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 ''Q. Is  the  Son  God? ''

A. The  Son  is  God  and  the  second  Person  of  the Blessed  Trinity, 

About three  hundred  years  after  the  time  of  Our Lord, Arius,  a priest  of  Constantinople,  began  to teach  that  Christ  was  not  God. He gained  many followers, but  he  and  his  heresy  were  condemned  in the  Council  of  Nicaea. Later, however,  the  Emperor Constantine espoused  his  cause  and  ordered  the Bishop of  Constantinople  to  restore  him  to  the  communion of  the  Church. The bishop  was  helpless, and could  only  beg  God  to  avert  such  a scandal. Nor did  God  refuse  his  petition. When Arius  with his followers  came  in  joyful  procession  to  the  cathedral door,  the  heretic  was  suddenly  seized  with dreadful spasms,  and  having  fled  to  a private  room for relief,  he  remained  so  long  that  his  friends  went in search  of  him. They found  him  in  the  closet, livid and  dead,  the  floor  strewn  with  his  blood  and intestines. His body  had  burst  asunder  like  that  of the  traitor  Judas.

''Q. Is  the  Holy  Ghost  God? ''

A. The  Holy  Ghost  is  God  and  the  third  Person of  the  Blessed  Trinity.

In the  sixth  century  there  lived  in  Spain,  Leovigild. King of  the  Visigoths. This king,  while  be-