What is a Plenary Indulgence?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 21, question 234
A Plenary Indulgence is the full remission of the temporal punishment due to sin.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 21, question 235
A Partial Indulgence is the remission of a part of the temporal punishment due to sin.Read the source passage →
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How does the Church by means of Indulgences remit the temporal punishment due to sin?
Baltimore 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 →
What must we do to gain an Indulgence?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 21, question 237
To gain an Indulgence we must be in the state of grace and perform the works enjoined.Read the source passage →
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What is the Holy Eucharist?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 238
The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament which contains the body and blood, soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine.Read the source passage →
When did Christ institute the Holy Eucharist?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 239
Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper, the night before He died.Read the source passage →
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Who were present when our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 240
When our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist the twelve Apostles were present.Read the source passage →
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How did our Lord institute the Holy Eucharist?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 241
Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist by taking bread, blessing, breaking, and giving to His Apostles, saying: Take ye and eat. This is My body; and then by taking the cup of wine, blessing and giving it, saying to them: Drink ye all of this. This is My blood which shall be shed for the remissio…Read the source passage →
What happened when our Lord said, This is My body; this is My blood?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 242
When our Lord said, This is My body, the substance of the bread was changed into the substance of His body; when He said, This is My blood, the substance of the wine was changed into the substance of His blood.Read the source passage →
Is Jesus Christ whole and entire both under the form of bread and under the form of wine?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 243
Jesus Christ is whole and entire both under the form of bread and under the form of wine.Read the source passage →
Did anything remain of the bread and wine after their substance had been changed into the substance of the body and blood of our Lord?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 244
After the substance of the bread and wine had been changed into the substance of the body and blood of our Lord there remained only the appearances of bread and wine.Read the source passage →
What do you mean by the appearances of bread and wine?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 245
By the appearances of bread and wine I mean the figure, the color, the taste, and whatever appears to the senses.Read the source passage →
What is this change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of our Lord called?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 246
This change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of our Lord is called Transubstantiation.Read the source passage →
How was the substance of the bread and wine changed into the substance of the body and blood of Christ?
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 22, question 247
The substance of the bread and wine was changed into the substance of the body and blood of Christ by His almighty power.Read the source passage →
Does this change of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ continue to be made in the Church?
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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