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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 346
We are commanded by the second Commandment to speak with reverence of God and of the saints, and of all holy things, and to keep our lawful oaths and vows.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 347
An oath is the calling upon God to witness the truth of what we say.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 348
We may take an oath when it is ordered by lawful authority or required for God's honor or for our own or our neighbor's good.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 349
To make an oath lawful it is necessary that what we swear to, be true, and that there be a sufficient cause for taking an oath.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 350
A vow is a deliberate promise made to God to do something that is pleasing to Him.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 351
Not to fulfill our vows is a sin, mortal or venial, according to the nature of the vow and the intention we had in making it.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 352
The second Commandment forbids all false, rash, unjust, and unnecessary oaths, blasphemy, cursing, and profane words.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 353
The third Commandment is: Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 354
By the third Commandment we are commanded to keep holy the Lord's day and the holydays of obligation, on which we are to give our time to the service and worship of God.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 355
We are to worship God on Sundays and holydays of obligation by hearing Mass, by prayer, and by other good works.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 356
The Sabbath day and the Sunday are not the same. The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week, and is the day which was kept holy in the Old Law; the Sunday is the first day of the week, and is the day which is kept holy in the New Law.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 357
The Church commands us to keep the Sunday holy instead of the Sabbath because on Sunday Christ rose from the dead, and on Sunday He sent the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 358
The third Commandment forbids all unnecessary servile work and whatever else may hinder the due observance of the Lord's day.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 359
Servile works are those which require labor rather of body than of mind.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 32, question 360
Servile works are lawful on Sunday when the honor of God, the good of our neighbor, or necessity requires them.Read the source passage →