Baltimore Catechism No. 2 (of 4) | Page 6

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.
101. Q. Will the Holy Ghost abide with the Church forever? A. The
Holy Ghost will abide with the Church forever, and guide it in the way
of holiness and truth.

LESSON TENTH 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.
106. Q. What do you call those graces or gifts of God by which we
believe in Him, hope in Him, and love Him? A. Those graces or gifts of
God by which we believe in Him, and hope in Him, and love Him, are
called the Divine virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity.
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.
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.
111. Q. Is grace necessary to salvation? A. Grace is necessary to
salvation, because without grace we can do nothing to merit heaven.
112. Q. Can we resist the grace of God? A. We can and unfortunately
often do resist the grace of God.

113. Q. What is the grace of perseverance? A. The grace of
perseverance is a particular gift of God which enables us to continue in
the state of grace till death.

LESSON ELEVENTH 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.
118. Q. Why is the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, the visible Head of the
Church? A. The Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the visible Head of the
Church because he is the successor of St. Peter, whom Christ made the
chief of the Apostles and the visible Head of the Church.
119. Q. Who are the successors of the other Apostles? A. The
successors of the other Apostles are the bishops of the Holy Catholic
Church.
120. Q. Why did Christ found the Church? A. Christ founded the
Church to teach, govern, sanctify, and save all men.
121. Q. Are all bound to belong to the Church? A. All are bound to
belong to the Church, and he who knows the Church to be the true
Church and remains out of it cannot be saved.

LESSON TWELFTH ON THE ATTRIBUTES AND MARKS OF
THE CHURCH
122. Q. Which are the attributes of the Church? A. The attributes of the
Church are three: authority infallibility, and indefectibility.
123. Q. What do you mean by the authority of the Church? A. By the
authority of the Church I mean the right and power which the Pope and

the bishops, as the successors of the Apostles, have to teach and to
govern the faithful.
124. Q. What do you mean by the infallibility of the Church? A. By