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Catechism of the Catholic Church
PROLOGUE (0001-0025)
Content includes: (I) The life of man - to know and love God, (II) Handing on the Faith: Catechesis (III) The Aim and Intended Readership of the Catechism (IV) Structure of this Catechism (V) Practical Directions for Using this Catechism (VI) Necessary Adaptations.
CH.1 MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD (0026-0049)
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(I) The Desire for God (II) Ways of Coming to Know God (III) The Knowledge of God According to the Church (IV) How Can We Speak about God?
CH.2 GOD COMES TO MEET MAN (0050-0141)
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Article 1 THE REVELATION OF GOD (I) God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness" (II) The Stages of Revelation (III) Christ Jesus -- "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation".
CH.3 MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD (0142-0184)
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Article 1 I BELIEVE: I. The Obedience of Faith II. "I Know Whom I Have Believed" III. The Characteristics of Faith Article, 2 WE BELIEVE: I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church" II. The Language of Faith III. Only One Faith, The Credo.
CH.1 THE PROFESSION OF FAITH (0185-0231)
Content includes: THE CREEDS, CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER, Article 1 "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH",: "I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD", GOD REVEALS HIS NAME, GOD, "HE WHO IS", IS TRUTH AND LOVE, THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAITH IN ONE GOD
CH.1. Paragraph 2. THE FATHER , Paragraph 3. THE ALMIGHTY(0232-0278)
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"IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT", THE REVELATION OF GOD AS TRINITY, THE HOLY TRINITY IN THE TEACHING OF THE FAITH, THE DIVINE WORKS AND THE TRINITARIAN MISSIONS, THE ALMIGHTY.
CH.1 Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR, Paragraph 5. HEAVEN AND EARTH (0279-0354)
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CATECHESIS ON CREATION, CREATION - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY, "THE WORLD WAS CREATED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD", THE MYSTERY OF CREATION, GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE, THE ANGELS, THE VISIBLE WORLD.
CH.1 Paragraph 6. MAN, Paragraph 7. THE FALL (0355-0421)
Content includes: "IN THE IMAGE OF GOD", "BODY AND SOUL BUT TRULY ONE", "MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM", MAN IN PARADISE, WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE ABOUNDED ALL THE MORE, THE FALL OF THE ANGELS; ORIGINAL SIN, "YOU DID NOT ABANDON HIM TO THE POWER OF DEATH".
CH.2 I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD (0422-0483)
Content includes: Article 2 "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD": Jesus, Christ, The Only Son of God, Lord. Article 3
"HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY" Paragraph 1. THE SON OF GOD BECAME MAN: WHY DID THE WORD BECOME FLESH?, THE INCARNATION, TRUE GOD AND TRUE MAN, HOW IS THE SON OF GOD MAN?
CH.2 Article 3 Paragraph 2. "CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY" (0484-0511)
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CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
CH.2 Article 3 Paragraph 3.THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST'S LIFE (0512-0570)
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CHRIST'S WHOLE LIFE IS MYSTERY, THE MYSTERIES OF JESUS' INFANCY AND HIDDEN LIFE, THE MYSTERIES OF JESUS' PUBLIC LIFE.
CH.2 Article 4"JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED" (0571-0630)
Content includes: Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL: JESUS AND THE LAW, JESUS AND THE TEMPLE, JESUS AND ISRAEL'S FAITH IN THE ONE GOD AND SAVIOUR, Paragraph 2. JESUS DIED CRUCIFIED: THE TRIAL OF JESUS, CHRIST'S REDEMPTIVE DEATH IN GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION, CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF TO HIS FATHER FOR OUR SINS, Paragraph 3. JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED: "Buried with Christ".
CH.2 Article 5 "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN" (0631-0682)
Content includes: Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL, Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD: THE HISTORICAL AND TRANSCENDENT EVENT, THE RESURRECTION - A WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY, THE MEANING AND SAVING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION, Article 6 "HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER": He Will Come Again in Glory, To Judge the Living and the Dead.
CH.3 I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT (0683-0747)
Content includes: ARTICLE 8 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT": The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit, The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit, God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises, The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time, The Spirit and the Church In the Last Days
CH.3 Article 9 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" (0748-0810)
Content includes: Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN: NAMES AND IMAGES OF THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH'S ORIGIN, FOUNDATION AND MISSION, THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH, Paragraph 2. THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, THE CHURCH - BODY OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
CH.3 Article 9 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" (0811-0870)
Content includes: Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN, NAMES AND IMAGES OF THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH'S ORIGIN, FOUNDATION AND MISSION, THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH, Paragraph 2. THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, THE CHURCH - BODY OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
CH.3 Article 9 Paragraph 4. CHRIST'S FAITHFUL - HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE (0871-0945)
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THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH, THE LAY FAITHFUL, THE CONSECRATED LIFE.
CH.3 Article 9 Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS (0946-0987)
Content includes: Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS: COMMUNION IN SPIRITUAL GOODS, THE COMMUNION OF THE CHURCH OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; Paragraph 6. MARY - MOTHER OF CHRIST, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH: MARY'S MOTHERHOOD WITH REGARD TO THE CHURCH, DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN, MARY - ESCHATOLOGICAL ICON OF THE CHURCH, Article 10 "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS": One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins, The Power of the Keys
CH.3 Article 11 "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY" (0988-1019)
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Article 11 "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY": Christ's Resurrection and Ours, Dying in Christ Jesus
CH.3 Article 12 "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING" (0988-1019)
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Article 12 "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING": The Particular Judgment, Heaven, The Final Purification, or Purgatory, Hell, The Last Judgment, Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY SECTION ONE THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY (1066-1209)
Content includes: Article 1 THE LITURGY - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY, Article 2 THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH'S SACRAMENTS, CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY Article 1 CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY Article 2 LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY
SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH (1210-1284)
Content includes: Ch1 THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION Article 1 THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: What is This Sacrament Called? Baptism in the Economy of Salvation, How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated? Who can Receive Baptism? Who can Baptize? The Necessity of Baptism, The Grace of Baptism.
SECTION TWO CH.1 Article 2 THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (1285-1321)
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Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation, The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation, The Effects of Confirmation, Who can Receive This Sacrament? The Minister of Confirmation.
SECTION TWO CH.1 Article 3 THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (1322-1419)
Content includes: The Eucharist - Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life, What is This Sacrament Called? The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation, The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist, The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence, The Paschal Banquet, The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory To Come".
SECTION TWO CH.2 THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING (1420-1498)
Content includes: Article 4 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION: What is This Sacrament Called? Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism? The Conversion of the Baptized, Interior Penance, The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life, The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, The Acts of the Penitent, The MinisIX. The Effects of This Sacrament, ter of This Sacrament, Indulgences, The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
SECTION TWO CH.2 Article 5 THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK (1499-1532)
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Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation, Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament? How is This Sacrament Celebrated? The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament, Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian.
SECTION TWO CH.3 THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION (1533-1600)
Content includes: ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS: Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"? The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation, The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, The Celebration of This Sacrament, The Celebration of This Sacrament, Who Can Confer This Sacrament? Who Can Receive This Sacrament? The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
SECTION TWO CH.3 Article 7 THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY (1601-1666)
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Marriage in God's Plan, The Celebration of Marriage, Matrimonial Consent, The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony, The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love, The Domestic Church.
SECTION TWO CH.4 OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS Article 1 SACRAMENTALS (1667-1690)
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Article 1 SACRAMENTALS, Article 2 CHRISTIAN FUNERALS: The Christian's Last Passover, The Celebration of Funerals.
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST (1691-1775)
Content includes: ECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON: Article 1
MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD, Article 2 OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE, Article 3 MAN'S FREEDOM, Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS, Article 5 THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS.
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST Article 6 MORAL CONSCIENCE (1776-1876)
Content includes: Article 6 MORAL CONSCIENCE: The Judgment of Conscience, The Formation of Conscience, To Choose in Accord With Conscience, Erroneous Judgment, Article 7 THE VIRTUES: The Human Virtues, The Theological Virtues, The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit, Article 8 SIN: Mercy and Sin, The Definition of Sin, The Different Kinds of Sins, The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin, The Proliferation of Sin
SECTION ONE CH2 THE HUMAN COMMUNION (1877-1948)
Content includes: Article 1 THE PERSON AND SOCIETY: The Communal Character of the Human Vocation, Conversion and Society, Article 2 PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE: Authority, The Common Good, Responsibility and Participation, Article 3 SOCIAL JUSTICE: Respect For the Human Person, Equality and Differences Among Men, Human Solidarity.
SECTION ONE CH3 GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACECHAPTER TWO THE HUMAN COMMUNION (1949-1986)
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Article 1 THE MORAL LAW: The Natural Moral Law, The Old Law, The New Law or the Law of the Gospel.
SECTION ONE CH.3 Article 2 GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION (1987-2051)
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Article 2 GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION: Justification, Grace, Merit, Christian Holiness, Article 3 THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER: Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church, The Precepts of the Church, Moral Life and Missionary Witness.
SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (2052-2082)
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"Teacher, what must I do . . .?", The Decalogue in Sacred Scripture, The Decalogue in the Church's Tradition, The unity of the Decalogue, The Decalogue ant the natural law, the obligation of the Decalogue.
(2083-2141) SECTION TWO CH.1 YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
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Article 1 THE FIRST COMMANDM.ENT: "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve", "Him Only Shall You Serve", "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me", "You Shall Not Make For Yourself a Graven Image . . .".
Article 2 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT (2142-2257)
Content includes: Article 2 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: The Name of the Lord is Holy, Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain, The Christian Name, Article 3 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: The Sabbath Day, The Lord's Day, CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF ARTICLE 4 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: The Family in God's Plan, The Family and Society, The Duties of Family Members, The Family and the Kingdom, The Authorities In Civil Society
Article 5 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT (2258-2400)
Content includes: Article 5 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Respect for the Dignity of Person, Respect for the Dignity of Persons, Safeguarding Peace, Article 6 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: "Male and Female He Created Them . . .", The Vocation to Chastity, The Love of Husband and Wife, Offenses Against the Dignity of Marriage.
Article 7 THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT (2401-2513)
Content includes: Article 7 THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT: The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods, Respect for Persons and Their Goods, The Social Doctrine of the Church, Economic Activity and Social Justice, Justice and Solidarity Among Nations, Love For the Poor, Article 8 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: Living in the Truth, To Bear Witness to the Truth, Offenses Against Truth, Respect for the Truth, The Use of the Social Communications Media, Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art
Article 9 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT (2514-2557)
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Article 9 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT: Purification of the Heart, The Battle for Purity, Article 10 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT: The Disorder of Covetous Desires, The Desires of the Spirit, Poverty of Heart, "I Want to See God".
PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER SECTION ONE PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (2558-2597)
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CHAPTER ONE THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER Article 1 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
CH.1 Article 2 IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME (2598-2758)
Content includes: Article 2 IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, Article 3 IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH: Blessing and Adoration, Prayer of Petition, Prayer of Intercession, Prayer of Thanksgiving, Prayer of Praise, CHAPTER TWO THE TRADITION OF PRAYER: Article 1 AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER, Article 2 THE WAY OF PRAYER, Article 3 GUIDES FOR PRAYER, CHAPTER THREE THE LIFE OF PRAYER Article 1 EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER: Vocal prayer, Meditation, Contemplative Prayer, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER: Objections to Prayer, Humble Vigilance of Heart, Filial Trust, Perservering in Love, Article 3 THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS
SECTION TWO THE LORD'S PRAYER (2759-2865)
Content includes: Article 1 "THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL": At the Center of the Scriptures, The Lord's Prayer, The Prayer of the Church, Article 2 "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN": "We Dare To Say", Abba - "Father!", "Our" Father, "Who Art in Heaven", Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS: "Hallowed be Thy Name", "Thy Kingdom Come", "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven", "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread", "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US", "And Lead Us not into Temptation", Article 4 THE FINAL DOXOLOGY