### Instruction: Q. 340. Does the first Commandment forbid us to honor relics?

### Response: A. The first Commandment does not forbid us to honor relics, because relics are the bodies of the saints or objects directly connected with them or with our Lord.

-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS / Q. 340