n Temple or
Church.

Q. 394. {81} Where did Christ die?
A. Christ died on Mount Calvary.

Q. 395. Where was Mount Calvary, and what does the name signify?
A. Mount Calvary was the place of execution, not far from Jerusalem; and
the name signifies the "place of skulls."

Q. 396. {82} How did Christ die?
A. Christ was nailed to the Cross, and died on it between two thieves.

Q. 397. Why was Our Lord crucified between thieves?
A. Our Lord was crucified between thieves that His enemies might thus
add to His disgrace by making Him equal to the worst criminals.

Q. 398. {83} Why did Christ suffer and die?
A. Christ suffered and died for our sins.

Q. 399. How was Our Lord's body buried?
A. Our Lord's body was wrapped in a clean linen cloth and laid in a new
sepulchre or tomb cut in a rock, by Joseph of Arimathea and other pious
persons who believed in Our Divine Lord.

Q. 400. {84} What lessons do we learn from the sufferings and death of
Christ?
A. From the sufferings and death of Christ we learn the great evil of
sin, the hatred God bears to it, and the necessity of satisfying for it.

Q. 401. {85} Whither did Christ's soul go after His death?
A. After Christ's death His soul descended into hell.

Q. 402. {86} Did Christ's soul descend into the hell of the damned?
A. The hell into which Christ's soul descended was not the hell of the
dammed, but a place or state of rest called Limbo, where the souls of
the just were waiting for Him.

Q. 403. {87} Why did Christ descend into Limbo?
A. Christ descended into Limbo to preach to the souls who were in
prison--that is, to announce to them the joyful tidings of their
redemption.

Q. 404. {88} Where was Christ's body while His soul was in Limbo?
A. While Christ's soul was in Limbo His body was in the holy sepulchre.

Q. 405. {89} On what day did Christ rise from the dead?
A. Christ rose from the dead, glorious and immortal, on Easter Sunday,
the third day after His death.

Q. 406. Why is the Resurrection the greatest of Christ's miracles?
A. The Resurrection is the greatest of Christ's miracles because all He
taught and did is confirmed by it and depends upon it. He promised to
rise from the dead and without the fulfillment of that promise we could
not believe in Him.

Q. 407. Has any one ever tried to disprove the miracle of the
resurrection?
A. Unbelievers in Christ have tried to disprove the miracle of the
resurrection as they have tried to disprove all His