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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 84
From the sufferings and death of Christ we learn the great evil of sin, the hatred God bears to it, and the necessity of satisfying for it.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 85
After Christ's death His soul descended into hell.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 86
The hell into which Christ's soul descended was not the hell of the damned, but a place or state of rest called Limbo, where the souls of the just were waiting for Him.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 87
Christ descended into Limbo to preach to the souls who were in prison—that is, to announce to them the joyful tidings of their redemption.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 88
While Christ's soul was in Limbo His body was in the holy sepulchre.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 89
Christ rose from the dead, glorious and immortal, on Easter Sunday, the third day after His death.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 90
Christ stayed on earth forty days after His resurrection to show that He was truly risen from the dead, and to instruct His Apostles.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 91
After forty days Christ ascended into heaven, and the day on which He ascended into heaven is called Ascension day.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 92
In heaven Christ sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 8, question 93
When I say that Christ sits at the right hand of God I mean that Christ as God is equal to His Father in all things, and that as man He is in the highest place in heaven next to God.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 9, question 94
The Holy Ghost is the third Person of the Blessed Trinity.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 9, question 95
The Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 9, question 96
The Holy Ghost is equal to the Father and the Son, being the same Lord and God as They are.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 9, question 97
The Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles ten days after the Ascension of our Lord; and the day on which He came down upon the Apostles is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 9, question 98
The Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles in the form of tongues of fire.Read the source passage →
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