Baltimore Catechism No. 1 (of 4) | Page 9

God to witness
the truth of what we say.
350. Q. What is a vow? A. A vow is a deliberate promise made to God
to do something that is pleasing to Him.
351. Q. Is it a sin not to fulfill our vows? A. 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.
352. Q. What is forbidden by the second Commandment? A. The
second Commandment forbids all false, rash, unjust, and unnecessary
oaths, blasphemy, cursing, and profane words.
353. Q. What is the third Commandment? A. The third Commandment
is: Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
355. Q. How are we to worship God on Sundays and holydays of
obligation? A. We are to worship God on Sundays and holydays of
obligation by hearing Mass, by prayer, and by other good works.
358. Q. What is forbidden by the third Commandment? A. The third
Commandment forbids all unnecessary servile work and whatever else
may hinder the due observance of the Lord's day.
359. Q. What are servile works? A. Servile works are those which
require labor rather of body than of mind.
360. Q. Are servile works on Sunday ever lawful? A. Servile works are
lawful on Sunday when the honor of God, the good of our neighbor, or
necessity requires them.

LESSON TWENTY-NINTH FROM THE FOURTH TO THE
SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
361. Q. What is the fourth Commandment? A. The fourth
Commandment is: Honor thy father and thy mother.
362. Q. What are we commanded by the fourth Commandment? A. We
are commanded by the fourth Commandment to honor, love, and obey
our parents in all that is not sin.
363. Q. Are we bound to honor and obey others than our parents? A.
We are also bound to honor and obey our bishops, pastors, magistrates,

teachers, and other lawful superiors.
365. Q. What is forbidden by the fourth Commandment? A. The fourth
Commandment forbids all disobedience, contempt, and stubbornness
towards our parents or lawful superiors.
366. Q. What is the fifth Commandment? A. The fifth Commandment
is: Thou shalt not kill.
367. Q. What are we commanded by the fifth Commandment? A. We
are commanded by the fifth Commandment to live in peace and union
with our neighbor, to respect his rights, to seek his spiritual and bodily
welfare, and to take proper care of our own life and health.
368. Q. What is forbidden by the fifth Commandment? A. The fifth
Commandment forbids all wilful murder, fighting, anger, hatred,
revenge, and bad example.
369. Q. What is the sixth Commandment? A. The sixth Commandment
is: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
370. Q. What are we commanded by the sixth Commandment? A. We
are commanded by the sixth Commandment to be pure in thought and
modest in all our looks, words, and actions.
371. Q. What is forbidden by the sixth Commandment? A. The sixth
commandment forbids all unchaste freedom with another's wife or
husband; also all immodesty with ourselves or others in looks, dress,
words, or actions.
372. Q. Does the sixth Commandment forbid the reading of bad and
immodest books and newspapers? A. The sixth Commandment does
forbid the reading of bad and immodest books and newspapers.

LESSON THIRTIETH FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE END OF
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
373. Q. What is the seventh Commandment? A. The seventh
Commandment is: Thou shalt not steal.
374. Q. What are we commanded by the seventh Commandment? A.
By the seventh Commandment we are commanded to give to all men
what belongs to them and to respect their property.
375. Q. What is forbidden by the seventh Commandment? A. The
seventh Commandment forbids all unjust taking or keeping what
belongs to another.
376. Q. Are we bound to restore ill-gotten goods? A. We are bound to

restore ill-gotten goods, or the value of them, as far as we are able;
otherwise we cannot be forgiven.
377. Q. Are we obliged to repair the damage we have unjustly caused?
A. We are bound to repair the damage we have unjustly caused.
378. Q. What is the eighth Commandment? A. The eighth
Commandment is: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.
379. Q. What are we commanded by the eighth Commandment? A. We
are commanded by the eighth Commandment to speak the truth in all
things, and to be careful of the honor and reputation of every one.
380. Q. What is forbidden by the eighth Commandment? A. The eighth
Commandment forbids all rash judgments, backbiting, slanders, and
lies.
382. Q. What is the ninth Commandment? A. The ninth Commandment
is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.
383. Q. What are we commanded by the ninth Commandment? A.