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- LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH: On Extreme Unction and Holy Orders
- Q.956. What is the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
- Q.957. Why is this Sacrament called Extreme Unction?
- Q.958. Is this Sacrament called Extreme Unction if the person recovers after receiving it?
- Q.959. To whom may Extreme Unction be given?
- Q.960. What are the right dispositions for Extreme Unction?
- Q.961. When and by whom was Extreme Unction instituted?
- Q.962. When should we receive Extreme Unction?
- Q.963. What parts of the body are anointed in Extreme Unction?
- Q.964. What things should be prepared in the sick-room when the priest is coming to give the last Sacraments?
- Q.965. What seems most proper with regard to the things necessary for the last Sacraments?
- Q.966. What else is to be observed about the preparation for the administration of the last Sacraments?
- Q.967. Should we wait until we are in extreme danger before we receive Extreme Unction?
- Q.968. What should we do in case of serious illness if the sick person will not consent or is afraid to receive the Sacraments, or, at least, wishes to put off their reception?
- Q.969. Which are the effects of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
- Q.970. Will Extreme Unction take away mortal sin if the dying person is no longer able to confess?
- Q.971. How do we know that this Sacrament, more than any other, was instituted to benefit the body?
- Q.972. Since Extreme Unction may restore us to health, should we not be glad to receive it?
- Q.973. What do you mean by the remains of sin?
- Q.974. How should we receive the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
- Q.975. Who is the minister of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
- Q.976. What is the final preparation we should make for the reception of the last Sacraments?
- Q.977. At what time should persons dangerously ill attend to the final arrangement of their temporal or worldly affairs?
- Q.978. What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders?
- Q.979. Besides bishops and priests, who are the other ministers of the Church?
- Q.980. Why is this Sacrament called Holy Orders?
- Q.981. What are the grades by which one ascends to the priesthood?
- Q.982. Are not the different orders separate Sacraments?
- Q.983. What name is given to sub-deaconship, deaconship and priesthood?
- Q.984. What double power does the Church possess and confer on her pastors?
- Q.985. How do the pastors of the Church rank according to authority?
- Q.986. How do the prelates or higher officers of the Church rank in dignity?
- Q.987. Who are Cardinals, what are their duties and how are they divided?
- Q.988. Who is a Monsignor?
- Q.989. Who is a Vicar-General?
- Q.990. Who is an Abbot?
- Q.991. What is the pallium?
- Q.992. What is necessary to receive Holy Orders worthily?
- Q.993. What name is given to this divine call and how can we discover this call?
- Q.994. How should we finally determine our vocation?
- Q.995. What should parents and guardians bear in mind with regard to their children's vocations?
- Q.996. How should Christians look upon the priests of the Church?
- Q.997. How do we know that the priests of the Church are the messengers of God?
- Q.998. When did the priests of the Church receive this threefold power to preach, to forgive sins and to consecrate bread and wine?
- Q.999. Why should we show great respect to the priests and bishops of the Church?
- Q.1000. Should we do more than merely respect the ministers of God?
- Q.1001. Who can confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders?
- Q.1002. How do we know that there is a true priesthood in the Church?
- Q.1003. But is there need of a special Sacrament of Holy Orders to confer these powers?
- Q.1004. Can bishops, priests and other ministers of the Church always exercise the power they have received in Holy Orders?