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I. The Life of Man - To Know and Love God
II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis
III. The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism
IV. Structure of This Catechism
V. Practical Directions for Using This Catechism
VI. Necessary Adaptations
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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?
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I. God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness"
II. The Stages of Revelation
III. Christ Jesus - "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation"
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I. Apostolic Tradition
II. The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture
III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith
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I. Christ - The unique Word of Sacred Scripture
II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture
III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture
IV. The Canon of Scripture
V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church
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I. The Obedience of Faith
II. "I Know Whom I Have Believed"
III. The Characteristics of Faith
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I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church"
II. The Language of Faith
III. Only One Faith
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The Creeds
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I. "I Believe in One God"
II. God Reveals His Name
III. God, "He Who Is," Is Truth and Love
IV. The Implications of Faith in One God
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I. "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"
II. The Revelation of God as Trinity
III. The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith
IV. The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions
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I. Catechesis on Creation
II. Creation - Work of the Holy Trinity
III. "The World Was Created for the Glory of God"
IV. The Mystery of Creation
V. God Carries Out His Plan: Divine Providence
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I. The Angels
II. The Visible World
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I. "In the Image of God"
II. "Body and Soul but Truly One"
III. "Male and Female He Created Them"
IV. Man in Paradise
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I. Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More
II. The Fall of the Angels
III. Original Sin
IV. "You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death"
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I. Jesus
II. Christ
III. The Only Son of God
IV. Lord
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I. Why Did the Word Become Flesh?
II. The Incarnation
III. True God and True Man
IV. How Is the Son of God Man?
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I. Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit. . .
II. . . .Born of the Virgin Mary
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I. Christ's Whole Life Is Mystery
II. The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life
III. The Mysteries of Jesus' Public Life
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I. Jesus and the Law
II. Jesus and the Temple
III. Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Savior
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I. The Trial of Jesus
II. Christ's Redemptive Death in God's Plan of Salvation
III. Christ Offered Himself to his Father for Our Sins
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I. The Historical and Transcendent Event
II. The Resurrection - A Work of the Holy Trinity
III. The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection
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I. He Will Come Again in Glory
II. To Judge the Living and the Dead
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I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit
II. The Names, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
III. God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises
IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time
V. The Spirit and the Church in the Last Days
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I. Names and Images of the Church
II. The Church's Origin, Foundation, and Mission
III. The Mystery of the Church
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I. The Church - People of God
II. The Church - Body of Christ
III. The Church is the Temple of the Holy Spirit
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I. The Church Is One
II. The Church Is Holy
III. The Church Is Catholic
IV. The Church Is Apostolic
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I. The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church
II. The Lay Faithful
III. The Consecrated Life
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I. Communion in Spiritual Goods
II. The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth
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I. Mary's Motherhood with Regard to the Church
II. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
III. Mary - Eschatological Icon of the Church
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I. One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins
II. The Power of the Keys
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I. Christ's Resurrection and Ours
II. Dying in Jesus Christ
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I. The Particular Judgement
II. Heaven
III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory
IV. Hell
V. The Last Judgement
VI. The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth
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"Amen"
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I. The Father - Source and Goal of the Liturgy
II. Christ's Work in the Liturgy
III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy
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I. The Sacraments of Christ
II. The Sacraments of the Church
III. The Sacraments of Faith
IV. The Sacraments of Salvation
V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life
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I. Who Celebrates?
II. How Is the Liturgy Celebrated?
III. When Is the Liturgy Celebrated?
IV. Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated?
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I. What Is the Sacrament Called?
II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation
III. How Is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
IV. Who Can Receive Baptism?
V. Who Can Baptize?
VI. The Necessity of Baptism?
VII. The Grace of Baptism
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I. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation
II. The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation
III. The Effects of Confirmation
IV. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
V. The Minister of Confirmation
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I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of the Ecclesial Life
II. What Is This Sacrament Called?
III. The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation
IV. The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist
V. The Sacramental Sacrifice: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence
VI. The Pascal Banquet
VII. The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory to Come"
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I. What Is This Sacrament Called?
II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?
III. The Conversion of the Baptized
IV. Interior Penance
V. The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life
VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
VII. The Acts of the Penitent
VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament
IX. The Effects of This Sacrament
X. Indulgences
XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
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I. It's Foundation in the Economy of Salvation
II. Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?
III. How Is This Sacrament Celebrated?
IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament
V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian
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I. Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"?
II. The Sacramant of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation
III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
IV. The Celebration of This Sacrament
V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?
VI. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
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I. Marriage in God's Plan
II. The Celebration of Marriage
III. Matrimonial Consent
IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony
V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love
VI. The Domestic Church
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I. The Christian's Last Passover
II. The Celebration of Funerals
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I. The Beatitudes
II. The Desire for Happiness
III. Christian Beatitude
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I. Freedom and Responsibility
II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation
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I. The Sources of Morality
II. Good Acts and Evil Acts
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I. Passions
II. Passions and Moral Life
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I. The Judgement of Conscience
II. The Formation of Conscience
III. To Choose in Accord with Conscience
IV. Erroneous Judgement
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I. The Human Virtues
II. The Theological Virtues
III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
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I. Mercy and Sin
II. The Definition of Sin
III. The Different Kinds of Sins
IV. The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin
V. The Proliferation of Sin
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I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation
II. Conversion and Society
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I. Authority
II. The Common Good
III. Responsibility and Participation
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I. Respect for the Human Person
II. Equality and Differences among Men
III. Human Solidarity
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I. The Natural Moral Law
II. The Old Law
III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel
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I. Justification
II. Grace
III. Merit
IV. Christian Holiness
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I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church
II. The Precepts of the Church
III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS CHART
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I. "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve"
II. "Him Only Shall You Serve"
III. "You Shall Have No Other Gods before Me"
IV. "You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image"
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I. The Name of the Lord Is Holy
II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain
III. The Christian Name
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I. The Sabbath Day
II. The Lord's Day
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I. The Family in God's Plan
II. The Family and Society
III. The Duties of Family and the Kingdom
IV. The Family and the Kingdom
V. The Authorities in Civil Society
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I. Respect for Human Life
II. Respect for the Dignity of Persons
III. Safeguarding Peace
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I. "Male and Female He Created Them . . ."
II. The Vocation to Chastity
III. The Love of Husband and Wife
IV. Offenses against the Dignity of Marriage
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I. The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods
II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods
III. The Social Doctrine of the Church
IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice
V. Justice and Solidarity among Nations
VI. Love for the Poor
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I. Living in the Truth
II. To Bear Witness to the Truth
III. Offenses against Truth
IV. Respect for the Truth
V. The Use of the Social Communications Media
VI. Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art
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I. Purification of the Heart
II. The Battle for Purity
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I. The Disorder of Covetous Desires
II. The Desires of the Spirit
III. Poverty of Heart
IV. "I Want to See God"
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WHAT IS PRAYER?
THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
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I. Blessing and Adoration
II. Prayer of Petition
III. Prayer of Intercession
IV. Prayer of Thanksgiving
V. Prayer of Praise
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I. Vocal Prayer
II. Meditation
III. Contemplative Prayer
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I. Objections to Prayer
II. Humble Vigilance of Heart
III. Filial Trust
IV. Persevering in Love
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I. At the Center of the Scriptures
II. "The Lord's Prayer"
III. The Prayer of the Church
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I. "We Dare to Say"
II. "Father!"
III. "Our" Father
IV. "Who Art in Heaven"
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I. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
II. "Thy Kingdom Come"
III. "The Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven"
IV. "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread"
V. "And Forgive us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us"
VI. "And Lead Us Not into Temptation"
VII. "But Deliver Us From Evil"
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Abbreviations cited in the text
| AA | Apostolicam actositatem |
|---|---|
| AAS | Acta Apostolicae Sedis |
| AF | J.B. Lightfoot, ed., The Apostolic Fathers (New York: Macmillan, 1889-1890) |
| AG | Ad gentes |
| Ben | de Benedictionibus |
| CA | Centesimus annus |
| Catech. R. | Catechismus Romanus |
| CCEO | Corpus Canonum Ecclisarum Orientalium |
| CCL | Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina (Turhout, 1953- ) |
| CD | Christus Dominus |
| CDF | Congregation for the Doctrine of the faith |
| CELAM | Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano |
| CIC | Codex Iuris Canonici |
| CL | Christifideles laici |
| COD | Conciloirum oecumenicorum decreta |
| CPG | Solemn Profession of faith: Credo of the People of God |
| CSEL | Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Vineea, 1866- ) |
| CT | Catechesi tradendae |
| DeV | Dominum et Vivificanum |
| DH | Dignitatis humanae |
| DM | Dives in misericordia |
| DS | Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum (1965) |
| DV | Dei Verbum |
| EN | Evangelii nuntiandi |
| EP | Eucharistic Prayer |
| FC | Familiaris consortio |
| GCD | General Catechetical Directory |
| GE | Gravissimum educationis |
| GILH | General Introduction to LH |
| GIRM | General Instruction to RomM |
| GS | Gaudium et spes |
| HV | Humanae vitae |
| ICEL | International Commission on English in the Liturgy |
| IM | Inter mirifica |
| LE | Laborem exercens |
| LG | Lumen gentium |
| LH | Liturgy of the Hours |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| MC | Marialis cultus |
| MD | Mulieris dignitatem |
| MF | Mysterium fidei |
| MM | Mater et magistra |
| NA | Nostra aetate |
| NCCB | National Conference of Catholic Bishops (U.S.A.) |
| ND | Neuner-Dupuis, The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church |
| OBA | Ordo baptismi adultorum |
| OC | Ordo confirmarionis |
| OCF | Order of Christian Funerals |
| OCM | Ordo celebrandi Matrimonium |
| OCV | Ordo consecrarionis virginum |
| OE | Orientalium ecclesiarum |
| OP | Ordo paenitantiae |
| OR | Office of Readings |
| OT | Optatam totius |
| PC | Perfectae caritatis |
| PG | J.P. Migne, ed., Patroligia Greaca (Paris, 1867-1866) |
| PL | J.P. Migne, ed., Patroligia Latina (Paris, 1841-1855) |
| PLS | J.P. Migne, ed., Patroligia Latina Supplement |
| PO | Presbyterorum ordinis |
| PP | Populorum progressio |
| PT | Pacem in terris |
| RBC | Rite of Baptism of Children |
| RCIA | Rite of christian initiation of adults |
| RH | Redemptor hominis |
| RomM | Roman Missal |
| RMat | Redemptoris Mater |
| RMiss | Redemptoris Missio |
| RP | Reconciliatio et paenitentia |
| SC | Sacrosanctum concilium |
| SCG | Summa Contra Gentiles |
| SCh | Sources Chretiennes (Paris: 1942- ) |
| SRS | Sollicitudo rei socialis |
| STh | Summa Theologiea |
| UR | Unitatis redintegratio |
Books of the Bible
| Gen | Genesis |
|---|---|
| Ex | Exodus |
| Lev | Leviticus |
| Num | Numbers |
| Deut | Deuteronomy |
| Josh | Joshua |
| Judg | Judges |
| 1 Sam | 1 Samuel |
| 2 Sam | 2 Samuel |
| 1 Kings | 1 Kings |
| 2 Kings | 2 Kings |
| 1 Chr | 1 Chronicles |
| 2 Chr | 2 Chronicles |
| Ezra | Ezra |
| 2 Macc | 2 Maccabees |
| Job | Job |
| Ps | Psalms |
| Prov | Proverbs |
| Eccl | Ecclesiastes |
| Song | Song of Solomon |
| Wis | Wisdom |
| Sir | Sirach |
| Isa | Isaiah |
| Lam | Lamentations |
| Bar | Baruch |
| Ezek | Ezekiel |
| Dan | Daniel |
| Hos | Hosea |
| Joel | Joel |
| Am | Amos |
| Jon | Jonah |
| Mic | Micah |
| Zeph | Zephaniah |
| Zech | Zechariah |
| Mal | Malachi |
| Mt | Matthew |
| Mk | Mark |
| Lk | Luke |
| Jn | John |
| Acts | Acts of the Apostles |
| Rom | Romans |
| 1 Cor | 1 Corinthians |
| 2 Cor | 2 Corinthians |
| Gal | Galatians |
| Eph | Ephesians |
| Phil | Philippians |
| Col | Colossians |
| 1 Thes | 1 Thessalonians |
| 2 Thes | 2 Thessalonians |
| 1 Tim | 1 Timothy |
| 2 Tim | 2 Timothy |
| Titus | Titus |
| Philem | Philemon |
| Heb | Hebrews |
| Jas | James |
| 1 Pet | 1 Peter |
| 2 Pet | 2 Peter |
| 1 Jn | 1 John |
| 2 Jn | 2 John |
| 3 Jn | 3 John |
| Jude | Jude |
| Rev | Revelation |