, alms-deeds; by indulgences, and by having Masses said for them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 416
There is need of a General Judgment, though every one is judged immediately after death, that the providence of God, which, on earth, often permits the good to suffer and the wicked to prosper, may in the end appear just before all men.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 417
Our bodies will share in the reward or punishment of our souls, because through the resurrection they will again be united to them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 418
The bodies of the just will rise glorious and immortal.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 419
The bodies of the damned will also rise, but they will be condemned to eternal punishment.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 420
Heaven is the state of everlasting life in which we see God face to face, are made like unto Him in glory, and enjoy eternal happiness.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 421
We should bear always in mind these words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: "What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul, or what exchange shall a man give for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and …Read the source passage →
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