Reference Series: The Baltimore Catechism

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3 Thg the prior consent of The Catholic Primer. radee Catholic Primer: 2 3 Catechism No. 1 .. 8 LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF 8 LESSON SECOND: ON GOD AND HIS 9 LESSON THIRD: ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD .. 10 .. 12 14 Catechism No. 2 .. 16 LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF 16 LESSON SECOND: ON GOD AND HIS 17 LESSON FOURTH: ON 20 .. 23 29 Table of Contents LESSON FOURTH: ON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS .. 11 LESSON FIFTH: ON SIN AND ITS SIXTH: ON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION .. 13 LESSON SEVENTH: ON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION .. 14 LESSON EIGHTH: ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE LESSON THIRD: ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD.

4 18 LESSON FIFTH: ON OUR FIRST PARENTS AND THE FALL .. 21 LESSON SIXTH: ON SIN AND ITS KINDS ..LESSON SEVENTH: ON THE INCARNATION AND 24 LESSON EIGHTH: ON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION .. 26 LESSON NINTH: ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE 40 .. 65 0 .. 72 LESSON TENTH: ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION .. 30 LESSON ELEVENTH: ON THE CHURCH .. 32 LESSON TWELFTH: ON THE ATTRIBUTES AND MARKS OF THE 33 LESSON THIRTEENTH: ON THE SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL .. 35 LESSON FOURTEENTH: ON BAPTISM .. 38 LESSON FIFTEENTH: ON 40 LESSON SIXTEENTH: ON THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST .. 41 LESSON SEVENTEENTH: ON THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE.

5 43 LESSON EIGHTEENTH: ON CONTRITION .. 45 LESSON NINETEENTH: ON 47 LESSON TWENTIETH: ON THE MANNER OF MAKING A GOOD CONFESSION 49 LESSON TWENTY-FIRST: ON INDULGENCES .. 50 LESSON TWENTY-SECOND: ON THE HOLY 51 LESSON TWENTY-THIRD: ON THE ENDS FOR WHICH THE HOLY EUCHARIST WAS 53 LESSON TWENTY-FOURTH: ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE 55 LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH: ON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS .. 57 LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH: ON MATRIMONY .. 59 LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH: ON THE SACRAMENTALS .. 6 LESSON TWENTY-EIGHTH: ON PRAYER .. 62 LESSON TWENTY-NINTH: ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF 64 LESSON THIRTIETH: ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT ..LESSON THIRTY-FIRST: THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS.

6 68 LESSON THIRTY-SECOND: FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT .. 7 LESSON THIRTY-THIRD: FROM THE FOURTH TO THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT .. 574 LERECATPrLESSON THIRTY-FOURTH: FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE END OF THE TENTH COMMANDMENT ..LESSON THIRTY-FIFTH: ON THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH .. 76 LESSON THIRTY-SIXTH: ON THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH .. 78 SSON THIRTY-SEVENTH: ON THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE SURRECTION, HELL, PURGATORY, AND 79 ECHISM No. 3 .. 82 ayers: .. 84 The Lord's 84 The Angelical Salutation.. 84 The Apostles' Creed.. 84 The Confiteor.. 85 An Act of Faith.. 85 An Act of Hope.

7 85 An Act of 85 An Act of Contrition.. 86 The Blessing before 86 Grace after 86 The Manner in which a Lay Person is to Baptize in Case of Necessity: .. 86 LESSON FIRST: On the End of 86 LESSON SECOND: On God and His 92 LESSON THIRD: On the Unity and Trinity of 94 LESSON FOURTH: On Creation .. 98 LESSON FIFTH: On our First Parents and the Fall .. 102 LESSON SIXTH: On Sin and Its Kinds ON SIN AND ITS KINDS.. 108 LESSON SEVENTH: On the Incarnation and Redemption .. 115 6 tLESSON EIGHTH: On Our Lord's Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension .. 123 LESSON NINTH: On the Holy Ghost and His Descent upon the Apostles.

8 131 LESSON TENTH: On the Effects of the Redemption .. 136 LESSON ELEVENTH: On the Church .. 141 LESSON TWELFTH: On the Attributes and Marks of the Church .. 146 LESSON THIRTEENTH: On the Sacraments in 157 LESSON FOURTEENTH: On Baptism .. 165 LESSON FIFTEENTH: On 174 LESSON SEVENTEENTH: On the Sacrament of 183 LESSON EIGHTEENTH: On Contrition .. 189 LESSON NINETEENTH: On 193 LESSON TWENTIETH: On the Manner of Making a Good Confession .. 202 LESSON TWENTY-FIRST: On 204 LESSON TWENTY-SECOND: On the Holy Eucharist .. 210 LESSON TWENTY-THIRD: On the Ends for Which the Holy Eucharist Was Institu 215 LESSON TWENTY-FOURTH: On the Sacrifice of the Mass.

9 219 LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH: On Extreme Unction and Holy 227 LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH: On Matrimony .. 237 LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH: On the Sacramentals .. 246 LESSON TWENTY-EIGHTH: [Text Missing] .. 256 LESSON TWENTY-NINTH: On the Commandments of 256 LESSON THIRTIETH: On the First Commandment .. 259 LESSON THIRTY-FIRST: The First Commandment -- On the Honor and Invocation of the 268 LESSON THIRTY-SECOND: From the Second to the Fourth Commandment .. 273 LESSON THIRTY-THIRD: From the Fourth to the Seventh Commandment .. 280 7 LESSON THIRTY-FIFTH: On the First and Second Commandments of the Church. 290 LESSON THIRTY-SIXTH: On the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Commandments of the Church.

10 295 LESSON THIRTY-SEVENTH: On the Last Judgment and the Resurrection, Hell, Purgatory, and 299 LESSON THIRTY-FOURTH: From the Seventh to the End of the Tenth Commandment .. 285 8 Catechism No. 1 LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF MAN 1. Q. Who made the world? A. God made the world. 2. Q. Who is God? A. God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things. 3. Q. What is man? A. Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God. 6. Q. Why did God make you? A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven. 9.