Dives in misericordia

Ioannes Paulus PP II Encyclical Letter (1980 11 30)

Headings

9999 Blessing I. HE WHO SEES ME SEES THE FATHER 1 The Revelation of Mercy 2 The Incarnation of Mercy II. THE MESSIANIC MESSAGE 3 When Christ Began To Do and To Teach III. THE OLD TESTAMENT 4 The Concept of "Mercy" in the Old Testament IV. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON 5 An Analogy 6 Particular Concentration on Human Dignity V. THE PASCHAL MYSTERY 7 Mercy Revealed in the Cross and Resurrection 8 Love More Powerful Than Death, More Powerful Than Sin 9 Mother of Mercy VI. "MERCY... FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION" 10 An Image of Our Generation 11 Sources of Uneasiness 12 Is Justice Enough? VII. THE MERCY OF GOD IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH 13 The Church Professes the Mercy of God and Proclaims It 14 The Church Seeks To Put Mercy into Practice VIII. THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH IN OUR TIMES 15 The Church Appeals to the Mercy of God