Will not the wicked after their bodies are raised from the dead, wish for death?

Yes, but then the natural death will be at an end, and will not come to their relief.

Shew from Scripture that the wicked will wish for death, and shall not find it.

St. Luke, xxiii, 30.

Revelation, vi, 15, 16.

Article of the Creed,

What do we learn from this respecting the Life Everlasting?

Not to drive away the Holy Spirit by wicked works, but with frequent Prayer, and Holy Communion, to strive to grow in grace, and increase more and more in God's Holy Spirit, every day of our lives.

AMEN.

What does the word "Amen" mean at the end of the Creed?

So it is.

Does Amen always mean So it is "?

No, it sometimes means "So let it be."

When does "Amen” mean So let it be "?
After all Prayers.

Why does not the word Amen mean "So let it be " after the Creed?

Because the Articles of the Creed contain truths which have been, are, and ever shall be, and are unchangeable.

THE DIVISION OF THE CREED.

We have been considering the Apostles' Creed as divided according to the Catechism, into eight Articles, or Parts: Is not the Creed usually divided into more parts than eight?

Yes, the Creed is usually divided into twelve Articles or Parts.

Explain the manner in which the Creed is usually divided into twelve Articles or Parts.

The second Article respecting God the Son, is usually divided into six parts, 1st, His Godhead-2nd, His Birth as Man-3rd, His Sufferings and Death-4th, His Resurrection. -5th, His Ascension-6th, His Second Coming. The Holy Catholic Church, and Communion of Saints, are regarded as one Article. Repeat the Creed as divided into twelve Articles or parts.

The Twelve Articles of the Christian Faith.

1st. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth.

2nd. I believe in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord.

3rd. I believe that He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary.

4th. I believe that He was Crucified, Dead, and Buried, He descended into Hell.

5th. I believe that on the third day He rose again from the dead.

6th. I believe that He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty.

7th. I believe that from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

8th. I believe in the Holy Ghost.

9th. I believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints.

10th. I believe in the Forgiveness of Sins. 11th. I believe in the Resurrection of the Body.

12th. I believe in the Life Everlasting. Amen.

THE

CHURCH CATECHISM EXPLAINED.

III.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

What is the third promise you made to God at your Baptism?

"To keep God's Holy Will and Commandments, and to walk in the same all the days of my life."

What is it to keep God's Holy Will and Commandments in one word?

Obedience.

You said that the Articles or Parts of the Christian Faith were contained in the Creed; where are the Articles or Parts of our Obedience contained?

In the Ten Commandments.

You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments; tell me how many there be?

Ten.

Which be they?

(See Catechism.)

To whom did God give the Ten Commandments? To the Children of Israel.

Where did God give them the Ten Commandments?

On Mount Sinai.

How were the Ten Commandments given to the Children of Israel?

God spake them.

Did not God afterwards give them the Ten Commandments in writing?

Yes, He wrote them on two tables of stone. In what portion of Scripture do we read of God giving the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel, on Mount Sinai ?

In the Twentieth chapter of Exodus.

You say the Ten Commandments were given to the Children of Israel; are they intended by God to be obeyed by Christians as well?.

Yes, our Lord commanded them to be obeyed, as necessary for our admission into Heaven.

But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. St. Matthew, xix, part 17.

Shew from Scripture that the Ten Commandments are as binding upon Christians, as they were upon the Children of Israel.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Romans, xiii, 8, 9.