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Part, Chapter, Paragraph
501 3, 8, 418 | place in heaven next to God.~ ~ ~
502 3, 9, 423 | being the same Lord and God as they are.~ ~
503 3, 9, 428 | converted to the love of God.~ ~
504 3, 9, 432 | opposed to the mercy of God, and are, therefore, seldom
505 3, 10, 451 | Adam gave away all right to God's promised gifts of grace
506 3, 10, 452 | two: The satisfaction of God's justice by Christ's sufferings
507 3, 10, 454 | Q. 455. Why did God's justice require satisfaction?~
508 3, 10, 454 | require satisfaction?~A. God's justice required satisfaction
509 3, 10, 455 | mean a supernatural gift of God bestowed on us, through
510 3, 10, 460 | soul holy and pleasing to God.~ ~
511 3, 10, 461 | those graces or gifts of God by which we believe in Him,
512 3, 10, 461 | Those graces or gifts of God by which we believe in Him,
513 3, 10, 464 | believe the truths which God has revealed.~ ~
514 3, 10, 465 | which we firmly trust that God will give us eternal life
515 3, 10, 466 | virtue by which we love God above all things for His
516 3, 10, 466 | ourselves for the love of God.~ ~
517 3, 10, 467 | and in all things believe God, hope in Him, and love Him.~ ~
518 3, 10, 469 | they are strictly gifts of God and do not depend upon our
519 3, 10, 469 | though also gifts of God, may, as natural virtues,
520 3, 10, 470 | 471. Why do we believe God, hope in Him, and love Him?~
521 3, 10, 470 | love Him?~A. We believe God and hope in Him because
522 3, 10, 473 | because he is a child of God, redeemed by Jesus Christ,
523 3, 10, 474 | Actual grace is that help of God which enlightens our mind
524 3, 10, 476 | Can we resist the grace of God?~A. We can, and unfortunately
525 3, 10, 476 | do, resist the grace of God.~
526 3, 10, 477 | knowingly to resist the grace of God?~A. It is a sin, knowingly,
527 3, 10, 477 | to resist the grace of God, because we thereby insult
528 3, 10, 478 | Q. 479. Does God give His grace to every
529 3, 10, 478 | His grace to every one?~A. God gives to everyone He creates
530 3, 10, 479 | is a particular gift of God which enables us to continue
531 3, 10, 480 | it depends entirely upon God's mercy and not upon our
532 3, 10, 481 | mortal sin; nevertheless, God rewards such good deeds
533 3, 10, 482 | Q. 483. Does God reward anything but our
534 3, 10, 482 | anything but our good works?~A. God rewards our good intention
535 3, 11, 483 | and other holy men whom God appointed and inspired to
536 3, 11, 484 | prophets were men to whom God gave a knowledge of future
537 3, 11, 484 | that the message came from God. Their chief duty was to
538 3, 11, 485 | keeping the Commandments of God.~ ~
539 3, 11, 513 | another if we try to serve God in it, and be upright and
540 3, 11, 515 | which men seek to serve God are equally good and true,
541 3, 12, 523 | authority they possess from God Himself, from whom they
542 3, 12, 523 | superiors is to disobey God Himself, and hence such
543 3, 12, 557 | inspired writings through which God has made known to us many
544 3, 12, 557 | to earth, that is, from God to man.~ ~
545 3, 12, 558 | contain the inspired word of God.~ ~
546 3, 12, 560 | what we are to believe. God has appointed the Church
547 3, 13, 577 | instituted by Our Lord, for God alone has power to attach
548 3, 13, 579 | Sacraments will not receive God's grace.~ ~
549 3, 13, 587 | Extreme Unction; guided by God's ministers through the
550 3, 13, 599 | a person consecrated to God; by robbing or destroying
551 3, 13, 601 | is a special help which God gives, to attain the end
552 3, 13, 605 | the conditions required by God and the Church for the worthy
553 3, 14, 620 | Christians, children of God, and heirs of heaven.~ ~
554 3, 14, 623 | came into the possession of God's friendship, of grace,
555 3, 14, 629 | guilt:~2.~3.(1) Of insulting God and of turning away from
556 3, 14, 634 | Baptism is so necessary that God affords every opportunity
557 3, 14, 649 | Baptism, and to do all that God has ordained for our salvation.~ ~
558 3, 14, 653 | which teaches that love of God and perfect contrition can
559 3, 14, 668 | ceremony the priest invokes God's blessing on the mother
560 3, 14, 668 | her part returns thanks to God~.~ ~
561 3, 15, 677 | the special protection of God through the grace of Confirmation.~ ~
562 3, 15, 686 | without violating some law of God or of His Church.~ ~
563 3, 15, 689 | test comes we are assured God will give to us, as He did
564 3, 15, 700 | of Piety to make us love God as a Father, and obey Him
565 3, 15, 701 | to discover the will of God in all things.~ ~
566 3, 15, 702 | strengthen us to do the will of God in all things.~ ~
567 3, 15, 706 | relish for the things of God, and to direct our whole
568 3, 15, 707 | heart, for they shall see God.~7. Blessed are the peacemakers,
569 3, 15, 707 | be called the children of God.~8. Blessed are they that
570 3, 15, 711 | poor, who would not offend God to possess or retain anything
571 3, 15, 711 | willingly for the glory of God. It includes also those
572 3, 15, 712 | they who, out of love for God, bewail their own sins and
573 3, 15, 712 | all trials that come from God or for His sake.~ ~
574 3, 15, 713 | befalls them by the Will of God; and they never desire to
575 3, 15, 715 | most intimate friends of God.~ ~
576 3, 15, 716 | are called the children of God, disturbers of peace should
577 3, 16, 721 | because they were offensive to God.~ ~
578 3, 16, 724 | the soul the friendship of God?~A. The Sacrament of Penance
579 3, 16, 724 | restores the friendship of God to the soul by means of
580 3, 16, 733 | 1. Because He was always God, and;~2. Because He frequently
581 3, 16, 736 | them even by the power of God, for man can do anything
582 3, 16, 736 | for man can do anything if God gives him the power. The
583 3, 16, 736 | receives as the minister of God.~ ~
584 3, 16, 737 | for them as ministers of God and in His name.~ ~
585 3, 16, 739 | Q. 740. Could God not forgive our sins if
586 3, 16, 739 | in secret?~A. Certainly, God could forgive our sins if
587 3, 16, 740 | resolution never more to offend God.~4. We must confess our
588 3, 16, 744 | restored to the friendship of God.~ ~
589 3, 16, 750 | memory the commandments of God, the precepts of the Church,
590 3, 16, 751 | conscience we should pray to God to give us light to know
591 3, 17, 752 | soul for having offended God, with a firm purpose of
592 3, 17, 756 | prompted by the grace of God, and excited by motives
593 3, 17, 757 | sorrow for reasons that God has made known to us, such
594 3, 17, 757 | afflictions that come from God in punishment for sin. By "
595 3, 17, 760 | more for having offended God than for any other evil
596 3, 17, 761 | evils and an offense against God our Creator, Preserver,
597 3, 17, 764 | sin, because it offends God, who is infinitely good
598 3, 17, 766 | which we hate what offends God because by it we lose heaven
599 3, 17, 767 | sin out of pure love of God's own goodness and without
600 3, 18, 785 | sorrow for having offended God.~ ~
601 3, 18, 795 | declares in confession to God and the priest that he committed
602 3, 18, 799 | Confession, that we may satisfy God for the temporal punishment
603 3, 18, 802 | temporal punishment which God requires as satisfaction
604 3, 18, 803 | Q. 804. Why does God require a temporal punishment
605 3, 18, 803 | satisfaction for sin?~A. God requires a temporal punishment
606 3, 18, 804 | means by which we satisfy God for the temporal punishment
607 3, 18, 804 | means by which we satisfy God for the temporal punishment
608 3, 18, 807 | charitable purposes. The law of God requires all persons to
609 3, 18, 808 | of life" help to satisfy God for sin?~A. The ills of
610 3, 18, 808 | life that help to satisfy God for sin are sickness, poverty,
611 3, 18, 816 | crimes be justly punished. As God Himself punishes crime and
612 3, 18, 821 | lives to the service of God and religion. They live
613 3, 19, 824 | I confess to Almighty God and to you, father, that
614 3, 20, 841 | our merit, nevertheless God will bestow gifts for every
615 3, 20, 862 | forty days is attached, God remits as much of our temporal
616 3, 20, 862 | much temporal punishment God remitted for forty days'
617 3, 21, 868 | renders us most pleasing to God by the grace it imparts,
618 3, 21, 877 | into another, because:~1. God changed water into blood
619 3, 21, 877 | flesh and blood; and what God does gradually, He can also
620 3, 21, 887 | in the Holy Eucharist, as God is everywhere present, while
621 3, 21, 887 | present, while He is but one God.~ ~
622 3, 22, 911 | that must be pleasing to God and bring us blessings from
623 3, 23, 918 | an object by a priest to God alone, and the consuming
624 3, 23, 921 | 1st. To honor and glorify God;~2nd. To thank Him for all
625 3, 23, 921 | whole world;~3rd. To satisfy God's justice for the sins of
626 3, 23, 925 | to the honor and glory of God, to the good of the Church
627 3, 23, 927 | yours may be acceptable to God the Father Almighty," and
628 3, 23, 931 | which the priests offers to God the bread and wine to be
629 3, 23, 946 | hearing Mass is to offer it to God with the priest for the
630 3, 23, 951 | the use of ceremonies:~1. God commanded ceremonies to
631 3, 24, 959 | Resignation to the Will of God with regard to our recovery;~
632 3, 24, 968 | restore us to health, when God sees fit.~ ~
633 3, 24, 971 | we are so near death that God could restore us only by
634 3, 24, 973 | resignation to the will of God.~ ~
635 3, 24, 975 | effort to be resigned to God's Holy Will, to excite ourselves
636 3, 24, 992 | and holy motive of serving God better in it, together with
637 3, 24, 994 | them to resist the Will of God by endeavoring to turn their
638 3, 24, 995 | Church as the messengers of God and the dispensers of His
639 3, 24, 996 | Church are the messengers of God?~A. We know that the priests
640 3, 24, 996 | Church are the messengers of God, because Christ said to
641 3, 24, 998 | say or think concerning God's ministers. To show our
642 3, 24, 999 | respect the ministers of God?~A. We should do more than
643 3, 24, 999 | respect the ministers of God. We should earnestly and
644 3, 24, 999 | in a manner pleasing to God.~ ~
645 3, 24, 1001| priesthood established by God;~2. Because Christ conferred
646 3, 25, 1005| comply with all the laws of God and of the Church relating
647 3, 25, 1006| the Garden of Eden, when God created Adam and Eve and
648 3, 25, 1009| into the world to serve God;~3. To prevent sins against
649 3, 25, 1011| conscience and the laws of God as they knew them; but such
650 3, 25, 1012| restrictions, imposed by the law of God or of the Church, that render
651 3, 25, 1013| that arise from the laws of God and nature. Every lawmaker
652 3, 25, 1019| have ever made any vow to God with regard to chastity
653 3, 25, 1027| in the fear and love of God.~ ~ ~
654 3, 25, 1029| in the fear and love of God?~A. Parents are specially
655 3, 25, 1029| in the fear and love of God:~ ~1. By the special grace
656 3, 25, 1034| not opposed to the laws of God.~ ~ ~
657 3, 25, 1041| them the full measure of God's grace and blessing;~2.
658 3, 25, 1045| it for the sake of doing God's will and fulfilling the
659 3, 25, 1046| Holy Eucharist; by begging God to grant them a pure intention
660 3, 26, 1053| devotion, to greater love for God and greater sorrow for our
661 3, 26, 1054| as by their hearing; for God wishes us to learn His laws
662 3, 26, 1057| devotes to the worship of God may be called a Sacramental.~ ~ ~
663 3, 26, 1058| of the Old Law, in which God described and commanded
664 3, 26, 1066| the Unity and Trinity of God and of the Incarnation and
665 3, 26, 1067| the Unity and Trinity of God?~A. The words, "In the name,"
666 3, 26, 1067| name," express the Unity of God; the words that follow, "
667 3, 26, 1068| reminding us that the Son of God, having become man, suffered
668 3, 26, 1070| with solemn prayer to beg God's blessing on those who
669 3, 26, 1075| our name on the altar of God, and if the Jewish people
670 3, 26, 1075| altars and churches where God Himself dwells.~ ~
671 3, 26, 1083| she is to be the Mother of God; 2. The Visitation -- the
672 3, 26, 1083| His parents offered Him to God; 5. The finding of the Child
673 3, 26, 1096| whom we call the Lamb of God, Who taketh away the sins
674 3, 29 | On the Commandments of God~
675 3, 29, 1125| Is it enough to belong to God's Church in order to be
676 3, 29, 1125| keep the Commandments of God and of the Church.~ ~
677 3, 29, 1126| Church also commandments of God?~A. The commandments of
678 3, 29, 1126| are also commandments of God, for they are made by His
679 3, 29, 1126| commandments given directly by God Himself.~ ~
680 3, 29, 1127| contain the whole law of God?~A. The Commandments which
681 3, 29, 1127| contain the whole law of God are these two:~1st. Thou
682 3, 29, 1127| shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with
683 3, 29, 1128| Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain
684 3, 29, 1128| contain the whole law of God?~A. These two Commandments
685 3, 29, 1128| Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain
686 3, 29, 1128| contain the whole law of God because all the other Commandments
687 3, 29, 1129| commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain
688 3, 29, 1129| commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain
689 3, 29, 1129| ten commandments refer to God and oblige us to worship
690 3, 29, 1130| are the Commandments of God?~A. The Commandments of
691 3, 29, 1130| A. The Commandments of God are these ten:~1. I am the
692 3, 29, 1130| ten:~1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of
693 3, 29, 1130| the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 3. Remember thou
694 3, 29, 1131| and to be worshipped as a god.~ ~
695 3, 29, 1132| the Ten Commandments?~A. God Himself gave the Ten Commandments
696 3, 29, 1133| and lightning, from which God spoke to him on the mountain,
697 3, 29, 1135| always sinful to blaspheme God, murder, steal or violate
698 3, 29, 1139| and have been revealed by God, and whatever God has revealed
699 3, 29, 1139| revealed by God, and whatever God has revealed as true must
700 3, 30, 1140| Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange
701 3, 30, 1141| they had abandoned the true God.~ ~
702 3, 30, 1142| so that we would offend God, renounce our faith or give
703 3, 30, 1143| Commandment of the love of God?~A. The first Commandment
704 3, 30, 1143| Commandment of the love of God because it commands us to
705 3, 30, 1143| it commands us to adore God alone.~ ~
706 3, 30, 1144| Q. 1144. How do we adore God?~A. We adore God by faith,
707 3, 30, 1144| we adore God?~A. We adore God by faith, hope, and charity,
708 3, 30, 1145| what prayers do we adore God?~A. We adore God by all
709 3, 30, 1145| we adore God?~A. We adore God by all our prayers, but
710 3, 30, 1146| the honor which belongs to God alone; by false worship;
711 3, 30, 1146| perfection which belongs to God alone.~ ~
712 3, 30, 1147| the honor which belongs to God alone?~A. The honor which
713 3, 30, 1147| The honor which belongs to God alone is a divine honor,
714 3, 30, 1148| Q. 1148. How do we offer God false worship?~A. We offer
715 3, 30, 1148| false worship?~A. We offer God false worship by rejecting
716 3, 30, 1149| 1149. Why must we serve God in the form of religion
717 3, 30, 1149| other?~A. We must serve God in the form of religion
718 3, 30, 1149| promised reward, a free gift of God, which we must merit in
719 3, 30, 1150| perfection which belongs to God alone?~A. We attribute to
720 3, 30, 1150| perfection which belongs to God alone when we believe it
721 3, 30, 1150| or power independently of God, so that it may, without
722 3, 30, 1151| perfections which belong to God alone.~ ~
723 3, 30, 1153| Church, we expect help from God, the Blessed Mother, or
724 3, 30, 1154| guard against expecting God to perform miracles when
725 3, 30, 1154| about what we hope for. God will sometimes miraculously
726 3, 30, 1157| Q. 1157. Did not God frequently in the Old Law
727 3, 30, 1157| making known His will?~A. God did frequently in the Old
728 3, 30, 1161| creatures the perfections of God?~A. By believing in spells,
729 3, 30, 1161| creatures the perfections of God because we expect these
730 3, 30, 1161| the hidden judgments of God, and make known His designs
731 3, 30, 1161| creatures, things that only God Himself may do.~ ~
732 3, 30, 1164| not trying to know what God has taught; 2.2nd. By refusing
733 3, 30, 1164| refusing to believe all that God has taught; 3.3rd. By neglecting
734 3, 30, 1164| profess his belief in what God has taught.~ ~
735 3, 30, 1165| fail to try to know what God has taught?~A. We fail to
736 3, 30, 1165| fail to try to know what God has taught by neglecting
737 3, 30, 1166| ever ready to teach us. God will not excuse our ignorance
738 3, 30, 1169| do not believe all that God has taught?~A. They who
739 3, 30, 1169| do not believe all that God has taught are the heretics
740 3, 30, 1170| Atheists, who deny there is a God; 2. Deists, who admit there
741 3, 30, 1170| Deists, who admit there is a God, but deny that He revealed
742 3, 30, 1170| nor deny the existence of God; 4. Infidels, who have never
743 3, 30, 1172| rejecting the testimony of God. The Church very clearly
744 3, 30, 1173| profess their belief in what God has taught?~A. They who
745 3, 30, 1173| profess their belief in what God has taught are all those
746 3, 30, 1177| we believe we are serving God.~ ~
747 3, 30, 1180| of our faith as often as God's honor, our neighbor's
748 3, 30, 1181| Q. 1181. When does God's honor, our neighbor's
749 3, 30, 1181| profession of our faith?~A. God's honor, our neighbor's
750 3, 30, 1181| without violating some law of God or of His Church, or without
751 3, 30, 1185| Despair is the loss of hope in God's mercy.~ ~
752 3, 30, 1186| so as to be pleasing to God.~ ~
753 3, 30, 1187| the justice or mercy of God.~ ~
754 3, 30, 1188| sin against the love of God?~A. We sin against the love
755 3, 30, 1188| sin against the love of God by all sin, but particularly
756 3, 31, 1189| are the chosen friends of God, we honor God Himself.~ ~
757 3, 31, 1189| friends of God, we honor God Himself.~ ~
758 3, 31, 1190| with regard to calling upon God or the saints, and hence
759 3, 31, 1191| honoring the Saints we honor God Himself?~A. We honor the
760 3, 31, 1191| Saints because they honor God. Therefore, it is for His
761 3, 31, 1192| another reason why we honor God by honoring the Saints.~
762 3, 31, 1192| Another reason why we honor God by honoring the Saints is
763 3, 31, 1192| honoring our religion we honor God, who taught it. Therefore,
764 3, 31, 1192| honoring the Saints we honor God, for love of whom they became
765 3, 31, 1194| tends also to the glory of God.~ ~
766 3, 31, 1196| 1196. Do we not slight God Himself by addressing our
767 3, 31, 1196| saints?~A. We do not slight God Himself by addressing our
768 3, 31, 1197| us, because they are with God, who makes our prayers known
769 3, 31, 1210| Q. 1210. Has God Himself honored relics?~
770 3, 31, 1210| Himself honored relics?~A. God Himself has frequently honored
771 3, 31, 1212| relatives or friends; 2. Because God Himself commanded the making
772 3, 31, 1212| the first commandment, and God never contradicts Himself.~ ~
773 3, 32, 1217| the name of the Lord thy God in vain.~ ~
774 3, 32, 1218| What do you mean by taking God's name in vain?~A. By taking
775 3, 32, 1218| name in vain?~A. By taking God's name in vain I mean taking
776 3, 32, 1219| speak with reverence of God and of the saints, and of
777 3, 32, 1220| meaning but the one we believe God has intended them to convey.~ ~
778 3, 32, 1221| oath is the calling upon God to witness the truth of
779 3, 32, 1222| heaven as a sign that we call God to witness that what we
780 3, 32, 1223| and a mortal sin before God.~ ~
781 3, 32, 1225| authority or required for God's honor or for our own or
782 3, 32, 1226| an oath be required for God's honor or for our own or
783 3, 32, 1226| oath may be required for God's honor or for our own or
784 3, 32, 1227| ordered to do so, while God commands us to avoid even
785 3, 32, 1230| that have the sanction of God or of His Church.~ ~
786 3, 32, 1232| deliberate promise made to God to do something that is
787 3, 32, 1233| communities or consecrated to God. Persons living in the world
788 3, 32, 1235| make vows and promises to God?~A. It has always been a
789 3, 32, 1235| make vows and promises to God; to beg His help for some
790 3, 32, 1241| intended as an insult to God. To say He is cruel or find
791 3, 32, 1241| sin than cursing or taking God's name in vain. Profane
792 3, 32, 1243| the service and worship of God.~ ~
793 3, 32, 1245| 1245. How are we to worship God on Sundays and holydays
794 3, 32, 1245| obligation?~A. We are to worship God on Sundays and holydays
795 3, 32, 1246| them, that for the love of God we may do a little more
796 3, 32, 1247| occupied during the week, for God did not intend the keeping
797 3, 32, 1255| Sundays when the honor of God, the good of our neighbor,
798 3, 32, 1256| examples of when the honor of God, the good of our neighbor
799 3, 32, 1256| Sunday.~A. The honor of God, the good of our neighbor
800 3, 33, 1260| are not then acting with God's authority, but contrary
801 3, 33, 1272| giving this commandment, God commanded that animals be
802 3, 33, 1272| temple of Jerusalem, and God never contradicts Himself.~ ~
803 3, 33, 1279| lessens their respect for God and holy religion.~ ~
804 3, 35, 1325| Church also commandments of God?~A. The commandments of
805 3, 35, 1325| are also commandments of God, because they are made by
806 3, 35, 1326| between the commandments of God and the Commandments of
807 3, 35, 1326| A. The commandments of God were given by God Himself
808 3, 35, 1326| commandments of God were given by God Himself to Moses on Mount
809 3, 35, 1326| The Commandments given by God Himself cannot be changed
810 3, 35, 1328| faithful how to worship God and to guard them from the
811 3, 36, 1357| originated in the Old Law, when God commanded all the people
812 3, 36, 1364| without the blessing of God's priests or without witnesses.~ ~
813 3, 37, 1379| deprived of the sight of God for all eternity, and are
814 3, 37, 1380| the thought of having lost God forever, and the body suffers
815 3, 37, 1383| to enjoy that presence of God which is called the Beatific
816 3, 37, 1386| Q. 1386. Since God loves the souls in Purgatory,
817 3, 37, 1386| He punish them?~A. Though God loves the souls in Purgatory,
818 3, 37, 1387| that the providence of God, which, on earth, often
819 3, 37, 1388| meant by "the Providence of God"?~A. By "the Providence
820 3, 37, 1388| A. By "the Providence of God" is meant the manner in
821 3, 37, 1389| to acknowledge Him their God and Redeemer.~
822 3, 37, 1395| everlasting life in which we see God face to face, are made like
823 3, 37, 1396| in seeing the beauty of God, in knowing Him as He is,
824 3, 37, 1397| heart of man what things God hath prepared for them that
825 3, 37, 1400| 1. That there is but one God, and He will reward the
826 3, 37, 1400| punish the wicked.~2. That in God there are three Divine Persons:
827 3, 37, 1400| redemption.~4. That the grace of God is necessary for our salvation.~
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