No. After the general judgment there will be Heaven and Hell.

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Application. Never imagine that you are in dark, or that nobody sees the evil you are doing nothing escapes the eye of God, And all things are done, God will bring into judgment for every en whether it be good or evil' (Eccles. xii. 14).

THE EIGHTH ARTICLE.

'I believe in the Holy Ghost.'

(See Short Hist. of Religion, § 28.)

1. By whom is the fruit or grace of the Divine demption communicated to us?

By the Holy Ghost.

2. Where is this grace communicated to us? It is communicated to us in the Catholic Chur to which Christ has, for that very purpose, prom and sent the Holy Ghost.

3. Who is the Holy Ghost?

The Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Bles Trinity, true God with the Father and the Son.

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Thus the Holy Scripture teaches. 1. It calls the Holy G God, one with the Father and the Son: Why_hath S tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Gh Thou hast not lied to men, but to God' (Acts v. 3, 4). Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three one' (1 John v. 7). It attributes Divine Perfections to Hi Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience, Eternity, etc. (1 xii. 8-11; Ps. cxxxviii. 7-10; and 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11, etc.) attributes Divine Works to Him-the Creation, Regenerat Sanctification, the Communication of all spiritual gifts, (Ps. ciii. 30; John iii. 5; 1 Cor. vi. 11; Rom. v. 5; Acts ii. 4 etc.)

2. It represents the Holy Ghost as a Person distinct from Father and from the Son: 'I will ask the Father, and He: give you another Paraclete, that He may abide with you ever, the Spirit of Truth' (John xiv. 16, 17). The Holy G descended in a bodily shape, as a dove, upon Him; and av came from Heaven: Thou art my beloved Son' (Luke iii and elsewhere).

Thus also the Catholic Church teaches, and has always taught. As early as in the General Council of Constantinople A.D. 381) she unanimously condemned the heresy of Macedonius, who denied the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, and she expressly declared that the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, is adored and glorified together with the Father and the Son.'

4. From whom does the Holy Ghost proceed?

The Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son, as from one source.

'I will send you the Spirit of Truth, who proceedeth from the Father'; 'He shall receive of mine' (John xv. 26, and xvi. 15).

5. Why is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity n particular named the Holy Spirit,' since the appellation of Spirit' and Holy' equally belongs to he First and to the Second Person?

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The Third Person is in particular called the Holy Spirit,' because to Him is especially ascribed the work of our sanctification, and He imparts to us the spirtual life of grace.

Hence the Third Person is also called the Sanctifier' and Giver of Life! Divines see a still deeper reason why the Third Person of the Trinity is called 'Spirit,' in the peculiar nd mysterious manner in which He proceeds from the Father nd the Son.

6. Why is the work of our sanctification especially scribed to the Holy Ghost?

Because He, as the Spirit of Love, is the Author of ll inward sanctity, and the Dispenser of all supernatral gifts and graces, whereby we are sanctified.

It is true, the work of our sanctification is common to all the hree Divine Persons; nevertheless, as a work of love it has a pecial relation to the Holy Ghost-the Spirit of Love.

7. But is not Jesus Christ, as our Redeemer, the Author of our sanctification?

Jesus Christ is the Author of our sanctification, nasmuch as He has merited and prepared for us the grace of sanctification; but the Holy Ghost is specially so termed, inasmuch as He, through the merits

of Christ, actually sanctifies us-that is, cleanses us from sin, and makes us just and pleasing to God.

'You are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God' (1 Cor. vi. 11).

8. How does the Holy Ghost sanctify us?

He sanctifies us by means of the supernatural grace which He ordinarily infuses into our souls through the Sacraments.

9. What are in particular the gifts of the Holy Ghost?

These seven: 1. Wisdom; 2. Understanding; 3. Counsel; 4. Fortitude; 5. Knowledge; 6. Godliness or Piety; and 7. The Fear of the Lord (Isai. xi. 2, 3). 10. When did Christ send down the Holy Ghost upon His Church?

Christ sent down the Holy Ghost in a visible manner upon her on Whit-Sunday, when he descended upon the Apostles in the form of fiery tongues.

11. For what purpose was the Holy Ghost sent upon the Church?

That he might perpetually teach her, sanctify her, and direct her in an invisible manner; and, in general, that He might impart to her those abundant graces which Christ has merited for her.

By virtue of the Holy Ghost, the Church teaches (John xiv. 26), cleanses from sin, and sanctifies (John xx. 22, etc.), guides, and rules (Acts xx. 28, and xv. 28).

12. Is the Holy Ghost still sent at the present time?

He is still sent at the present time in an invisible manner, as often as He enters with His sanctifying grace into our souls in order to dwell there.

Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?' (1 Cor. iii. 16).

13. How long does the Holy Ghost remain in the soul?

As long as the soul is free from any grievous sin.

14. Does sin, then, drive the Holy Ghost from the soul?

Yes, mortal sin drives away the Holy Ghost, and profanes the temple of God.

'But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which you are' (1 Cor. iii. 17).

15. But is not the Holy Ghost everywhere?

As God He is everywhere; but as the Author and Dispenser of grace, He is especially with the Catholic Church, and in the souls of the just.

Application. Strive most earnestly, by avoiding sin, to preserve the Holy Ghost in your heart, and to correspond faithfully with His inspirations. Wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins; for the Holy Spirit will flee from the deceitful' (Wisd. i. 4, 5).

THE NINTH ARTICLE.

'The Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints.' §1. On the Church and the Form of her Government. 1. What did the Apostles do after they had received the Holy Ghost on Whit-Sunday?

They went forth into the whole world preaching and baptizing, and gathered all those who believed and were baptized into congregations (Short Hist. of Rel. §§ 28, 29).

2. What arose from these congregations of believers ? There arose in many places communities of Christians,' whose rulers were the Apostles' (Short Hist. of Rel. § 30).

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'See Acts of the Ap. ii. 41, 44, and iv. 32. The whole Book of the Acts of the Apostles, and all their Epistles, bear witness that they did not only preach and baptize, but also rule their communities in every way. They made regulations and laws,

threatened, judged, and punished; they excluded the unwor from the community of the faithful (1 Cor. v. 5, and 1 Tim 20), and received them again when they repented (2 Cor. ii. and elsewhere).

3. What further did the Apostles do when t communities of Christians increased?

They chose elders from amongst them, ordain them Bishops, and appointed them everywhere rulers of the new Christian communities, with t commission that they should likewise ordain and a point others (Short Hist. of Rel. § 31).

'And when they had ordained to them Priests [or Elder i.e., Bishops and Priests] in every church, and had prayed w fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they lieved (Acts xiv. 22). For this cause I left thee in Crete, tl thou shouldest ordain Priests [Elders] in every city, as I a appointed thee' (Titus i. 5).

4. Were all these several communities united wi one another ?

Yes, they were all closely united with one anothe they professed the same faith, partook of the sa Sacraments, and formed all together one great Chr tian community under one common Head, St. Pet (Short Hist. of Rel. § 31).

5. What did they call this great community Christians under one common Head ?

The Catholic-i.e., the universal-Church, or in o word, the Church.

6. What, then, is the Church even at the prese time?

The Church is the same congregation of all the fait ful, who, being baptized, profess the same doctrin partake of the same Sacraments, and are governed their lawful pastors under one visible Head, the Pop 7. Was the Church thus organized by the Apo tles ?

No; she was thus organized by Jesus Christ, li Founder; the Apostles were only the instruments which He accomplished His will.