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Clear all filtersBaltimore 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 279
To receive Holy Orders worthily it is necessary to be in the state of grace, to have the necessary knowledge and a divine call to this sacred office.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 26, question 285
The effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony are: 1st, To sanctify the love of husband and wife; 2d, To give them grace to bear with each other's weaknesses; 3d, To enable them to bring up their children in the fear and love of God.Read the source passage →
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 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 28, question 303
There is another means of obtaining God's grace, and it is prayer.Read the source passage →