Part 1, lesson 1. Of the Spirit, and of the two lives of our Lord Jesus Christ

Q. Who deserves to be called a Christian? "~~A. He who has in him the

Spirit of Christ.*

Q. What do you mean by the Spirit of Christ ?

• Si quis spiritum non habet, hie non est ejus. Rom. viii, 9.

A. I do not mean his soul, but the Holy Spirit, who dwelt in him.

Q. How can we know that we have the Spirit of Christ?

A. We know it by the incli nations he gives us, similar to his own, and by which we are led to live as he lived.

Q. What is the life of Christ, of which you speak ?

A. It is that holy life, des cribed to us in scripture, espe cially in the new testament.

Q. How many lives are there in Christ?

A. There are two, the interior life and the exterior life.

Q. In what does the interior life of Christ consist ?

A. It consists in his interior dispositions and sentiments with regard to everything; for exam ple, in his perfect union with his Father, his love for the neigh bor, his humility in regard to himself, his horror for sin, and his condemnation of the world and its maxims.

Q. In what does his exterior life consist ?

A. It consists in his outward actions, and in the visible prac tice of all virtues, emanating from his divine interior.

Q. To be true Christians, then, we must be animated by the Holy Spirit, who makes us live interiorly arid exteriorly as Christ did ?

A. Yes.

Q. But is not this very diffi cult?

A. Yes, for him who has not received holy baptism, in which the spirit of Christ is given us, to make us live as he lived.