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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 21, question 236
The Church by means of Indulgences remits the temporal punishment due to sin by applying to us the merits of Jesus Christ, and the superabundant satisfactions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the saints; which merits and satisfactions are its spiritual treasury.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 248
This change of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ continues to be made in the Church by Jesus Christ through the ministry of His priests.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 23, question 251
Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist — 1. To unite us to Himself and to nourish our soul with His divine life. 2. To increase sanctifying grace and all virtues in our soul. 3. To lessen our evil inclinations. 4. To be a pledge of everlasting life. 5. To fit our bodies for a glorious resurrection.…Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 25, question 278
Holy Orders is a Sacrament by which bishops, priests, and other ministers of the Church are ordained and receive the power and grace to perform their sacred duties.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 25, question 280
Christians should look upon the priests of the Church as the messengers of God and the dispensers of His mysteries.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 286
To receive the Sacrament of Matrimony worthily it is necessary to be in the state of grace, and it is necessary also to comply with the laws of the Church.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 287
The Church alone has the right to make laws concerning the Sacrament of marriage, though the state also has the right to make laws concerning the civil effects of the marriage contract.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 288
The Church does forbid the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 289
The Church forbids the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all, because such marriages generally lead to indifference, loss of faith, and to the neglect of the religious education of the children.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 292
A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these movements of the heart to remit venial sin.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 293
The difference between the Sacraments and the sacramentals is: 1st, The Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ and the sacramentals were instituted by the Church; 2d, The Sacraments give grace of themselves when we place no obstacle in the way; the sacramentals excite in us pious dispositions…Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 27, question 294
The chief sacramental used in the Church is the sign of the Cross.Read the source passage →
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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 →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 324
They who neglect to profess their belief in what God has taught are all those who fail to acknowledge the true Church in which they really believe.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 325
They who fail to profess their faith in the true Church in which they believe cannot expect to be saved while in that state, for Christ has said: "Whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven."Read the source passage →