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a cruel scourging, was crowned with thorns, and was crucified.
79. Q. On what day did Christ die? A. Christ died on Good Friday.
83. Q. Why did Christ suffer and die? A. Christ suffered and died for
our sins.
89. Q. On what day did Christ rise from the dead? A. Christ rose from
the dead, glorious and immortal, on Easter Sunday, the third day after
His death.
91. Q. After Christ had remained forty days on earth, whither did He go?
A. After forty days Christ ascended into heaven, and the day on which
He ascended into heaven is called Ascension day.

LESSON EIGHTH ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT
UPON THE APOSTLES
94. Q. Who is the Holy Ghost? A. The Holy Ghost is the third Person
of the Blessed Trinity.
97. Q. On what day did the Holy Ghost come down upon the Apostles?
A. The Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles ten days after the
Ascension of our Lord; and the day on which He came down upon the
Apostles is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost.
99. Q. Who sent the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles? A. Our Lord Jesus
Christ sent the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles.
100. Q. Why did Christ send the Holy Ghost? A. Christ sent the Holy
Ghost to sanctify His Church, to enlighten and strengthen the Apostles,
and to enable them to preach the Gospel.

LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION
102. Q. Which are the chief effects of the Redemption? A. The chief

effects of the Redemption are two: The satisfaction of God's justice by
Christ's sufferings and death, and the gaining of grace for men.
103. Q. What do you mean by grace? A. By grace I mean a
supernatural gift of God bestowed on us, through the merits of Jesus
Christ, for our salvation.
104. Q. How many kinds of grace are there? A. There are two kinds of
grace, sanctifying grace and actual grace.
105. Q. What is sanctifying grace? A. Sanctifying grace is that grace
which makes the soul holy and pleasing to God.
110. Q. What is actual grace? A. Actual grace is that help of God which
enlightens our mind and moves our will to shun evil and do good.
{T.N.: The above question is out of numerical order in the printed
source of Baltimore Catechism No. 1.}
107. Q. What is Faith? A. Faith is a Divine virtue by which we firmly
believe the truths which God has revealed.
108. Q. What is Hope? A. Hope is a Divine virtue by which we firmly
trust that God will give us eternal life and the means to obtain it.
109. Q. What is Charity? A. Charity is a Divine virtue by which we
love God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbor as
ourselves for the love of God.

LESSON TENTH ON THE CHURCH
114. Q. Which are the means instituted by our Lord to enable men at all
times to share in the fruits of the Redemption? A. 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.
115. Q. What is the Church? A. 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.
116. Q. Who is the invisible Head of the Church? A. Jesus Christ is the
invisible Head of the Church.
117. Q. Who is the visible Head of the Church? A. Our Holy Father the
Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the Vicar of Christ on earth, and the
visible Head of the Church.
128. Q. Has the Church any marks by which it may be known? A. The
Church has four marks by which it may be known: it is One; it is Holy;
it is Catholic; it is Apostolic.

133. Q. In which Church are these marks found? A. These marks are
found in the Holy Roman Catholic Church alone.

LESSON ELEVENTH ON THE SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL
136. Q. What is a Sacrament? A. A Sacrament is an outward sign
instituted by Christ to give grace.
137. Q. How many Sacraments are there? A. There are seven
Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme
Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.
138. Q. Whence have the Sacraments the power of giving grace? A.
The Sacraments have the power of giving grace from the merits of
Jesus Christ.
147. Q. Do the Sacraments always give grace? A. The Sacraments
always give grace, if we receive them with the right dispositions.
148. Q. Can we receive the Sacraments more than once? A. We can