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33. What is Our Blessed Lord now doing?

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Our Blessed Lord now lives and reigns in Heaven, in the same Body with which He rose from the dead. makes intercession for us, and is preparing a place for His people.

34. Will Our Blessed Lord ever return to this world in which He died?

Our Blessed Lord will return to this world in which He died, with power and great glory.

35. What will then happen?

When Our Blessed Lord returns from Heaven to Earth, every eye shall see Him, the Dead will be raised even from the dust, and all mankind will be judged by Him.

36. How will Our Lord JESUS Christ judge the world? Our Lord JESUS Christ will place the Righteous on His Right Hand, and the Wicked on his Left Hand.

37. What will Our Lord say to those on His Right Hand?

To those on His Right Hand Our Lord will say, "Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

38. What will Our Lord say to those on His Left Hand ?

To those on His Left Hand Our Lord will say, "Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels."

39. What will become of the Righteous after the Day of Judgment?

After the Day of Judgment, the Righteous shall enter into Heaven and live for ever with Christ their Lord in perfect happiness.

40. What will become of the Wicked after the Day of Judgment?

After the Day of Judgment the wicked shall suffer, each according to the degree of his guilt, and they shall all endure the punishment of eternal death.

41. Who is God the Holy Ghost?

God the Holy Ghost is the Third Person in the Blessed Trinity, One with the Father and with His Son JESUS Christ.

42. Has the Holy Ghost ever manifested His Presence in this world?

The Holy Ghost manifested His Presence at the river Jordan, when Our Blessed Saviour was baptized. He then appeared in the form of a Dove, and after the Ascension, He came down upon the Apostles in Tongues of Fire.

43. What do we call the Day on which the Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles ?

We call the day on which the Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles, Pentecost or Whitsunday.

44. What does the Holy Ghost do for us?

The Holy Ghost is the Good Spirit Who gives us spiritual life, Who changes our sinful natures, Who enables us to do what is right, and Who will bring us to Heaven through JESUS Christ Our Lord.

45. Who is the Evil Spirit?

The Evil Spirit is the Devil who tempts us to sin and leads his servants to eternal death.

46. What is the Holy Catholic Church?

The Holy Catholic Church is the Kingdom of JESUS Christ.

47. Why is the Church called "Holy"?

The Church is called "Holy," because it is sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

48. Why is the Church called Catholic?

The Church is called Catholic or Universal, because it is for all ages of the world, and for all nations of mankind.

49. What is the Communion of Saints?

The Communion of Saints is the fellowship of the Faithful in the Holy Catholic Church. These have been baptized into Christ, Who makes them partakers of His Body and Blood. These have One God and Father, One Lord and Saviour, and One Holy Spirit their Sanctifier.

50. What is the Forgiveness of Sins ?

The Forgiveness of Sins is God's gracious pardon granted to those who have offended against His Divine Majesty.

51. How are sins forgiven?

Sins are mercifully forgiven on account of the Death of Our Lord JESUS Christ upon the Cross, to those who truly repent and believe in Him.

52. What must we do when the Holy Spirit leads us to repent of our sins?

We must confess our sins and forsake them, and ask to be forgiven for the sake of JESUS Christ Our Lord.

53. When will the Resurrection of the body take place?

The Resurrection of the body will take place when Our Lord JESUS Christ shall come again, and when He shall raise up all men, even from the dust of death.

54. To Whom will Our Lord JESUS Christ give the Life Everlasting?

Our Lord JESUS Christ will give Everlasting Life in Heaven, to all who, through grace, have believed in Him, and have walked in His ways.

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.

THE HOLY TRINITY.

THERE are THREE PERSONS in the ETERNAL GODHEAD, the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, and these THREE are ONE GOD, the same in Substance, equal in Power and Glory.

Therefore, when we bow down our heads and worship GOD, we say, "Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST." And, moreover, when we were baptized, the water was poured upon us "In the Name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY GHOST." And when the blessing is pronounced over us, this too is done in the Name of the same Holy and undivided Trinity.

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So we must believe that the FATHER is GOD, that the SON is GOD, and that the HOLY GHOST is GOD. yet that They are not three GODS, but ONE GOD.

This Doctrine of the Holy Trinity is a mystery which we cannot explain. The wisest Philosophers cannot fully understand it, and yet even little children may believe it.

The FATHER is the Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth, the First Person in the GODHEAD.

The SON is our Blessed SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, the Second Person in the GODHEAD.

The HOLY GHOST is the GOOD SPIRIT the COMFORTER, the Third Person in the GODHEAD.

N.B.-Throughout the whole extent of Sacred Scripture, but especially throughout the New Testament, we find continually recurring mention made of THREE DIVINE

PERSONS, Sometimes singly, and sometimes all THREE together. To each of These is ascribed, again and again, those attributes which could not, without blasphemy, be ascribed to any created being, but which belong only to the ONE ETERNAL GOD, the Supreme Object of man's love and worship, and Who has thus been revealed to us as FATHER SON, and HOLY GHOST, THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE.

THE INCARNATION.

WHEN we speak of the "INCARNATION," we mean that GOD became Man. GOD the SON, GOD the Second Person in the Holy Trinity, left His Glory, and for us men, and for our Salvation, came down from Heaven, and was made Man. He was conceived by the Power of the HOLY GHOST, in the Womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was born of her. From that time forward JESUS CHRIST WAS GOD and Man. From all eternity He had been GOD, of One and the Same Nature with the FATHER; but from the time of His Incarnation and Birth, He became also Man, of the Same Nature with us. For this cause JESUS, when on earth, sometimes spoke of Himself as equal with the FATHER and sometimes as inferior to the FATHER. He is equal with the FATHER as to His Divine Nature, but inferior to the FATHER as to His Human Nature.

Thus we find JESUS at one time saying, "I and the FATHER are ONE;""He that hath seen Me hath seen the FATHER;" and yet at another time we find Him saying, "The Father is greater than I." "Not My will, but Thine be done."

JESUS proved His claim to be GOD by raising the dead, and by many other mighty works which He did. He also showed Himself to be Man, by the form and appearance of His Body (which He declared to be a true Body of Flesh and Bones), and also by the Human emotions of His Human Soul. Thus He not only ate when He

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