Advanced Catechism Course Updates
Last updated June 23, 2020.
His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke has completed a partial review of the test questions for the Advanced Catholic Catechism Course and has made some adjustments to them. Please make the following changes in your Advanced Catholic Catechism Course Manual, Workbook and Answer Tablet. If you are a Group Leader, make these changes in your answer book too.
Please excuse the length of the Advanced Course errata. It is long because a large number of courses were printed in 2005 and these must be used before a new version can be printed. Large numbers save printing costs but delay corrections. As you can understand, small apostolates must be frugal.
PDF of revised Workbook/Answer Tablet pages for lessons 3, 7, 13, 16, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33 & 36.
PDF of UPDATES FOR ADVANCED COURSE as of 6-23-2020. Updates are listed below.
ADVANCED COURSE MANUAL
p. 2, paragraph 5: change “Catholic Catechism” to “Advanced Catholic Catechism Course”.
p. 4, paragraph 4: change “Workbook for the Catholic Catechism Course” to “Workbook for theAdvanced Catholic Catechism Course”.
p. 4, paragraph 5: change “Catechist’s” to “Advanced Catholic Catechism”.
p. 9, paragraph 6: change “teach (catechize)” to “make disciples of,” in the Scripture verse,
“Go therefore and teach (catechize) all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and …..
If necessary, change the Scripture citation from Matthew 28:19 to Matthew 28:19-20.
The Scripture verse should read:
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20).
p. 16, paragraph 3 (and possibly elsewhere): replace Catechisi Tradendae with CatechesiTradendae
p. 67, paragraph 2: The book of the Bible should be “Ecclesiasticus” (a.k.a. “Sirach”), not “Ecclesiastics.”
p. 76, 1st complete paragraph: replace Pope Leo XII with Pope Leo XIII.
p. 111, paragraph 3, line 18: delete “sponsors or”
p. 111, paragraph 3, line 19: replace “Sponsors” with “Godparents”
p. 180-181, insert the following underlined words and delete the crossed out words. It should read: The highest form of prayer is adoration. The highest form of adoration is sacrifice.
Prayer. The highest form of prayer is adoration adoration is prayer. Again, with the coming of Christ, our prayer of honor and praise of God can be addressed to the Redeemer, who is our God. Our prayer of gratitude for blessings received, of mercy for pardon because we have offended the Divine Majesty, and of petition in asking for everything we need—all can be directed to Jesus Christ…
Sacrifice. The highest form of adoration prayer is sacrifice. Why? Because when we sacrifice we not only address God in word and thought, but we offer up to Him something that is precious to us to acknowledge Him as our First and Final Cause. With the coming of Christ, sacrifice reached a sublimity that was never seen before. We believe that God became man in order that, as man, He might be able to sacrifice Himself to the heavenly Father for the redemption of the world…
If you have the Pocket Catholic Catechism, update p. 228. Insert the following underlined words:
Sacrifice. The highest form of the prayer of adoration is sacrifice. This is the willing surrender of something precious to God. As with adoration, there are two basic forms of sacrifice. There is the sacrifice of submission. Here we give up some creature that we like in order to express our total dependence on God’s will. There is also the sacrifice of love. Here we surrender something pleasant in order to please the God whom we love.
ADVANCED COURSE WORKBOOK, ANSWER TABLET (and Answer Book)
Table of Contents, p. 1: “XII. The Holy Spirit.” In some editions, the number “95” immediately follows the lesson’s heading. If it has been inserted, delete it.
Lesson 1, Question 2
Change the words “religious education” to “evangelization and catechesis” and add “the four Gospel writers and” before “St. Paul.”
Original Question:
We may say that Catholic religious education by correspondence began with St. Paul.
Revised Question:
We may say that Catholic evangelization and catechesis by correspondence began with the four Gospel writers and St. Paul.
Lesson 1, Question 5
Add the word “academic” before “study” if it is not there.
Question should read, “For most people, the best way to learn their Catholic faith is through academic study.”
Lesson 1, Question 7
If the phrase “not to practice it” has been added to the end of this question, delete it.
Question should read, “Our basic duty as Catholics is understanding what we believe.”
Lesson 1, Question 10
Change the word “faith” to the words, “the Creed.”
Original Question: There are four basic parts to the Catholic religion, namely faith, the Sacraments, the Commandments and prayer.
Revised Question: There are four basic parts to the Catholic religion, namely the Creed, the Sacraments, the Commandments and prayer.
Lesson 1, Question 11
Change the word “replaces” to the words, “functions as.”
Original Question: In home study, the manual replaces the textbook.
Revised Question: In home study, the manual functions as the textbook.
Lesson 1, Question 22
Add the word “alone” after “parents” if it is not there.
Question should read, “The duty to instruct children in their faith belongs to the parents alone and not to the Bishops.”
Lesson 1, Question 35 (left-hand column)
Change the word “Sponsors” to “Godparents.”
Original Question: Sponsors at Baptism matches ….
Revised Question: Godparents at Baptism matches ….
Lesson 2, Question 4
Change the word “teach” to the word “catechize,” if necessary.
Original Question: Christ told the Apostles to teach all nations.
Revised Question: Christ told the Apostles to catechize all nations.
Lesson 2, Question 40
Change the words “we will have in believing” to the phrase, “God will allow which test our belief.”
Original Question: The deeper our faith, the fewer difficulties we will have in believing.
Revised Question: The deeper our faith, the fewer difficulties God will allow which test our belief.
Lesson 3, Question 23
Delete the word “humanly” if it has been inserted in the question.
Question should read, “We can believe without the help of God’s grace.”
Lesson 3, Matching 41-60. Print PDF of new page-given above.
Lesson 4, Questions 32 (left-hand column) and 34 (right-hand column)
If the phrase “of the Christian faith” has been added to #34 in the right-hand column, delete it, and add it to the end of #32 in the left-hand column.
Question #32 (left-hand column) should read, “The most common profession of the Christian faith”
Question #34 (right-hand column) should read, “Endurance of the Apostles’ Creed”
Lesson 5, Question 24
Change the words “had to reveal” to the word “revealed.”
Original Question: God had to reveal creation so that everyone could know how the world was made.
Revised Question: God revealed creation so that everyone could know how the world was made.
Lesson 5, Question 32
Remove the word “creatures” at the end of choice #3.
Original Question: Creatures are changeable because they 1) are creatures, 2) can change, 3) are finite creatures.
Revised Question: Creatures are changeable because they 1) are creatures, 2) can change, 3) are finite.
Lesson 5, Question 83
If the words “her soul” have been omitted from the end of this statement, add them to the statement. (Note that, in some editions, the numbers are out of order.)
Question should read, “The Blessed Virgin did not inherit Original Sin. She was conceived with no sin on her soul.”
Lesson 5, Questions 87 and 88
In some editions of the Workbook, the second sentence in statement #87 has been deleted (“They come from sin and lead us to sin”). In these versions, #88 reads, “They come from sin and lead us to sin.” In addition, the correct #88 (see below) has, in some cases, been inserted between #82 and #83 as follows:
82. Baptism removes both the guilt and all the effects of Original Sin.
88. We are certain that all of us inherited Original Sin from Adam. Delete, if necessary.
83. The Blessed Virgin did not inherit Original Sin. She was conceived with no sin on her soul.
84. … ok as is
85. … ok as is
86. … ok as is
87. Our unruly drives, or concupiscence, are not really sins. They come from sin and lead us to sin.
88. They come from sin and lead us to sin. Delete, if necessary, and add to statement #87.
88. We are certain that all of us inherited Original Sin from Adam.
Question #87 should read, “Our unruly drives, or concupiscence, are not really sins. They come from sin and lead us to sin.”
Question #88 should read, “We are certain that all of us inherited Original Sin from Adam.”
Lesson 6, Question 26
Change the words “human being” to “man.”
Original Question: As a human being, Christ had to learn whatever He knew.
Revised Question: As a man, Christ had to learn whatever He knew.
Lesson 6, Question 62
Add the word “Christ’s” to the beginning of the statement.
Original Question: Human nature matches ….
Revised Question: Christ’s human nature matches ….
Lesson 6, Question 63
Add the word “Christ’s” to the beginning of the statement.
Original Question: Divine nature matches ….
Revised Question: Christ’s divine nature matches ….
Lesson 6, Question 83 (right-hand column)
Revise the question as given below.
Original Question #83 (right-hand column) reads “Gospel of St. Luke.”
Revised Question: #83 should read, “as your heavenly Father is perfect”
Lesson 6, Questions 88 (left-hand column)
Revise the question as given below.
Original Question: #88(left-hand column) reads “Every one shall be perfect if he be like his Master.”
Revised Question: #88 should read, “You, therefore, must be perfect.”
Lesson 7, Question 3
Delete the words, “love God with our whole heart” and replace them with, “love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
Original Question: 7-3. Mary perfectly fulfilled the precept to love God with our whole heart.
Revised Question: 7-3. Mary perfectly fulfilled the precept to “love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
Lesson 7, Numbers 51 and 52 (right-hand column)
In some editions, #51 and #52 in the right-hand column both read: “Source of Divine Revelation.”
Question #51 should read, “Adoration due only to God.”
Question #52 should read, “Source of Divine Revelation.”
Lesson 7, Question 54 (left-hand column) and Number 55 (right-hand column)
In some versions, the phrase “due to God” follows “55) January 1” in the right-hand column. The phrase is supposed to be at the end of #54 in the left-hand column. Delete “due to God” where it has been attached to “January 1” in the right-hand column, and add it to “Does not detract from glory” in the left-hand column.
Question #55 (right-hand column) should read, “January 1.”
Question #54 (left-hand column) should read, “Does not detract from glory due to God.”
Lesson 7, Question 68
Change the words in #2 “did not die” to the word, “died.”
Original Question: The Blessed Virgin 1) did not die, 2) most probably did not die, 3) died.
Revised Question: The Blessed Virgin 1) did not die, 2) most probably died, 3) died.
Lesson 8, Question 41(right-hand column)
Add the words “Eternity of” to #41 in the right-hand column.
Original Question #41 (right-hand column) reads “Hell.”
Revised Question: #41 should read, “Eternity of Hell”
Lesson 9, Question 1
Add the phrase, “His Death by” before the word “Crucifixion.”
Original Question: The soul of Christ lived separate from His body between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
Revised Question: The soul of Christ lived separate from His body between His Death byCrucifixion and the Resurrection.
Lesson 9, Question 10
In some editions, the phrase “predicted by the Old Testament prophets” has been replaced with “to take the souls of the just to Heaven.” If necessary, replace “to take the souls of the just to Heaven” with “predicted by the Old Testament prophets.”
Question #10 should read, “Christ’s ‘descent into Hell’ was predicted by the Old Testament prophets.”
Lesson 9, Heading for Section III. Match the terms in the following columns (Jerusalem Bible).
In the heading for Section III, delete the words in parentheses, “Jerusalem Bible.”
Should read: III. Match the terms in the following columns.
Lesson 9, Question 43
Add the phrase “in His human nature,” before the phrase “is present everywhere.”
Original Question: Since Christ is God, and God is everywhere, Christ is present everywhere and not only in the Eucharist.
Revised Question: Since Christ is God, and God is everywhere, Christ in His human nature, is present everywhere and not only in the Eucharist.
Lesson 13 – Matching 33-42, Print PDF of new page-given above.
Lesson 13, Number 159
Delete the words “very” and “like once in a century.”
Original Question: The Pope very seldom—like once in a century—teaches ex cathedra.
Revised Question: The Pope seldom teaches ex cathedra.
Lesson 14, Question 7
Change the words “Forgiveness means remission of” to “The Church has the power to forgive.”
Original Question: Forgiveness means remission of the penalty due for sins committed.
Revised Question: The Church has the power to forgive the penalty due for sins committed.
Lesson 15, Question 19
Original Question: 15-19. Our risen bodies will still be able to suffer pain. False.
Revised Question: 15-19. Our risen glorified bodies will still be able to suffer pain. False.
Lesson 16—Matching, Numbers 46 to 60. Print PDF of new page-given above.
Lesson 18, Question 2
Add “We know that” to the beginning of the statement.
Original Question: Baptism was instituted after Christ’s Resurrection.
Revised Question: We know that Baptism was instituted after Christ’s Resurrection.
Lesson 18, Question 14
Change the word “baptize” to “confer the Sacrament of Baptism on the same person.”
Original Question: Several persons cannot baptize at the same time.
Revised Question: Several persons cannot confer the Sacrament of Baptism on the same person at the same time.
Lesson 18, Question 15
Change the word “Sponsors” to the word “Godparents.”
Original Question: Sponsors at Baptism are gravely obliged to insure the Catholic upbringing of their Godchildren.
Revised Question: Godparents at Baptism are gravely obliged to insure the Catholic upbringing of their Godchildren.
Lesson 18, Question 38
Add the word “children” after the word “Unbaptized.”
Original Question: Unbaptized matches ….
Revised Question: Unbaptized children matches ….
Lesson 18, Question 42
Change the word “adults” to “children,” and delete the words “as children” from the end of the statement.
Original Question: Mentally retarded adults should be baptized as children.
Revised Question: Mentally retarded children should be baptized.
2016 revision: Change the phrase “Mentally retarded children” to “Children with special needs”
2016 Revised Question: Children with special needs should be baptized.
Lesson 18, Question 55
Change the word “sponsor” to the word “Godparent.”
Original Question: The father or mother of a person may be the sponsor at Baptism.
Revised Question: The father or mother of a person may be the Godparent at Baptism.
Lesson 18, Question 56
Change the word “sponsor” to the word “Godparent.”
Original Question: A sponsor at Baptism should 1) be in his sixteenth year, 2) have completed his sixteenth year, 3) have completed his fourteenth year.
Revised Question: A Godparent at Baptism should 1) be in his sixteenth year, 2) have completed his sixteenth year, 3) have completed his fourteenth year.
Lesson 18, Question 57
Change the word “sponsor” to the word “Godparent.”
Original Question: A sponsor must be 1) a practicing Catholic, 2) at least a baptized person, 3) at least a nominal Catholic.
Revised Question: A Godparent must be 1) a practicing Catholic, 2) at least a baptized person, 3) at least a nominal Catholic.
Lesson 18, Question 58
Add the words, “apart from an emergency Baptism,” after the words, “For every Baptism.” In two places, change “sponsor” to “Godparent.”
Original Question: For every Baptism there must be a 1) sponsor, 2) a witness, 3) a witness and sponsor.
Revised Question: For every Baptism, apart from an emergency Baptism, there must be a 1) Godparent, 2) a witness, 3) a witness and Godparent.
Lesson 19, Question 5
Delete the word “Only,” and change the words “allowed for licit” to “necessary for the valid.”
Original Question: Only chrism is allowed for licit conferral of Confirmation.
Revised Question: Chrism is necessary for the valid conferral of Confirmation.
Lesson 19, Question 12
Change the second use of the word “sponsors” to the word “Godparents.”
Original Question: It is desirable that sponsors at Confirmation should be the sponsors at Baptism.
Revised Question: It is desirable that sponsors at Confirmation should be the Godparents at Baptism.
Lesson 19, Question 37
Add the words “upon a member of the Catholic Church, unless that person is in danger of death” to the end of the statement.
Original Question: A priest, without appropriate faculties, cannot validly confer the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Revised Question: A priest, without appropriate faculties, cannot validly confer the Sacrament of Confirmation upon a member of the Catholic Church, unless that person is in danger of death.
Lesson 19, Question 38
Add the words “When someone is” to the beginning of the statement and add “him or her” to the end.
Original Question: In danger of death, any priest can validly confirm.
Revised Question: When someone is in danger of death, any priest can validly confirm him or her.
Lesson 19, Question 46
In choice #2, change the words “an indelible” to the words “a temporary.”
Original Question: Confirmation impresses 1) a character, 2) an indelible character, 3) a permanent character—which binds a person more perfectly to the Church.
Revised Question: Confirmation impresses 1) a character, 2) a temporary character, 3) a permanent character—which binds a person more perfectly to the Church.
Lesson 20, Question 3
Replace the entire question with the words, “The reception of Christ in Holy Communion is the most perfect way for a person to grow in the supernatural virtue of charity.”
Original Question: The Eucharist is necessary for salvation.
Revised Question: The reception of Christ in Holy Communion is the most perfect way for a person to grow in the supernatural virtue of charity.
Lesson 20, Question 7
Change the word “mortal” to the word “any.”
Original Question: The Eucharist never removes the guilt of mortal sin.
Revised Question: The Eucharist never removes the guilt of any sin.
Lesson 20, Question 13
Add the words “together with the concelebrants” to the end of the question.
Original Question: A concelebrated Mass is really only one Mass offered by the principal celebrant.
Revised Question: A concelebrated Mass is really only one Mass offered by the principal celebrant, together with the concelebrants.
Lesson 20, Question 22 in the left-hand column
Add the following underlined words to the question.
Original Question: Essence of Sacrifice of Mass
Revised Question: The essence of the Sacrifice of the Mass signified by the double Consecration
Lesson 20, Question 22 in the right-hand column
Replace the entire question with the words, “The Mystery of Faith, the source and summit of the Christian Life”
Original Question: Synthesis of all the mysteries of faith
Revised Question: The Mystery of Faith, the source and summit of the Christian life
Lesson 20, Question 27 in the right-hand column
Replace the entire question with the words, “Offered on the Cross for our salvation”
Original Question: Channel of grace from Christ to the world
Revised Question: Offered on the Cross for our salvation
Lesson 20, Question 71
Add the word “merely” after “Law.”
Original Question: Canon Law allows Mass to be said in the Latin language.
Revised Question: Canon Law merely allows Mass to be said in the Latin language.
Lesson 20, Question 95
Add the word “only” after “is.”
Original Question: The tabernacle lamp is to be kept burning whenever people are in church.
Revised Question: The tabernacle lamp is only to be kept burning whenever people are in church.
Lesson 21, Number 56 (right-hand column)
Some versions read, “Claims not all grave sins” or “Claims not all grave sins committed.”
Add the words “committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent are mortal” to the end of the statement, and add “that” after “Claims.”
Original Question: Claims not all grave sins committed.
Revised Question: Claims that not all grave sins committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent are mortal.
Lesson 21, Number 58 (right-hand column)
Change the word “to” to the word “of.”
Original Question: Expiation due for penalty to sin.
Revised Question: Expiation due for penalty of sin.
Lesson 21, Question 68
Change the word “each” to “the,” and change the word “the” to “each.”
Original Question: Priests must receive faculties from each Bishop of the Diocese in which they hear confessions.
Revised Question: Priests must receive faculties from the Bishop of each Diocese in which they hear confessions.
Lesson 21, Question 69
Change the word “therefore” to the word “necessarily.”
Original Question: When a priest’s faculties for hearing confessions are removed, he thereforeloses the faculties to hear confessions everywhere.
Revised Question: When a priest’s faculties for hearing confessions are removed, he necessarilyloses the faculties to hear confessions everywhere.
Lesson 22, Question 17
Change the word “vegetable” to the word “plant.”
Original Question: Only vegetable oil may be used for anointing.
Revised Question: Only plant oil may be used for anointing.
Lesson 22, Question 33
Add the following phrase to the end of the question, “because they may not be in full possession of their faculties.”
Original Question: People obstinately unrepentant should be anointed.
Revised Question: People obstinately unrepentant should be anointed because they may not be in full possession of their faculties.
Lesson 22, Question 35 in the right-hand column
Add the following phrase to the end of the question, “except when there is any reasonable doubt about their obstinateness.”
Original Question: Not to be anointed if obstinate.
Revised Question: Not to be anointed if obstinate except when there is any reasonable doubt about their obstinateness.
Lesson 23, Question 5
Change the phrase “shared Sacrament” to the phrase “Sacrament shared by all the faithful.”
Original Question: Holy Orders is a shared Sacrament.
Revised Question: Holy Orders is a Sacrament shared by all the faithful.
Lesson 23, Question 18
Add the words “Some” and “Churches” to the following question.
Original Question: Eastern Orthodox reordain priests.
Revised Question: Some Eastern Orthodox Churches reordain priests.
Lesson 23, Question 31 (right-hand column)
Replace the words “31. Terminated after Vatican II” with “31. Renamed ministries and reduced in number to 2”
Original Question: 31. Terminated after Vatican II
Revised Question: 31. Renamed ministries and reduced in number to 2
Lesson 24, Print PDF of questions, entire lesson was revised. See article for use with lesson 24, Sacrament of Matrimony.
Lesson 25, Question 1
Replace the words “Mosaic Law” with the word “Decalogue.”
Original Question: The Mosaic Law was intended for the whole human race.
Revised Question: The Decalogue was intended for the whole human race.
Lesson 25, Question 2
Replace the words “Mosaic Law” with the word “Decalogue.”
Original Question: The Mosaic Law was mainly intended for the chosen people of the Old Testament.
Revised Question: The Decalogue was mainly intended for the chosen people of the Old Testament.
Lesson 26, Question 21
Add the words “even if unknowingly wrong, provided we have done our best to form it correctly” to the end of the statement.
Original Question: We must always follow our conscience.
Revised Question: We must always follow our conscience, even if unknowingly wrong, provided we have done our best to form it correctly.
Lesson 26, Question 76
Add the words, “of precept” after “poverty.”
Original Question: 26-76. Evangelical poverty means becoming actually poor.
Revised Question: 26-76. Evangelical poverty of precept means becoming actually poor.
Lesson 26, Question 86
Add the phrase “Since the Fall of our First Parents” to the beginning of the statement, and replace the words “is an indispensable” with the words “has been.”
Original Question: Mourning is an indispensable part of human existence.
Revised Question: Since the Fall of our First Parents, mourning has been part of human existence.
Lesson 26, Question 108(right-hand column)
Add the words “Eternity of” to #108 in the right-hand column.
Original Question #108 (right-hand column) reads “Hell.”
Revised Question: #108 should read, “Eternity of Hell”
Lesson 26, Question 114
Delete the word, “sinlessness” and replace it with “charity.”
Original Question: 26-114. Purity of heart means 1) chastity, 2) chastity and sinlessness, 3) sinlessness.
Revised Question: 26-114. Purity of heart means 1) chastity, 2) chastity and sinlessness, 3) charity.
Lesson 26, Question 117
Delete the word, “expected” and replace it with “avoided.” Change “welcome” to “welcomed.”
Original Question: 26-117. Persecution in the life of a follower of Christ is to be 1) expected, 2) always welcome, 3) welcome for Christ.
Revised Question: 26-117. Persecution in the life of a follower of Christ is to be 1) avoided, 2) always welcomed, 3) welcomed for Christ.
Lesson 26, Question 118
Replace the question with the revised question.
Original Question: 26-118. Peacemakers must themselves be 1) peaceful, 2) peace-loving, 3) zealous to promote peace.
Revised Question: 26-118. The promise of Jesus in the 7th Beatitude is for those who 1) actively promote peace, 2) are peace-loving people, 3) are peaceful people.
Lesson 26, Question 119
Delete the words in #3) “living the Sixth Beatitude” and replace them with “determination.”
Original Question: 26-119. Progress in prayer depends on our 1) recollection, 2) sinlessness, 3) living the Sixth Beatitude.
Revised Question: 26-119. Progress in prayer depends on our 1) recollection, 2) sinlessness, 3) determination.
Lesson 26, Question 120
Delete the word “soul” and replace it with “speech.”
Original Question: 26-120. Chastity of heart means chastity 1) in body, 2) in soul, 3) in the internal faculties of mind, will, and imagination.
Revised Question: 26-120. Chastity of heart means chastity 1) in body, 2) in speech, 3) in the internal faculties of mind, will, and imagination.
Lesson 26, Question 122
Replace the word face-to-face with intermittently. Add face-to-face to choice #3.
Original Question: 26-122. In Heaven, we shall see God 1) face to face, 2) personally, 3) by vision.
Revised Question: 26-122. In Heaven, we shall see God 1) intermittently, 2) personally, 3) by vision or face-to-face.
Lesson 27, Question 12
Add the words, “the” and “of adoration.”
Original Question: 27-12. The lowest form of prayer is sacrifice.
Revised Question: 27-12. The lowest form of the prayer of adoration is sacrifice.
Lesson 27, Question 19
Replace the words “is always” with the words “can have.”
Original Question: Superstition is always a tendency to magic.
Revised Question: Superstition can have a tendency to magic.
Lesson 28, Question 22
Delete the phrase “In popular language.”
Original Question: 28-22. In popular language, swearing is another name for blasphemy.
Revised Question: 28-22. Swearing is another name for blasphemy.
Lesson 28, Question 30
Replace the words “talk to,” with the words “converse with.”
Original Question: We should never talk to the evil spirit.
Revised Question: We should never converse with the evil spirit.
Lesson 30, Question 28
Insert the word, “not” if it is not currently in the questions in the Workbook and Answer Tablet.
Original Question: 30-28. The relationship between employers and employees should be guided by justice, but not necessarily by charity.
Lesson 30, Number 45 (right-hand column)
Add the phrase “Selfless charity among” to the beginning of the statement.
Original Question: A community of persons
Revised Question: Selfless charity among a community of persons
Lesson 31, Question 2
Delete the original statement; replace it with the revised statement found below.
Original Question: It is permissible to shorten one’s life for a proportionally good reason.
Revised Question: One may choose to perform some good work involving a risk of shortening one’s life for a proportionately grave reason.
Lesson 31, Question 3
Replace the entire question.
Original Question: A vital organ necessary to life may be transplanted while the donor of the organ is still alive.
Revised Question: Biological signs to be observed for a declaration of death must include irreversible cardio-pulmonary arrest, cessation of all vital functions, and disintegration and corruption of the circulatory, respiratory and neurological systems.
Lesson 31, Question 12
Replace the words “physical action” with the words “murderous act.”
Original Question: Infanticide is the same physical action as abortion.
Revised Question: Infanticide is the same murderous act as abortion.
Lesson 31, Question 31
Delete question and replace it with revised question.
Original Question: Only God has the final right to determine how long a person is to live.
Revised Question: God alone has absolute dominium over human life.
Lesson 31, Question 56
Replace the words “Drug addiction” with “Deliberate abuse of drugs (legal or illegal).”
Original Question: Drug addiction is against the Fifth Commandment.
Revised Question: Deliberate abuse of drugs (legal or illegal) is against the Fifth Commandment.
Lesson 32, Question 25
Insert the word “only,” after “is.”
Original Question: The practice of contraception is forbidden as an end in itself.
Revised Question: The practice of contraception is only forbidden as an end in itself.
Lesson 33, Question 11
Change the word “not” to “never.”
Original Question: If the owner is willing to give it up, it is not wrong to take another person’s possessions.
Revised Question: If the owner is willing to give it up, it is never wrong to take another person’s possessions.
Lesson 35, Question 24
Change the words “the love of” to “sacrifice out of love for.”
Original Question: The highest form of adoration is the love of God.
Revised Question: The highest form of adoration is sacrifice out of love for God.
Lesson 35, Number 27 (right-hand column)
In some versions, there is a typographical error in the right-hand column. If #27 in the right-hand column reads, “Are come to adore Him,” change it to “And have come to adore Him.”
Question #27 (right-hand column) should read “And have come to adore Him.”
Lesson 35, Number 30 (right-hand column)
Change “St. Matthew” to “John 11:27.”
Original Question: St. Matthew
Revised Question #30 (right-hand column) should read: John 11:27
Lesson 36, Question 29
Change the word “is” to “should be.”
Original Question: The Lord’s Prayer is said by all Christians.
Revised Question:The Lord’s Prayer should be said by all Christians.
Lesson 36, Question 34
Insert the words, “in some way” before the word,“present”.
Original Question: Wherever God is, there we may say God is present.
Revised Question: Wherever God is, there we may say God is in some way present.