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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 114
The means instituted by our Lord to enable men at all times to share in the fruits of His Redemption are the Church and the Sacraments.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 115
The Church is the congregation of all those who profess the faith of Christ, partake of the same Sacraments, and are governed by their lawful pastors under one visible head.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 116
Jesus Christ is the invisible Head of the Church.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 117
Our Holy Father the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the Vicar of Christ on earth and the visible Head of the Church.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 118
The Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the visible Head of the Church because he is the successor of St. Peter, whom Christ made the chief of the Apostles and the visible Head of the Church.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 119
The successors of the other Apostles are the bishops of the Holy Catholic Church.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 120
Christ founded the Church to teach, govern, sanctify, and save all men.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 121
All are bound to belong to the Church, and he who knows the Church to be the true Church and remains out of it cannot be saved.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 122
The attributes of the Church are three: authority infallibility, and indefectibility.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 123
By the authority of the Church I mean the right and power which the Pope and the bishops, as the successors of the Apostles, have to teach and to govern the faithful.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 124
By the infallibility of the Church I mean that the Church cannot err when it teaches a doctrine of faith or morals.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 125
The Church teaches infallibly when it speaks through the Pope and the bishops, united in general council, or through the Pope alone when he proclaims to all the faithful a doctrine of faith or morals.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 126
By the indefectibility of the Church I mean that the Church, as Christ founded it, will last till the end of time.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 127
These attributes are found in their fullness in the Pope, the visible Head of the Church, whose infallible authority to teach bishops, priests, and people in matters of faith or morals will last till the end of the world.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 12, question 128
The Church has four marks by which it may be known: it is One; it is Holy; it is Catholic; it is Apostolic.Read the source passage →
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