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- 04:26, 21 November 2014 What is ordination? (Q122) (hist) [313 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is ordination?</span> Through prayer and the laying on of the bishop’s hands, ordination consecrates, authorizes, and empowers persons call...")
- 04:24, 21 November 2014 What grace does God give to you in absolution? (Q121) (hist) [230 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What grace does God give to you in absolution?</span> In absolution, God conveys to me his pardon through the cross, thus declaring to me reconcil...")
- 04:23, 21 November 2014 What is absolution? (Q120) (hist) [263 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is absolution?</span> After repenting and confessing my sins to God in the presence of a priest, the priest declares God’s forgiveness to m...")
- 04:22, 21 November 2014 What grace does God give you in confirmation? (Q119) (hist) [206 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What grace does God give you in confirmation?</span> In confirmation, God strengthens the work of the Holy Spirit in me for his daily increase in...")
- 04:21, 21 November 2014 What is confirmation? (Q118) (hist) [236 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is confirmation?</span> After making a mature commitment to my baptismal covenant with God, I receive the laying on of the bishop’s hands w...")
- 04:19, 21 November 2014 How do these differ from the sacraments of the Gospel? (Q117) (hist) [269 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How do these differ from the sacraments of the Gospel?</span> They are not commanded by Christ as necessary for salvation, but arise from the prac...")
- 04:17, 21 November 2014 Are there other sacraments? (Q116) (hist) [278 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Are there other sacraments?</span> Other rites and institutions commonly called sacraments include confirmation, absolution, ordination, marriage,...")
- 04:16, 21 November 2014 What is expected of you when you have shared in Holy Communion? (Q115) (hist) [268 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is expected of you when you have shared in Holy Communion?</span> Having been renewed in my union with Christ and his people through sharing...")
- 04:15, 21 November 2014 What is required of you when you come to receive Holy Communion? (Q114) (hist) [403 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is required of you when you come to receive Holy Communion?</span> I am to examine myself as to whether I truly repent of my sins and intend...")
- 04:13, 21 November 2014 What benefits do you receive through partaking of this sacrament? (Q113) (hist) [397 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What benefits do you receive through partaking of this sacrament?</span> As my body is nourished by the bread and wine, I receive the strengthenin...")
- 04:12, 21 November 2014 What is the inward and spiritual thing signified? (Q112) (hist) [297 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the inward and spiritual thing signified?</span> The spiritual thing signified is the body and blood of Christ, which are truly taken and...")
- 04:10, 21 November 2014 What is the outward and visible sign in Holy Communion? (Q111) (hist) [176 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the outward and visible sign in Holy Communion?</span> The visible sign is bread and wine, which Christ commands us to receive. (1 Corin...")
- 04:08, 21 November 2014 Why did Christ institute the sacrament of Holy Communion? (Q110) (hist) [289 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why did Christ institute the sacrament of Holy Communion?</span> He instituted it for the continued remembrance of the sacrifice of his atoning de...")
- 04:07, 21 November 2014 What signs of the Holy Spirit’s work do you hope and pray to see as a result of your baptism? (Q109) (hist) [434 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What signs of the Holy Spirit’s work do you hope and pray to see as a result of your baptism?</span> I hope and pray that the Holy Spirit who in...")
- 04:04, 21 November 2014 Why is it appropriate to baptize infants? (Q108) (hist) [459 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why is it appropriate to baptize infants?</span> Because it is a sign of God’s promise that they are embraced in the covenant community of Chris...")
- 04:03, 21 November 2014 What is required of you when you come to be baptized? (Q107) (hist) [258 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is required of you when you come to be baptized?</span> Repentance, in which I turn away from sin; and faith, in which I turn to Jesus Christ...")
- 04:01, 21 November 2014 What is the inward and spiritual grace set forth in Baptism? (Q106) (hist) [452 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the inward and spiritual grace set forth in Baptism?</span> The inward and spiritual grace set forth is a death to sin and a new birth to...")
- 04:00, 21 November 2014 What is the outward and visible sign in Baptism? (Q105) (hist) [363 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the outward and visible sign in Baptism?</span> The outward and visible sign is water, in which candidates are baptized “In the name of...")
- 03:58, 21 November 2014 What are the sacraments of the Gospel? (Q104) (hist) [293 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What are the sacraments of the Gospel?</span> The two sacraments ordained by Christ, which are generally necessary for our salvation, are Baptism...")
- 03:56, 21 November 2014 How are the Church on earth and the Church in Heaven joined? (Q101) (hist) [177 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How are the Church on earth and the Church in Heaven joined?</span> All the worship of the Church on earth is a participating in the eternal worsh...")
- 03:53, 21 November 2014 How should you receive the sacraments? (Q103) (hist) [348 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How should you receive the sacraments?</span> I should receive the sacraments by faith in Christ, with repentance and thanksgiving. Faith in Chris...")
- 03:52, 21 November 2014 What is a sacrament? (Q102) (hist) [287 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is a sacrament?</span> A sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace. God gives us the sign as a means whereby...")
- 03:46, 21 November 2014 How is the communion of the saints practiced? (Q100) (hist) [257 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How is the communion of the saints practiced?</span> It is practiced by mutual love, care and service, and by worshiping together where the word o...")
- 03:44, 21 November 2014 What is the “communion of the saints?” (Q99) (hist) [275 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the “communion of the saints?”</span> The communion of the saints is the unity and fellowship of all those united in one Body and one...")
- 03:43, 21 November 2014 What does the word “communion” mean? (Q98) (hist) [390 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What does the word “communion” mean?</span> The word “communion” means being “one with” someone else in union and unity. Christians us...")
- 03:42, 21 November 2014 Who are the saints? (Q97) (hist) [284 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Who are the saints?</span> The saints are all those in heaven and on earth who have faith in Christ, are set apart to God in Christ, are made holy...")
- 03:40, 21 November 2014 Why is the Church called “apostolic”? (Q96) (hist) [362 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why is the Church called “apostolic”?</span> An apostle is one who is sent. The Church is called apostolic because we hold the faith of Christ...")
- 03:38, 21 November 2014 Why is the Church called “catholic?” (Q95) (hist) [313 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why is the Church called “catholic?”</span> The term “catholic” means “according to the whole.” The Church is called “catholic” be...")
- 03:37, 21 November 2014 Why is the Church called “holy?” (Q94) (hist) [246 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why is the Church called “holy?”</span> The Church is holy because the Holy Spirit dwells in it and sanctifies its members, setting them apart...")
- 03:36, 21 November 2014 In what sense is the Church “one?” (Q93) (hist) [313 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">In what sense is the Church “one?”</span> The Church is one because all its members form the one Body of Christ, having “one Lord, one faith...")
- 03:33, 21 November 2014 What are the “marks” or characteristics of the Church? (Q92) (hist) [240 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What are the “marks” or characteristics of the Church?</span> The Nicene Creed expands on the Apostles’ Creed to list four characteristics o...")
- 03:32, 21 November 2014 Why is the Church called the Body of Christ? (Q91) (hist) [323 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why is the Church called the Body of Christ?</span> The Church is called the Body of Christ because all who belong to the Church are united to Chr...")
- 03:30, 21 November 2014 How does the New Testament teach you to view the Church? (Q90) (hist) [379 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How does the New Testament teach you to view the Church?</span> The New Testament teaches me to view the Church as God’s covenant people and fam...")
- 03:28, 21 November 2014 What is the Church? (Q89) (hist) [455 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the Church?</span> The Church is the whole community of faithful Christians in heaven and on earth. The Church on earth gathers in local c...")
- 03:26, 21 November 2014 Why does the Holy Spirit give these gifts? (Q88) (hist) [241 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Why does the Holy Spirit give these gifts?</span> The Holy Spirit equips and empowers each believer for service in the worship of Jesus Christ, fo...")
- 03:23, 21 November 2014 What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit? (Q87) (hist) [438 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?</span> The manifold gifts of the Holy Spirit include faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment of spi...")
- 03:21, 21 November 2014 What is the fruit of the Holy Spirit? (Q86) (hist) [297 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What is the fruit of the Holy Spirit?</span> The fruit of the Holy Spirit is the very character of Jesus developing in us through the work of the...")
- 03:20, 21 November 2014 How do you receive the Holy Spirit? (Q85) (hist) [410 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How do you receive the Holy Spirit?</span> The Scriptures teach that, through repenting and being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, I am forgi...")
- 03:18, 21 November 2014 How does the Holy Spirit relate to you? (Q84) (hist) [365 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How does the Holy Spirit relate to you?</span> Jesus Christ sends the Holy Spirit to make Jesus known to me, to indwell and empower me in Christ,...")
- 03:16, 21 November 2014 What are the particular ministries of the Holy Spirit? (Q83) (hist) [528 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What are the particular ministries of the Holy Spirit?</span> The Holy Spirit imparts life in all its forms throughout God’s creation, unites be...")
- 03:14, 21 November 2014 What principal names does the New Testament give to the Holy Spirit? (Q82) (hist) [379 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What principal names does the New Testament give to the Holy Spirit?</span> Jesus names the Holy Spirit “Paraclete” (the one alongside). This...")
- 03:12, 21 November 2014 Who is the Holy Spirit? (Q81) (hist) [310 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Who is the Holy Spirit?</span> God the Holy Spirit is the third Person in the one Being of the Holy Trinity, co-equal and co-eternal with God the...")
- 06:52, 20 November 2014 How does the Church exercise its authority to judge? (Q80) (hist) [431 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How does the Church exercise its authority to judge?</span> A priest, acting under the authority of the bishop, may bar a person from receiving co...")
- 06:51, 20 November 2014 How do you judge yourself? (Q79) (hist) [336 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How do you judge yourself?</span> With the help of the Holy Spirit, I judge myself by examining my conscience. I may use the Ten Commandments, the...")
- 06:49, 20 November 2014 Should you pass judgment on sinners or non-Christians? (Q78) (hist) [419 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Should you pass judgment on sinners or non-Christians?</span> No. God alone judges those outside the Church. The Church may proclaim God's condemn...")
- 06:47, 20 November 2014 What does Scripture mean when it tells you to fear God? (Q77) (hist) [332 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What does Scripture mean when it tells you to fear God?</span> It means that I should live mindful of his presence, walking in humility as his cre...")
- 06:46, 20 November 2014 Should you be afraid of God's judgment? (Q76) (hist) [438 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">Should you be afraid of God's judgment?</span> The unrepentant should fear God's judgment, for “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against...")
- 06:43, 20 November 2014 How should you live in light of Jesus’ coming return for judgment? (Q75) (hist) [355 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How should you live in light of Jesus’ coming return for judgment?</span> Because I do not know when Jesus will come, I must be ready to stand b...")
- 06:42, 20 November 2014 How should you understand Jesus’ future judgment? (Q74) (hist) [485 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">How should you understand Jesus’ future judgment?</span> When the Lord Jesus Christ returns, the world as we know it will come to an end. All th...")
- 06:41, 20 November 2014 What should be your attitude as you await Jesus’ return? (Q73) (hist) [343 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span style="color:#800000">What should be your attitude as you await Jesus’ return?</span> I should anticipate with joy the return of Jesus as the completion of my salvati...")
