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Clear all filtersBaltimore 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 →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 339
The following benefits are derived from the communion of saints:—the faithful on earth assist one another by their prayers and good works, and they are aided by the intercession of the saints in heaven, while both the saints in heaven and the faithful on earth help the souls in purgatory.Read the source passage →
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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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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 341
The first Commandment does forbid the making of images if they are made to be adored as gods, but it does not forbid the making of them to put us in mind of Jesus Christ, His Blessed Mother, and the saints.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 342
It is right to show respect to the pictures and images of Christ and His saints, because they are the representations and memorials of them.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 343
It is not allowed to pray to the crucifix or images and relics of the saints, for they have no life, nor power to help us, nor sense to hear us.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 31, question 344
We pray before the crucifix and images and relics of the saints because they enliven our devotion by exciting pious affections and desires, and by reminding us of Christ and of the saints, that we may imitate their virtues.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 345
The second Commandment is: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.Read the source passage →
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