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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 7, question 73
They who lived before the Son of God became man could be saved by believing in a Redeemer to come, and by keeping the commandments.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 17, question 193
We can make a good examination of conscience by calling to memory the commandments of God, the precepts of the Church, the seven capital sins, and the particular duties of our state in life, to find out the sins we have committed.Read the source passage →
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 29, question 311
The Commandments which contain the whole law of God are these two: 1st, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind; 2d, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 312
These two Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain the whole law of God because all the other Commandments are given either to help us to keep these two, or to direct us how to shun what is opposed to them.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 313
The Commandments of God are these ten. 1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth…Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 29, question 314
God Himself gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, and Christ our Lord confirmed them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 315
The first Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 316
The first Commandment helps us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God because it commands us to adore God alone.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 318
The first Commandment may be broken by giving to a creature the honor which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a creature a perfection which belongs to God alone.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 319
Those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortunetellers and the like, sin against the first Commandment, because they attribute to creatures perfections which belong to God alone.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 320
Sins against faith, hope, and charity are also sins against the first Commandment.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 331
The first Commandment does not forbid the honoring of the saints, but rather approves of it; because by honoring the saints, who are the chosen friends of God, we honor God Himself.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 332
The first Commandment does not forbid us to pray to the saints.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 340
The first Commandment does not forbid us to honor relics, because relics are the bodies of the saints, or objects directly connected with them or with our Lord.Read the source passage →
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