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THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
PROLOGUE
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| 1 | I. The life of man - to know and love God
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| 4 | II. HANDING ON THE FAITH: CATECHESIS
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| 11 | III. THE AIM AND INTENDED READERSHIP OF THE CATECHISM
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| 13 | IV. STRUCTURE OF THIS CATECHISM
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| 18 | V. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR USING THIS CATECHISM
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| 23 | VI. NECESSARY ADAPTATIONS
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| 25 | PART ONE:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
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| 26 | Section One "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE"
Chapter One - MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD
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| 27 | I. THE DESIRE FOR GOD
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| 31 | II. WAYS OF COMING TO KNOW GOD
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| 36 | III. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE CHURCH
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| 39 | IV. HOW CAN WE SPEAK ABOUT GOD?
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| 44 | IN BRIEF
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| 50 | CHAPTER TWO - GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
ARTICLE I - THE REVELATION OF GOD
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| 51 | I. GOD REVEALS HIS "PLAN OF LOVING GOODNESS"
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| 53 | II. THE STAGES OF REVELATION
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| 54 | In the beginning God makes himself known
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| 56 | The covenant with Noah
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| 59 | God chooses Abraham
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| 62 | God forms his people Israel
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| 64 | III. CHRIST JESUS -- "MEDIATOR AND FULLNESS OF ALL REVELATION"(25)
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| 65 | God has said everything in his Word
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| 66 | There will be no further Revelation
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| 68 | IN BRIEF
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| 74 | ARTICLE 2 - THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
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| 75 | I. THE APOSTOLIC TRADITION
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| 76 | In the apostolic preaching. . .
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| 77 | . . continued in apostolic succession
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| 79 | II. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITION AND SACRED SCRIPTURE
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| 80 | One common source. . .
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| 81 | . . . two distinct modes of transmission
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| 83 | Apostolic Tradition and ecclesial traditions
III. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE HERITAGE OF FAITH
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| 85 | The Magisterium of the Church
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| 88 | The dogmas of the faith
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| 91 | The supernatural sense of faith
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| 94 | Growth in understanding the faith
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| 96 | IN BRIEF
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| 100 | ARTICLE 3 - SACRED SCRIPTURE
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| 101 | I. CHRIST - THE UNIQUE WORD OF SACRED SCRIPTURE
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| 105 | II. INSPIRATION AND TRUTH OF SACRED SCRIPTURE
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| 109 | III. THE HOLY SPIRIT, INTERPRETER OF SCRIPTURE
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| 115 | The senses of Scripture
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| 120 | IV. THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE
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| 121 | The Old Testament
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| 124 | The New Testament
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| 128 | The unity of the Old and New Testaments
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| 131 | V. SACRED SCRIPTURE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
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| 134 | IN BRIEF
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| 142 | CHAPTER THREE - MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD
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| 143 | ARTICLE I - I BELIEVE
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| 144 | I. THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH
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| 145 | Abraham - "father of all who believe"
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| 148 | Mary - "Blessed is she who believed"
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| 149 | II. "I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED"(16)
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| 150 | To believe in God alone
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| 151 | To believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God
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| 152 | To believe in the Holy Spirit
III. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FAITH
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| 153 | Faith is a grace
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| 154 | Faith is a human act
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| 156 | Faith and understanding
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| 160 | The freedom of faith
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| 161 | The necessity of faith
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| 162 | Perseverance in faith
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| 163 | Faith - the beginning of eternal lif
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| 166 | ARTICLE 2 - WE BELIEVE
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| 168 | I. "LORD, LOOK UPON THE FAITH OF YOUR CHURCH"
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| 170 | II. THE LANGUAGE OF FAITH
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| 172 | III. ONLY ONE FAITH
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| 176 | IN BRIEF
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| 184 | THE CREDO
The Apostles Creed
The Nicene Creed
SECTION TWO
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| 185 | I. THE CREEDS
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| 198 | CHAPTER ONE - I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
ARTICLE I "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH"
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| 199 | Paragraph I. I Believe in God
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| 200 | I. "I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD"
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| 203 | II. GOD REVEALS HIS NAME
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| 205 | The living God
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| 212 | God alone IS
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| 214 | III. GOD, "HE WHO IS", IS TRUTH AND LOVE
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| 215 | God is Truth
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| 218 | God is Love
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| 222 | IV. THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAITH IN ONE GOD
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| 228 | IN BRIEF
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| 231 | Paragraph 2. The Father
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| 232 | I. "IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT"
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| 237 | II. THE REVELATION OF GOD AS TRINITY
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| 238 | The Father revealed by the Son
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| 243 | The Father and the son revealed by the spirit
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| 248 | III. THE HOLY TRINITY IN THE TEACHING OF THE FAITH
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| 249 | The formation of the Trinitarian dogma
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| 253 | The dogma of the Holy Trinity
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| 257 | IV. THE DIVINE WORKS AND THE TRINITARIAN MISSIONS
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| 261 | IN BRIEF
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| 268 | Paragraph 3. The Almighty
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| 272 | The mystery of God's apparent powerlessness
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| 275 | IN BRIEF
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| 279 | Paragraph 4. The Creator
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| 282 | I. CATECHESIS ON CREATION
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| 290 | II. CREATION - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
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| 293 | III. "THE WORLD WAS CREATED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD"
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| 294 | IV. THE MYSTERY OF CREATION
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| 295 | God creates by wisdom and love
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| 299 | God creates an ordered and good world
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| 300 | God transcends creation and is present to it
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| 301 | God upholds and sustains creation
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| 302 | V. GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE
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| 306 | Providence and secondary causes
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| 309 | Providence and the scandal of evil
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| 315 | IN BRIEF
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| 325 | Paragraph 5. Heaven and Earth
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| 327 | I. THE ANGELS
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| 328 | The existence of angels - a truth of faith
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| 329 | Who are they?
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| 331 | Christ "with all his angels"
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| 334 | The angels in the life of the Church
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| 337 | II. THE VISIBLE WORLD
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| 350 | IN BRIEF
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| 355 | Paragraph 6. Man
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| 356 | I. "IN THE IMAGE OF GOD"
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| 362 | II. "BODY AND SOUL BUT TRULY ONE"
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| 368 | III. "MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM"
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| 369 | Equality and difference willed by God
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| 371 | "Each for the other" - "A unity in two"
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| 374 | IV. MAN IN PARADISE
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| 380 | IN BRIEF
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| 385 | Paragraph 7. The Fall
I. WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE ABOUNDED ALL THE MORE
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| 386 | The reality of sin
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| 388 | Original sin - an essential truth of the faith
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| 390 | How to read the account of the fall
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| 391 | II. THE FALL OF THE ANGELS
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| 395 | III. ORIGINAL SIN
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| 396 | Freedom put to the test
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| 397 | Man's first sin
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| 402 | The consequences of Adam's sin for humanity
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| 407 | A hard battle. . .
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| 410 | IV. "YOU DID NOT ABANDON HIM TO THE POWER OF DEATH"
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| 413 | IN BRIEF
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| 421 | CHAPTER TWO - I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
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| 422 | The Good News: God has sent his Son
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| 425 | "To preach. . . the unsearchable riches of Christ"(10)
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| 426 | At the heart of catechesis: Christ
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| 430 | ARTICLE 2 - "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD"
I. JESUS
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| 436 | II. CHRIST
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| 441 | III. THE ONLY SON OF GOD
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| 446 | IV. LORD
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| 452 | IN BRIEF
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| 455 | ARTICLE 3 - "HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY"
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| 456 | I. WHY DID THE WORD BECOME FLESH?
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| 461 | II. THE INCARNATION
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| 464 | III. TRUE GOD AND TRUE MAN
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| 470 | IV. HOW IS THE SON OF GOD MAN?
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| 475 | Christ's human will
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| 476 | Christ's true body
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| 478 | The heart of the Incarnate Word
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| 479 | IN BRIEF
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| 483 | Paragraph 2. "Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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| 484 | I. CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. . .
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| 487 | II.... BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY
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| 488 | Mary's predestination
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| 490 | The Immaculate Conception
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| 508 | IN BRIEF
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| 512 | Paragraph 3. The Mysteries of Christ's Life
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| 514 | I. CHRIST'S WHOLE LIFE IS MYSTERY
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| 521 | II. THE MYSTERIES OF JESUS' INFANCY AND HIDDEN LIFE
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| 522 | The preparations
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| 525 | The Christmas mystery
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| 527 | The mysteries of Jesus' infancy
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| 531 | The mysteries of Jesus' hidden life
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| 534 | III. THE MYSTERIES OF JESUS' PUBLIC LIFE
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| 535 | The baptism of Jesus
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| 538 | Jesus' temptations
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| 541 | "The kingdom of God is at hand"
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| 543 | The proclamation of the kingdom of God
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| 547 | The signs of the kingdom of God
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| 551 | "The keys of the kingdom"
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| 554 | A foretaste of the kingdom: the Transfiguration
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| 557 | Jesus' ascent to Jerusalem
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| 559 | Jesus' messianic entrance into Jerusalem
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| 561 | IN BRIEF
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| 571 | ARTICLE 4 - "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED"
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| 574 | Paragraph 1. Jesus and Israel
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| 577 | I. JESUS AND THE LAW
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| 583 | II. JESUS AND THE TEMPLE
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| 587 | III. JESUS AND ISRAEL'S FAITH IN THE ONE GOD AND SAVIOUR
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| 592 | IN BRIEF
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| 594 | Paragraph 2. Jesus Died Crucified
I. THE TRIAL OF JESUS
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| 595 | Divisions among the Jewish authorities concerning Jesus
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| 597 | Jews are not collectively responsible for Jesus' death
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| 598 | All sinners were the authors of Christ's Passion
II. CHRIST'S REDEMPTIVE DEATH IN GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION
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| 599 | "Jesus handed over according to the definite plan of God"
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| 601 | "He died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures"
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| 602 | "For our sake God made him to be sin"
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| 604 | God takes the initiative of universal redeeming love
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| 605 | III. CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF TO HIS FATHER FOR OUR SINS
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| 606 | Christ's whole life is an offering to the Father
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| 608 | "The Lamb who takes away the sin of the world"
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| 609 | Jesus freely embraced the Father's redeeming love
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| 610 | At the Last Supper Jesus anticipated the free offering of his life
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| 612 | The agony at Gethsemani
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| 613 | Christ's death is the unique and definitive sacrifice
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| 615 | Jesus substitutes his obedience for our disobedience
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| 616 | Jesus consummates his sacrifice on the cross
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| 618 | Our participation in Christ's sacrifice
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| 619 | IN BRIEF
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| 623 | SECTION TWO
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| 624 | Paragraph 3. Jesus Christ was Buried
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| 625 | Christ in the tomb in his body
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| 627 | "You will not let your Holy One see corruption"
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| 628 | "Buried with Christ. . ."
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| 629 | IN BRIEF
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| 631 | ARTICLE 5 - "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN"
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| 632 | Paragraph I. Christ Descended into Hell
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| 636 | IN BRIEF
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| 638 | Paragraph 2. On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
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| 639 | I. THE HISTORICAL AND TRANSCENDENT EVENT
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| 640 | The empty tomb
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| 641 | The appearances of the Risen One
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| 645 | The condition of Christ's risen humanity
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| 648 | II. THE RESURRECTION - A WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
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| 651 | III. THE MEANING AND SAVING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION
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| 656 | IN BRIEF
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| 659 | ARTICLE 6 "HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER"
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| 665 | IN BRIEF
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| 667 | I. HE WILL COME AGAIN IN GLORY
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| 678 | II. TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
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| 680 | IN BRIEF
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| 683 | CHAPTER THREE - I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
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| 687 | ARTICLE 8 - "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
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| 689 | I. THE JOINT MISSION OF THE SON AND THE SPIRIT
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| 690 | II. THE NAME, TITLES, AND SYMBOLS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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| 691 | The proper name of the Holy Spirit
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| 692 | Titles of the Holy Spirit
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| 694 | Symbols of the Holy Spirit
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| 702 | III. GOD'S SPIRIT AND WORD IN THE TIME OF THE PROMISES
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| 703 | In creation
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| 705 | The Spirit of the promise
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| 707 | In Theophanies and the Law
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| 709 | In the Kingdom and the Exile
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| 711 | Expectation of the Messiah and his Spirit
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| 716 | IV. THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
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| 721 | "Rejoice, you who are full of grace"
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| 727 | Christ Jesus
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| 731 | V. THE SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS
Pentecost
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| 733 | The Holy Spirit - God's gift
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| 737 | The Holy Spirit and the Church
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| 742 | IN BRIEF
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| 748 | ARTICLE 9 - "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
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| 750 | Paragraph 1. The Church in God's Plan
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| 751 | I. NAMES AND IMAGES OF THE CHURCH
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| 753 | Symbols of the Church
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| 758 | II. THE CHURCH'S ORIGIN, FOUNDATION AND MISSION
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| 759 | A plan born in the Father's heart
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| 760 | The Church- foreshadowed from the world's beginning
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| 761 | The Church - prepared for in the Old Covenant
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| 763 | The Church - instituted by Christ Jesus
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| 767 | The Church - revealed by the Holy Spirit
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| 769 | The Church - perfected in glory
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| 770 | III. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH
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| 771 | The Church - both visible and spiritual
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| 772 | The Church - mystery of men's union with God
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| 774 | The universal Sacrament of Salvation
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| 777 | IN BRIEF
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| 780 | SECTION TWO
Paragraph 2. The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
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| 781 | I. THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD
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| 782 | Characteristics of the People of Got
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| 783 | A priestly, prophetic, and royal people
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| 786 | II. THE CHURCH - BODY OF CHRIST
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| 787 | The Church is communion with Jesus
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| 790 | "One Body"
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| 792 | "Christ is the Head of this Body"
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| 796 | The Church is the Bride of Christ
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| 797 | III. THE CHURCH IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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| 799 | Charisms
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| 802 | IN BRIEF
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| 811 | Paragraph 3. The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
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| 812 | I. THE CHURCH IS ONE
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| 813 | "The sacred mystery of the Church's unity"
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| 817 | Wounds to unity
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| 820 | Toward unity
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| 823 | II THE CHURCH IS HOLY
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| 829 | III. THE CHURCH IS CATHOLIC
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| 832 | Each particular Church is "catholic"
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| 836 | Who belongs to the Catholic Church?
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| 839 | The Church and non-Christians
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| 846 | "Outside the Church there is no salvation"
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| 849 | Mission - a requirement of the Church's catholicity
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| 857 | IV. THE CHURCH IS APOSTOLIC
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| 858 | The Apostles' mission
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| 861 | The bishops - successors of the apostles
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| 863 | The apostolate
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| 866 | IN BRIEF
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| 871 | Paragraph 4. Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life
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| 873 | I. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
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| 874 | Why the ecclesial ministry?
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| 880 | The episcopal college and its head, the Pope
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| 888 | The teaching office
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| 893 | The sanctifying office
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| 894 | The governing office
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| 897 | II. THE LAY FAITHFUL
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| 898 | The vocation of lay people
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| 901 | The participation of lay people in Christ's priestly office
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| 904 | Participation in Christ's prophetic office
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| 908 | Participation in Christ's kingly office
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| 914 | III. THE CONSECRATED LIFE
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| 915 | Evangelical counsels, consecrated life
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| 917 | One great tree, with many branches
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| 920 | The eremitic life
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| 922 | Consecrated virgins and widows
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| 925 | Religious life
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| 928 | Secular institutes
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| 930 | Societies of apostolic life
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| 931 | Consecration and mission: proclaiming the King who is corning
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| 934 | IN BRIEF
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| 946 | Paragraph 5. The Communion of Saints
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| 949 | I. COMMUNION IN SPIRITUAL GOODS
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| 954 | II. THE COMMUNION OF THE CHURCH OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
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| 960 | IN BRIEF
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| 963 | Paragraph 6. Mary - Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church
I. MARY'S MOTHERHOOD WITH REGARD TO THE CHURCH
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| 964 | Wholly united with her Son . . .
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| 971 | II. DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN
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| 972 | III. MARY - ESCHATOLOGICAL ICON OF THE CHURCH
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| 973 | IN BRIEF
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| 976 | ARTICLE 10 - "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS"
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| 977 | I. ONE BAPTISM FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
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| 981 | II. THE POWER OF THE KEYS
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| 988 | ARTICLE 11 - "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY"
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| 991 | I. CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND OURS
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| 992 | The progressive revelation of the Resurrection
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| 997 | How do the dead rise?
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| 1002 | Risen with Christ
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| 1005 | II. DYING IN CHRIST JESUS
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| 1006 | Death
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| 1010 | The meaning of Christian death
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| 1015 | IN BRIEF
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| 1020 | ARTICLE 12 - "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING"
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| 1021 | I. THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT
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| 1023 | II. HEAVEN
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| 1030 | III. THE FINAL PURIFICATION, OR PURGATORY
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| 1033 | IV. HELL
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| 1038 | V. THE LAST JUDGMENT
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| 1042 | VI. THE HOPE OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH
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| 1051 | IN BRIEF
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| 1061 | "AMEN"
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| 1065 | PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
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| 1066 | Why the liturgy?
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| 1069 | What does the word liturgy mean?
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| 1071 | Liturgy as source of life
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| 1073 | Prayer and liturgy
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| 1074 | Catechesis and liturgy
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| 1076 | SECTION ONE - THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER ONE - THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
ARTICLE 1 - THE LITURGY - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
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| 1077 | I. THE FATHER-SOURCE AND GOAL OF THE LITURGY
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| 1083 | II. CHRIST'S WORK IN THE LITURGY
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| 1084 | Christ glorified . . .
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| 1091 | III. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH IN THE LITURGY
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| 1093 | The Holy Spirit prepares for the reception of Christ
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| 1099 | The Holy Spirit recalls the mystery of Christ
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| 1104 | The Holy Spirit makes present the mystery of Christ
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| 1108 | The communion of the Holy Spirit
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| 1110 | IN BRIEF
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| 1113 | ARTICLE 2 - THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH'S SACRAMENTS
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| 1114 | I. THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRIST
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| 1117 | II. THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
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| 1122 | III. THE SACRAMENTS OF FAITH
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| 1127 | IV. THE SACRAMENTS OF SALVATION
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| 1130 | V. THE SACRAMENTS OF ETERNAL LIFE
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| 1131 | IN BRIEF
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| 1135 | CHAPTER TWO - THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
ARTICLE 1 - CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY
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| 1136 | I. WHO CELEBRATES?
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| 1140 | The celebrants of the sacramental liturgy
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| 1144 | II. HOW IS THE LITURGY CELEBRATED?
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| 1145 | Signs and symbols
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| 1156 | Singing and music
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| 1159 | Holy images
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| 1162 | III. WHEN IS THE LITURGY CELEBRATED?
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| 1163 | Liturgical seasons
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| 1166 | The Lord's day
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| 1168 | The liturgical year
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| 1174 | The Liturgy of the Hours
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| 1179 | IV. WHERE IS THE LITURGY CELEBRATED?
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| 1187 | IN BRIEF
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| 1199 | ARTICLE 2 - LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY
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| 1200 | Liturgical traditions and the catholicity of the Church
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| 1204 | Liturgy and culture
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| 1207 | IN BRIEF
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| 1210 | SECTION TWO - THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
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| 1212 | CHAPTER ONE - THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
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| 1213 | ARTICLE 1 - THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
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| 1214 | I. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED?
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| 1216 | II. BAPTISM IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION
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| 1217 | Prefigurations of Baptism in the Old Covenant
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| 1223 | Christ's Baptism
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| 1226 | Baptism in the Church
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| 1228 | III. HOW IS THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM CELEBRATED?
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| 1229 | Christian Initiation
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| 1234 | The mystagogy of the celebration
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| 1246 | IV. WHO CAN RECEIVE BAPTISM?
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| 1250 | The Baptism of infants
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| 1253 | Faith and Baptism
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| 1256 | V. WHO CAN BAPTIZE?
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| 1257 | VI. THE NECESSITY OF BAPTISM
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| 1262 | VII. THE GRACE OF BAPTISM
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| 1275 | IN BRIEF
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| 1285 | ARTICLE 2 - THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
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| 1286 | I. CONFIRMATION IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION
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| 1290 | Two traditions: East and West
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| 1293 | II. THE SIGNS AND THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION
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| 1297 | The celebration of Confirmation
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| 1302 | III. THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION
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| 1306 | IV. WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS SACRAMENT?
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| 1312 | V. THE MINISTER OF CONFIRMATION
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| 1315 | IN BRIEF
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| 1322 | ARTICLE 3 - THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
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| 1324 | I. THE EUCHARIST - SOURCE AND SUMMIT OF ECCLESIAL LIFE
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| 1328 | II. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED?
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| 1332 | III. THE EUCHARIST IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION
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| 1333 | The signs of bread and wine
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| 1337 | The institution of the Eucharist
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| 1341 | "Do this in memory of me"
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| 1344 | IV. THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
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| 1345 | The Mass of all ages
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| 1348 | The movement of the celebration
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| 1356 | V. THE SACRAMENTAL SACRIFICE THANKSGIVING, MEMORIAL, PRESENCE
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| 1359 | Thanksgiving and praise to the Father
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| 1382 | VI. THE PASCHAL BANQUET
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| 1384 | "Take this and eat it, all of you": communion
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| 1391 | The fruits of Holy Communion
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| 1402 | VII. THE EUCHARIST - "PLEDGE OF THE GLORY TO COME"
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| 1406 | IN BRIEF
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| 1420 | CHAPTER TWO - THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
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| 1422 | ARTICLE 4 - THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
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| 1423 | I. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED?
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| 1425 | II. WHY A SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION AFTER BAPTISM?
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| 1427 | III. THE CONVERSION OF THE BAPTIZED
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| 1430 | IV. INTERIOR PENANCE
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| 1434 | V. THE MANY FORMS OF PENANCE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE
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| 1440 | VI. THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
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| 1441 | Only God forgives sin
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| 1443 | Reconciliation with the Church
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| 1446 | The sacrament of forgiveness
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| 1450 | VII. THE ACTS OF THE PENITENT
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| 1451 | Contrition
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| 1455 | The confession of sins
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| 1459 | Satisfaction
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| 1461 | VIII. THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT
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| 1468 | IX. THE EFFECTS OF THIS SACRAMENT
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| 1471 | X. INDULGENCES
What is an indulgence?
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| 1472 | The punishments of sin
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| 1474 | In the Communion of Saints
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| 1478 | Obtaining indulgence from God through the Church
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| 1480 | XI. THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
|
| 1485 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1499 | ARTICLE 5 - THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
I. ITS FOUNDATIONS IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION
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| 1500 | Illness in human life
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| 1502 | The sick person before God
|
| 1503 | Christ the physician
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| 1506 | "Heal the sick . . ."
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| 1511 | A sacrament of the sick
|
| 1513 | II. WHO RECEIVES AND WHO ADMINISTERS THIS SACRAMENT?
|
| 1514 | In case of grave illness . . .
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| 1516 | " . . . let him call for the presbyters of the Church"
|
| 1517 | III. HOW IS THIS SACRAMENT CELEBRATED?
|
| 1520 | IV. THE EFFECTS OF THE CELEBRATION OF THIS SACRAMENT
|
| 1524 | V. VIATICUM, THE LAST SACRAMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN
|
| 1526 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1532 | CHAPTER THREE
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| 1533 | THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
|
| 1536 | ARTICLE 6 - THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
|
| 1537 | I. WHY IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED "ORDERS"?
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| 1538 | II. THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION
|
| 1539 | The priesthood of the Old Covenant
|
| 1544 | The one priesthood of Christ
|
| 1546 | Two participations in the one priesthood of Christ
|
| 1548 | In the person of Christ the Head . . .
|
| 1554 | III THE THREE DEGREES OF THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
|
| 1555 | Episcopal ordination- fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders
|
| 1562 | The ordination of priests - co-workers of the bishops
|
| 1569 | The ordination of deacons - "in order to serve"
|
| 1572 | IV. THE CELEBRATION OF THIS SACRAMENT
|
| 1575 | V. WHO CAN CONFER THIS SACRAMENT?
|
| 1577 | VI. WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS SACRAMENT?
|
| 1580 | VII. THE EFFECTS OF THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
|
| 1581 | The indelible character
|
| 1585 | The grace of the Holy Spirit
|
| 1590 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1601 | ARTICLE 7 - THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
|
| 1602 | I. MARRIAGE IN GOD'S PLAN
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| 1603 | Marriage in the order of creation
|
| 1606 | Marriage under the regime of sin
|
| 1609 | Marriage under the pedagogy of the Law
|
| 1612 | Marriage in the Lord
|
| 1618 | Virginity for the sake of the Kingdom
|
| 1621 | II. THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
|
| 1625 | III. MATRIMONIAL CONSENT
|
| 1633 | Mixed marriages and disparity of cult
|
| 1638 | IV. THE EFFECTS OF THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
|
| 1641 | The grace of the sacrament of Matrimony
|
| 1643 | V. THE GOODS AND REQUIREMENTS OF CONJUGAL LOVE
|
| 1644 | The unity and indissolubility of marriage
|
| 1646 | The fidelity of conjugal love
|
| 1652 | The openness to fertility
|
| 1655 | VI. THE DOMESTIC CHURCH
|
| 1659 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1666 | CHAPTER FOUR
OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
|
| 1667 | ARTICLE 1 - SACRAMENTALS
|
| 1668 | The characteristics of sacramentals
|
| 1671 | Various forms of sacramentals
|
| 1674 | Popular piety
|
| 1677 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1680 | ARTICLE 2 - CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
|
| 1681 | I. THE CHRISTIAN'S LAST PASSOVER
|
| 1684 | II. THE CELEBRATION OF FUNERALS
|
| 1691 | PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
|
| 1699 | SECTION ONE - MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
|
| 1700 | CHAPTER ONE - THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
|
| 1701 | ARTICLE 1 - MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
|
| 1710 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1715 | ARTICLE 2 - OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
|
| 1716 | I. THE BEATITUDES
|
| 1718 | II. THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS
God alone satisfies.(15)
|
| 1720 | III. CHRISTIAN BEATITUDE
|
| 1725 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1730 | ARTICLE 3 - MAN'S FREEDOM
|
| 1731 | I. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
|
| 1739 | II. HUMAN FREEDOM IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION
|
| 1743 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1749 | ARTICLE 4 - THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS
|
| 1750 | I. THE SOURCES OF MORALITY
|
| 1755 | II. GOOD ACTS AND EVIL ACTS
|
| 1757 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1762 | ARTICLE 5 - THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS
|
| 1763 | I. PASSIONS
|
| 1767 | II. PASSIONS AND MORAL LIFE
|
| 1771 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1776 | ARTICLE 6 - MORAL CONSCIENCE
|
| 1777 | I. THE JUDGMENT OF CONSCIENCE
|
| 1783 | II. THE FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE
|
| 1786 | III. TO CHOOSE IN ACCORD WITH CONSCIENCE
|
| 1790 | IV. ERRONEOUS JUDGMENT
|
| 1795 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1803 | ARTICLE 7 - THE VIRTUES
|
| 1804 | I. THE HUMAN VIRTUES
|
| 1805 | The cardinal virtues
|
| 1810 | The virtues and grace
|
| 1812 | II. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
|
| 1814 | Faith
|
| 1817 | Hope
|
| 1822 | Charity
|
| 1830 | III. THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
|
| 1833 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1845 | ARTICLE 8 - SIN
|
| 1846 | I. MERCY AND SIN
|
| 1849 | II. THE DEFINITION OF SIN
|
| 1852 | III. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SINS
|
| 1854 | IV. THE GRAVITY OF SIN: MORTAL AND VENIAL SIN
|
| 1865 | V. THE PROLIFERATION OF SIN
|
| 1870 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1877 | CHAPTER TWO - THE HUMAN COMMUNION
ARTICLE 1 - THE PERSON AND SOCIETY
|
| 1878 | I. THE COMMUNAL CHARACTER OF THE HUMAN VOCATION
|
| 1886 | II. CONVERSION AND SOCIETY
|
| 1890 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1897 | ARTICLE 2 - PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
I. AUTHORITY
|
| 1905 | II. THE COMMON GOOD
|
| 1913 | III. RESPONSIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
|
| 1918 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1928 | ARTICLE 3 - SOCIAL JUSTICE
|
| 1929 | I. RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN PERSON
|
| 1934 | II. EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCES AMONG MEN
|
| 1939 | III. HUMAN SOLIDARITY
|
| 1943 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1949 | CHAPTER THREE - GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
|
| 1950 | ARTICLE 1 - THE MORAL LAW
|
| 1954 | I. THE NATURAL MORAL LAW
|
| 1961 | II. THE OLD LAW
|
| 1964 | III. THE NEW LAW OR THE LAW OF THE GOSPEL
|
| 1975 | IN BRIEF
|
| 1986 | 2). ARTICLE 2 - GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION
|
| 1987 | I. JUSTIFICATION
|
| 1996 | II. GRACE
|
| 2005 | III. MERIT
|
| 2012 | IV. CHRISTIAN HOLINESS
|
| 2017 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2030 | ARTICLE 3 - THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
|
| 2032 | I. MORAL LIFE AND THE MAGISTERIUM OF THE CHURCH
|
| 2041 | II. THE PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH
|
| 2044 | III. MORAL LIFE AND MISSIONARY WITNESS
|
| 2047 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2051 | SECTION TWO - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
|
| 2056 | The Decalogue in Sacred Scripture
|
| 2064 | The Decalogue in the Church's Tradition
|
| 2069 | The unity of the Decalogue
|
| 2070 | The Decalogue ant the natural law
|
| 2072 | The obligation of the Decalogue
|
| 2075 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2082 | CHAPTER ONE
|
| 2083 | YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
ARTICLE 1 - THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
|
| 2084 | I. "YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE"
|
| 2087 | Faith
|
| 2090 | Hope
|
| 2093 | Charity
|
| 2095 | II. "HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE"
|
| 2096 | Adoration
|
| 2098 | Prayer
|
| 2099 | Sacrifice
|
| 2101 | Promises and vows
|
| 2104 | The social duty of religion and the right to religious freedom
|
| 2110 | III. "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME"
|
| 2111 | Superstition
|
| 2129 | IV. "YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF A GRAVEN IMAGE . . ."
|
| 2133 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2141 | ARTICLE 2 - THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
|
| 2142 | I. THE NAME OF THE LORD IS HOLY
|
| 2150 | II. TAKING THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN
|
| 2156 | III. THE CHRISTIAN NAME
|
| 2160 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2167 | ARTICLE 3 - THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
|
| 2168 | I. THE SABBATH DAY
|
| 2173 | II. THE LORD'S DAY
|
| 2189 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2195 | CHAPTER TWO
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
|
| 2196 | ARTICLE 4 - THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
|
| 2200 | I. THE FAMILY IN GOD'S PLAN
|
| 2201 | The nature of the family
|
| 2204 | The Christian family
|
| 2207 | II. THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY
|
| 2213 | III. THE DUTIES OF FAMILY MEMBERS
|
| 2232 | IV. THE FAMILY AND THE KINGDOM
|
| 2234 | V. THE AUTHORITIES IN CIVIL SOCIETY
|
| 2247 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2257 | ARTICLE 5 - THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
|
| 2258 | I. RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE
|
| 2276 | Euthanasia
|
| 2283 | II. RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF PERSONS
|
| 2284 | Respect for the souls of others: scandal
|
| 2288 | Respect for health
|
| 2292 | Respect for the person and scientific research
|
| 2297 | Respect for bodily integrity
|
| 2299 | Respect for the dead
|
| 2302 | III. SAFEGUARDING PEACE
|
| 2318 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2330 | ARTICLE 6 - THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
|
| 2331 | I. "MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM . . ."
|
| 2337 | II. THE VOCATION TO CHASTITY
|
| 2338 | The integrity of the person
|
| 2346 | The integrality of the gift of self
|
| 2348 | The various forms of chastity
|
| 2351 | Offenses against chastity
|
| 2357 | Chastity and homosexuality
|
| 2360 | III. THE LOVE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
|
| 2364 | Conjugal fidelity
|
| 2366 | The fecundity of marriage
|
| 2373 | The gift of a child
|
| 2380 | IV. OFFENSES AGAINST THE DIGNITY OF MARRIAGE
Adultery
|
| 2382 | Divorce
|
| 2387 | Other offenses against the dignity of marriage
|
| 2392 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2400 | ARTICLE 7 - THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
You shall not steal.(185)
|
| 2402 | I. THE UNIVERSAL DESTINATION AND THE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF GOODS
|
| 2407 | II. RESPECT FOR PERSONS AND THEIR GOODS
|
| 2419 | III. THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
|
| 2426 | IV. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
|
| 2437 | V. JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY AMONG NATIONS
|
| 2443 | VI. LOVE FOR THE POOR
|
| 2450 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2463 | ARTICLE 8 - THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
|
| 2465 | I. LIVING IN THE TRUTH
|
| 2471 | II. TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH
|
| 2475 | III. OFFENSES AGAINST TRUTH
|
| 2488 | IV. RESPECT FOR THE TRUTH
|
| 2493 | V. THE USE OF THE SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
|
| 2500 | VI. TRUTH, BEAUTY, AND SACRED ART
|
| 2504 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2513 | ARTICLE 9 - THE NINTH COMMANDMENT
|
| 2517 | I. PURIFICATION OF THE HEART
|
| 2520 | II. THE BATTLE FOR PURITY
|
| 2528 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2533 | ARTICLE 10 - THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
|
| 2535 | I. THE DISORDER OF COVETOUS DESIRES
|
| 2541 | II. THE DESIRES OF THE SPIRIT
|
| 2544 | III. POVERTY OF HEART
|
| 2548 | IV. "I WANT TO SEE GOD"
|
| 2551 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2557 | PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER
|
| 2558 | SECTION ONE - PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
WHAT IS PRAYER?
|
| 2565 | CHAPTER ONE - THE REVELATION OF PRAYER
|
| 2566 | THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
|
| 2568 | ARTICLE 1 - IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
|
| 2590 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2598 | ARTICLE 2 - IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
|
| 2599 | Jesus prays
|
| 2607 | Jesus teaches us how to pray
|
| 2616 | Jesus hears our prayer
|
| 2617 | The prayer of the Virgin Mary
|
| 2620 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2623 | ARTICLE 3 - IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
|
| 2626 | I. BLESSING AND ADORATION
|
| 2629 | II. PRAYER OF PETITION
|
| 2634 | III. PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
|
| 2637 | IV. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
|
| 2639 | V. PRAYER OF PRAISE
|
| 2644 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2650 | CHAPTER TWO - THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
|
| 2652 | ARTICLE 1 - AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER
|
| 2661 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2663 | ARTICLE 2 - THE WAY OF PRAYER
|
| 2680 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2682 | ARTICLE 3 - GUIDES FOR PRAYER
|
| 2692 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2697 | CHAPTER THREE - THE LIFE OF PRAYER
|
| 2699 | ARTICLE 1 - EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
|
| 2700 | I. VOCAL PRAYER
|
| 2705 | II. MEDITATION
|
| 2709 | III. CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
|
| 2720 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2725 | ARTICLE 2 - THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
|
| 2726 | I. OBJECTIONS TO PRAYER
|
| 2728 | II. HUMBLE VIGILANCE OF HEART
|
| 2734 | III. FILIAL TRUST
|
| 2742 | IV. PERSERVERING IN LOVE
|
| 2746 | ARTICLE 3 - THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS
|
| 2752 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2758 | SECTION TWO - THE LORD'S PRAYER
|
| 2759 | I. "OUR FATHER!"
|
| 2761 | ARTICLE 1 - "THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL"
|
| 2762 | I. AT THE CENTER OF THE SCRIPTURES
|
| 2765 | II. THE LORD'S PRAYER
|
| 2767 | III. THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
|
| 2773 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2776 | ARTICLE 2 - OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN"
|
| 2777 | I. "WE DARE TO SAY"
|
| 2779 | II. ABBA - "FATHER!"
|
| 2786 | III. "OUR" FATHER
|
| 2794 | IV. "WHO ART IN HEAVEN"
|
| 2797 | IN BRIEF
|
| 2803 | ARTICLE 3 - THE SEVEN PETITIONS
|
| 2807 | I. "HALLOWED BE THY NAME"
|
| 2816 | II. "THY KINGDOM COME"
|
| 2822 | III. "THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN"
|
| 2828 | IV. "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD"
|
| 2838 | V. "AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US"
|
| 2839 | And forgive us our trespasses . . .
|
| 2842 | . . . as we forgive those who trespass against us
|
| 2846 | VI. "AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION"
|
| 2850 | VII "BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL"
|
| 2855 | ARTICLE 4 - THE FINAL DOXOLOGY
|
| 2857 | IN BRIEF
|