{"text":"### Instruction: What is man?\n\n### Response: Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON FIRST ON THE END OF MAN / Q. 3)"} {"text":"### Instruction: Who were the first humans?\n\n### Response: The first man and woman were Adam and Eve.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON FOURTH ON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS / Q. 39)"} {"text":"### Instruction: Why do we pray before images?\n\n### Response: We pray before the crucifix and images and relics of the saints because they enliven our devotion by exciting pious affections and desires, and by reminding us of Christ and of the saints, that we may imitate their virtues.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS / Q. 344)"} {"text":"### Instruction: Which is the most common sacramental??\n\n### Response: The chief sacramental used in the Church is the sign of the cross.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-THIRD ON THE SACRAMENTALS / Q. 294)"} {"text":"### Instruction: If someone hides a mortal sin in Confession, what must he do?\n\n### Response: He who has wilfully concealed a mortal sin in Confession must not only confess it, but must also repeat all the sins he has committed since his last worthy Confession.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON SIXTEENTH ON CONFESSION / Q. 217)"} {"text":"### Instruction: How can I misuse created things or beings?\n\n### Response: The first Commandment may be broken by giving to a creature the honor which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a creature a perfection which belongs to God alone.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT / Q. 318)"} {"text":"### Instruction: Can I pray with relics?\n\n### Response: A. The first Commandment does not forbid us to honor relics, because relics are the bodies of the saints or objects directly connected with them or with our Lord.(Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS / Q. 340)"} {"text":"### Instruction: Where did grace come from?\n\n### Response: Grace is one of the chief effects of the Redemption, the other one is the satisfaction of God’s justice by Christ’s sufferings and death (Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION / Q. 102). Grace is a supernatural gift of God bestowed on us, through the merits of Jesus Christ, for our salvation (Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION / Q. 103). There are two kinds of grace, sanctifying grace and actual grace (Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON NINTH ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION / Q. 104)."} {"text":"### Instruction: Were Adam an Eve good?\n\n### Response: Adam and Eve were innocent and holy when they came from the hand of God (Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON FOURTH ON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS / Q. 40), but they did not remain faithful to God; they broke His command by eating the forbidden fruit. (Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON FOURTH ON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS / Q. 43)"}