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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 36, question 406
A nuptial Mass is a Mass appointed by the Church to invoke a special blessing upon the married couple.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 36, question 407
Catholics should be married at a nuptial Mass, because they thereby show greater reverence for the holy Sacrament and bring richer blessings upon their wedded life.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 408
Christ will judge us immediately after our death, and on the last day.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 409
The judgment we have to undergo immediately after death is called the Particular Judgment.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 410
The judgment which all men have to undergo on the last day is called the General Judgment.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 411
Christ judges men immediately after death to reward or punish them according to their deeds.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 412
The rewards or punishments appointed for men's souls after the Particular Judgment are Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 413
Hell is a state to which the wicked are condemned, and in which they are deprived of the sight of God for all eternity, and are in dreadful torments.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 414
Purgatory is a state in which those suffer for a time who die guilty of venial sins, or without having satisfied for the punishment due to their sins.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 415
The faithful on earth can help the souls in Purgatory by their prayers, fasts, alms-deeds; by indulgences, and by having Masses said for them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 416
There is need of a General Judgment, though every one is judged immediately after death, that the providence of God, which, on earth, often permits the good to suffer and the wicked to prosper, may in the end appear just before all men.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 417
Our bodies will share in the reward or punishment of our souls, because through the resurrection they will again be united to them.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 418
The bodies of the just will rise glorious and immortal.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 419
The bodies of the damned will also rise, but they will be condemned to eternal punishment.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 37, question 420
Heaven is the state of everlasting life in which we see God face to face, are made like unto Him in glory, and enjoy eternal happiness.Read the source passage →