but in venial sin; and 2. Such also as have died without any sin, but have still to suffer the punishment deserved for their past sins.
12. Will there still be a Purgatory after the general judgment?
No. After the general judgment there will be only Heaven and Hell.
Application. Never imagine that you are in the dark, or that nobody sees the evil you are doing; for nothing escapes the eye of God, 'And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil ' (Eccles. xii. 14).
The Eighth Article.
'I believe in the Holy Ghost.'
(See Short Hist, of Revealed Religion, 28.)
1. By whom is the fruit or grace of the Divine Redemption communicated to us?
By the Holy Ghost.
2. Where is this grace communicated to us?
It is communicated to us in the Catholic Church, to which Christ has, for that very purpose, promised and sent the Holy Ghost.
3. Who is the Holy Ghost?
The Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, true God with the Father and the Son.
Thus the Holy Scripture teaches. 1. It calls the Holy Ghost God, one with the Father and the Son: 'Why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God' (Acts v. 3, 4). 'The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one' (1 John v. 7). It attributes Divine Perfections to Him—Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience, Eternity, etc. (1 Cor. xii. 8-11; Ps. cxxxviii. 7-10; and 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11, etc.). It attributes Divine Works to Him — the Creation, Regeneration, Sanctification, the Communication of all spiritual gifts, etc. (Ps. ciii. 30; John iii. 5; 1 Cor. vi. 11; Rom. v. 5; Acts ii. 4. 17, etc.).
