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Clear all filtersBaltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 114
The means instituted by our Lord to enable men at all times to share in the fruits of His Redemption are the Church and the Sacraments.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 11, question 115
The Church is the congregation of all those who profess the faith of Christ, partake of the same Sacraments, and are governed by their lawful pastors under one visible head.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 136
A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 137
There are seven Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 138
The Sacraments have the power of giving grace from the merits of Jesus Christ.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 139
Some of the Sacraments give sanctifying grace, and others increase it in our souls.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 140
The Sacraments that give sanctifying grace are Baptism and Penance; and they are called Sacraments of the dead.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 141
Baptism and Penance are called Sacraments of the dead, because they take away sin, which is the death of the soul, and give grace, which is its life.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 142
The Sacraments that increase sanctifying grace in our soul are: Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony; and they are called Sacraments of the living.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 143
Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony are called Sacraments of the living, because those who receive them worthily are already living the life of grace.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 144
He who receives the Sacraments of the living in mortal sin commits a sacrilege, which is a great sin, because it is an abuse of a sacred thing.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 145
Besides sanctifying grace the Sacraments give another grace, called sacramental.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 146
Sacramental grace is a special help which God gives, to attain the end for which He instituted each Sacrament.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 147
The Sacraments always give grace, if we receive them with the right dispositions.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 13, question 148
We can receive the Sacraments more than once, except Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders.Read the source passage →