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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 324
They who neglect to profess their belief in what God has taught are all those who fail to acknowledge the true Church in which they really believe.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 325
They who fail to profess their faith in the true Church in which they believe cannot expect to be saved while in that state, for Christ has said: "Whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven."Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 326
We are obliged to make open profession of our faith as often as God's honor, our neighbor's spiritual good, or our own requires it. "Whosoever," says Christ, "shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven."Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 327
The sins against hope are presumption and despair.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 328
Presumption is a rash expectation of salvation without making proper use of the necessary means to obtain it.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 329
Despair is the loss of hope in God's mercy.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 330
We sin against the love of God by all sin, but particularly by mortal sin.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 333
By praying to the saints we mean the asking of their help and prayers.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 334
We know that the saints hear us, because they are with God, who makes our prayers known to them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 335
We believe that the saints will help us because both they and we are members of the same Church, and they love us as their brethren.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 336
The saints and we are members of the same Church, because the Church in heaven and the Church on earth are one and the same Church, and all its members are in communion with one another.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 337
The communion of the members of the Church is called the communion of saints.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 338
The communion of saints means the union which exists between the members of the Church on earth with one another, and with the blessed in heaven and with the suffering souls in purgatory.Read the source passage →