The Baltimore Catechism No. 2

A catechism is a summary of the principles of Christian religion and articles of the faith. The Baltimore Catechism specifically was the de facto standard Catholic school text in the United States from 1885 to the late 1960s. It was the first such catechism written for Catholics in North America, replacing a translation of Bellarmine's Small Catechism. The Baltimore Catechism remained in use in nearly all Catholic schools until many moved away from catechism-based education, though it is still used up to this day in some. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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

This is a great book for outlining the Catholic faith to older children.
Do not let the teaching stand on its own, however.
This will be most effective for good formation if each topic is used as the basis of open discussion.
Allow the students to question and discuss.
Activate the spirit within them.

An old book from my troubled youth and a reminder of parochial school. Still relevant, still idealistic, still calling us to higher things. More impressive at the end of my life than it was at the beginning. May we all reach such ideals of religious faith and fervor.

We are using this text as CCD education this fall due to distance learning. As a teacher, I find the text straight to the point and direct for my students. The illustrations are dated and some of the text as well but I find that it is a refreshing to get back to basics. I have taught using book No1

Even though it was meant for school-age children, once you factor in the entropy of our educational system, this book is eminently readable for modern adults. Despite going to Catholic school for 13 years of school-age education in the '90s, we never touched on these basics. It was both great and di

Great tool for teaching CCD classes!!

Grade school kids in the 1950s used to know this by heart. Thus proving that yesterday's school kid knew more about Catholicism than today's adult Catholics.

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