| APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION |
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| FIDEI DEPOSITUM |
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| ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE |
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| CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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| PROLOGUE |
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| I. The Life of Man - To Know and Love God |
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| II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis |
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| III. The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism |
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| IV. Structure of This Catechism |
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| V. Practical Directions for Using This Catechism |
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| VI. Necessary Adaptations |
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| PART ONE - THE PROFESSION OF FAITH |
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| SECTION ONE: "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE" |
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| CHAPTER ONE: MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD |
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| I. The Desire for God |
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| II. Ways of Coming to Know God |
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| III. The Knowledge of God According to the Church |
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| IV. How Can We Speak about God? |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER TWO: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN |
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| ARTICLE 1: THE REVELATION OF GOD |
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| I. God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness" |
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| II. The Stages of Revelation |
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| III. Christ Jesus - "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation" |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION |
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| I. Apostolic Tradition |
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| II. The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture |
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| III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: SACRED SCRIPTURE |
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| I. Christ - The unique Word of Sacred Scripture |
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| II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture |
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| III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture |
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| IV. The Canon of Scripture |
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| V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER THREE: MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD |
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| ARTICLE 1: I BELIEVE |
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| I. The Obedience of Faith |
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| II. "I Know Whom I Have Believed" |
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| III. The Characteristics of Faith |
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| ARTICLE 2: WE BELIEVE |
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| I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church" |
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| II. The Language of Faith |
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| III. Only One Faith |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| The Credo Chart |
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| SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH |
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| The Creeds |
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| CHAPTER ONE: I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER |
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| ARTICLE 1: "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH" |
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| Paragraph 1. I Believe in God |
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| I. "I Believe in One God" |
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| II. God Reveals His Name |
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| III. God, "He Who Is," Is Truth and Love |
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| IV. The Implications of Faith in One God |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 2. The Father |
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| I. "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" |
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| II. The Revelation of God as Trinity |
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| III. The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith |
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| IV. The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 3. The Almighty |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 4. The Creator |
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| I. Catechesis on Creation |
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| II. Creation - Work of the Holy Trinity |
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| III. "The World Was Created for the Glory of God" |
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| IV. The Mystery of Creation |
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| V. God Carries Out His Plan: Divine Providence |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 5. Heaven and Earth |
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| I. The Angels |
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| II. The Visible World |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 6. Man |
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| I. "In the Image of God" |
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| II. "Body and Soul but Truly One" |
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| III. "Male and Female He Created Them" |
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| IV. Man in Paradise |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 7. The Fall |
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| I. Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More |
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| II. The Fall of the Angels |
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| III. Original Sin |
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| IV. "You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death" |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER TWO: I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD |
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| ARTICLE 2: "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD" |
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| I. Jesus |
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| II. Christ |
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| III. The Only Son of God |
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| IV. Lord |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: "HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY" |
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| Paragraph 1. The Son of God Became Man |
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| I. Why Did the Word Become Flesh? |
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| II. The Incarnation |
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| III. True God and True Man |
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| IV. How Is the Son of God Man? |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 2. "Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" |
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| I. Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit. . . |
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| II. . . .Born of the Virgin Mary |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 3. "The Mysteries of Christ's Life" |
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| I. Christ's Whole Life Is Mystery |
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| II. The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life |
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| III. The Mysteries of Jesus' Public Life |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 4: "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED" |
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| Paragraph 1. Jesus and Israel |
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| I. Jesus and the Law |
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| II. Jesus and the Temple |
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| III. Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Savior |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 2. Jesus Died Crucified |
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| I. The Trial of Jesus |
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| II. Christ's Redemptive Death in God's Plan of Salvation |
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| III. Christ Offered Himself to his Father for Our Sins |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 3. Jesus Christ Was Buried |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 5: "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN" |
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| Paragraph 1. Christ Descended into Hell |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 2. On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead |
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| I. The Historical and Transcendent Event |
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| II. The Resurrection - A Work of the Holy Trinity |
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| III. The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 6: "HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER" |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 7: "FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAIN" |
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| TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD" |
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| I. He Will Come Again in Glory |
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| II. To Judge the Living and the Dead |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER THREE: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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| ARTICLE 8: "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT" |
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| I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit |
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| II. The Names, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit |
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| III. God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises |
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| IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time |
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| V. The Spirit and the Church in the Last Days |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 9: "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" |
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| Paragraph 1. The Church in God's Plan |
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| I. Names and Images of the Church |
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| II. The Church's Origin, Foundation, and Mission |
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| III. The Mystery of the Church |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 2. The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit |
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| I. The Church - People of God |
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| II. The Church - Body of Christ |
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| III. The Church is the Temple of the Holy Spirit |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 3. The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic |
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| I. The Church Is One |
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| II. The Church Is Holy |
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| III. The Church Is Catholic |
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| IV. The Church Is Apostolic |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 4. Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life |
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| I. The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church |
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| II. The Lay Faithful |
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| III. The Consecrated Life |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 5. The Communion of Saints |
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| I. Communion in Spiritual Goods |
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| II. The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| Paragraph 6. Mary - Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church |
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| I. Mary's Motherhood with Regard to the Church |
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| II. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin |
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| III. Mary - Eschatological Icon of the Church |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 10: "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS" |
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| I. One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins |
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| II. The Power of the Keys |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 11: "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY" |
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| I. Christ's Resurrection and Ours |
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| II. Dying in Jesus Christ |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 12: "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING" |
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| I. The Particular Judgement |
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| II. Heaven |
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| III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory |
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| IV. Hell |
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| V. The Last Judgement |
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| VI. The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| "Amen" |
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| PART TWO - THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY |
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| SECTION ONE: THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY |
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| CHAPTER ONE: THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH |
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| ARTICLE 1: THE LITURGY - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY |
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| I. The Father - Source and Goal of the Liturgy |
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| II. Christ's Work in the Liturgy |
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| III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH'S SACRAMENTS |
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| I. The Sacraments of Christ |
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| II. The Sacraments of the Church |
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| III. The Sacraments of Faith |
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| IV. The Sacraments of Salvation |
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| V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION |
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| ARTICLE 1: CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY |
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| I. Who Celebrates? |
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| II. How Is the Liturgy Celebrated? |
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| III. When Is the Liturgy Celebrated? |
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| IV. Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated? |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| SECTION TWO: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH |
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| CHAPTER ONE: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION |
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| ARTICLE 1: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM |
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| I. What Is the Sacrament Called? |
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| II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation |
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| III. How Is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated? |
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| IV. Who Can Receive Baptism? |
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| V. Who Can Baptize? |
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| VI. The Necessity of Baptism? |
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| VII. The Grace of Baptism |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION |
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| I. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation |
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| II. The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation |
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| III. The Effects of Confirmation |
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| IV. Who Can Receive This Sacrament? |
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| V. The Minister of Confirmation |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST |
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| I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of the Ecclesial Life |
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| II. What Is This Sacrament Called? |
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| III. The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation |
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| IV. The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist |
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| V. The Sacramental Sacrifice: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence |
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| VI. The Pascal Banquet |
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| VII. The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory to Come" |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING |
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| ARTICLE 4: THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION |
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| I. What Is This Sacrament Called? |
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| II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism? |
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| III. The Conversion of the Baptized |
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| IV. Interior Penance |
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| V. The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life |
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| VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation |
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| VII. The Acts of the Penitent |
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| VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament |
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| IX. The Effects of This Sacrament |
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| X. Indulgences |
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| XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 5: THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK |
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| I. It's Foundation in the Economy of Salvation |
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| II. Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament? |
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| III. How Is This Sacrament Celebrated? |
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| IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament |
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| V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER THREE: THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION |
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| ARTICLE 6: THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS |
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| I. Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"? |
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| II. The Sacramant of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation |
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| III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders |
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| IV. The Celebration of This Sacrament |
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| V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament? |
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| VI. Who Can Receive This Sacrament? |
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| VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 7: THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY |
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| I. Marriage in God's Plan |
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| II. The Celebration of Marriage |
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| III. Matrimonial Consent |
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| IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony |
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| V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love |
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| VI. The Domestic Church |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER FOUR: OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS |
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| ARTICLE 1: SACRAMENTALS |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: CHRISTIAN FUNERALS |
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| I. The Christian's Last Passover |
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| II. The Celebration of Funerals |
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| PART THREE - LIFE IN CHRIST |
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| SECTION ONE: MAN'S VOCATION: LIFE IN THE SPIRIT |
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| CHAPTER ONE: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON |
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| ARTICLE 1: MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE |
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| I. The Beatitudes |
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| II. The Desire for Happiness |
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| III. Christian Beatitude |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: MAN'S FREEDOM |
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| I. Freedom and Responsibility |
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| II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 4: THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS |
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| I. The Sources of Morality |
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| II. Good Acts and Evil Acts |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 5: THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS |
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| I. Passions |
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| II. Passions and Moral Life |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 6: MORAL CONSCIENCE |
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| I. The Judgement of Conscience |
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| II. The Formation of Conscience |
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| III. To Choose in Accord with Conscience |
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| IV. Erroneous Judgement |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 7: THE VIRTUES |
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| I. The Human Virtues |
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| II. The Theological Virtues |
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| III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 8: SIN |
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| I. Mercy and Sin |
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| II. The Definition of Sin |
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| III. The Different Kinds of Sins |
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| IV. The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin |
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| V. The Proliferation of Sin |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER TWO: THE HUMAN COMMUNITY |
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| ARTICLE 1: THE PERSON AND SOCIETY |
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| I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation |
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| II. Conversion and Society |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE |
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| I. Authority |
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| II. The Common Good |
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| III. Responsibility and Participation |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: SOCIAL JUSTICE |
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| I. Respect for the Human Person |
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| II. Equality and Differences among Men |
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| III. Human Solidarity |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER THREE: GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE |
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| ARTICLE 1: THE MORAL LAW |
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| I. The Natural Moral Law |
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| II. The Old Law |
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| III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION |
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| I. Justification |
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| II. Grace |
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| III. Merit |
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| IV. Christian Holiness |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER |
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| I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church |
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| II. The Precepts of the Church |
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| III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| THE TEN COMMANDMENTS CHART |
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| SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER ONE: "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOU GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND" |
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| ARTICLE 1: THE FIRST COMMANDMENT |
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| I. "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve" |
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| II. "Him Only Shall You Serve" |
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| III. "You Shall Have No Other Gods before Me" |
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| IV. "You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image" |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: THE SECOND COMMANDMENT |
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| I. The Name of the Lord Is Holy |
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| II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain |
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| III. The Christian Name |
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| IN BRIEF |
522 |
| ARTICLE 3: THE THIRD COMMANDMENT |
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| I. The Sabbath Day |
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| II. The Lord's Day |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| CHAPTER TWO: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF" |
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| ARTICLE 4: THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. The Family in God's Plan |
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| II. The Family and Society |
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| III. The Duties of Family and the Kingdom |
534 |
| IV. The Family and the Kingdom |
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| V. The Authorities in Civil Society |
539 |
| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 5: THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. Respect for Human Life |
544 |
| II. Respect for the Dignity of Persons |
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| III. Safeguarding Peace |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 6: THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. "Male and Female He Created Them . . ." |
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| II. The Vocation to Chastity |
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| III. The Love of Husband and Wife |
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| IV. Offenses against the Dignity of Marriage |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 7: THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods |
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| II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods |
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| III. The Social Doctrine of the Church |
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| IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice |
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| V. Justice and Solidarity among Nations |
585 |
| VI. Love for the Poor |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 8: THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. Living in the Truth |
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| II. To Bear Witness to the Truth |
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| III. Offenses against Truth |
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| IV. Respect for the Truth |
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| V. The Use of the Social Communications Media |
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| VI. Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 9: THE NINTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. Purification of the Heart |
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| II. The Battle for Purity |
603 |
| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 10: THE TENTH COMMANDMENT |
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| I. The Disorder of Covetous Desires |
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| II. The Desires of the Spirit |
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| III. Poverty of Heart |
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| IV. "I Want to See God" |
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| IN BRIEF |
611 |
| PART FOUR - CHRISTIAN PRAYER |
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| SECTION ONE: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
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| WHAT IS PRAYER? |
613 |
| CHAPTER ONE: THE REVELATION OF PRAYER |
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| THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER |
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| ARTICLE 1: IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 2: IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME |
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| IN BRIEF |
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| ARTICLE 3: IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH |
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| I. Blessing and Adoration |
632 |
| II. Prayer of Petition |
632 |
| III. Prayer of Intercession |
633 |
| IV. Prayer of Thanksgiving |
634 |
| V. Prayer of Praise |
635 |
| IN BRIEF |
636 |
| CHAPTER TWO: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER |
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| ARTICLE 1: AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER |
637 |
| IN BRIEF |
639 |
| ARTICLE 2: THE WAY OF PRAYER |
640 |
| IN BRIEF |
644 |
| ARTICLE 3: GUIDES FOR PRAYER |
645 |
| IN BRIEF |
647 |
| CHAPTER THREE: THE LIFE OF PRAYER |
648 |
| ARTICLE 1: EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER |
648 |
| I. Vocal Prayer |
648 |
| II. Meditation |
649 |
| III. Contemplative Prayer |
650 |
| IN BRIEF |
652 |
| ARTICLE 2: THE BATTLE OF PRAYER |
653 |
| I. Objections to Prayer |
653 |
| II. Humble Vigilance of Heart |
654 |
| III. Filial Trust |
655 |
| IV. Persevering in Love |
657 |
| ARTICLE 3: THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS |
659 |
| IN BRIEF |
660 |
| SECTION TWO: THE LORD'S PRAYER: "OUR FATHER!" |
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| ARTICLE 1: "THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL" |
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| I. At the Center of the Scriptures |
662 |
| II. "The Lord's Prayer" |
663 |
| III. The Prayer of the Church |
663 |
| IN BRIEF |
665 |
| ARTICLE 2: "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN" |
665 |
| I. "We Dare to Say" |
665 |
| II. "Father!" |
666 |
| III. "Our" Father |
668 |
| IV. "Who Art in Heaven" |
670 |
| IN BRIEF |
671 |
| ARTICLE 3: "THE SEVEN PETITIONS" |
672 |
| I. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" |
673 |
| II. "Thy Kingdom Come" |
675 |
| III. "The Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven" |
677 |
| IV. "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" |
679 |
| V. "And Forgive us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us" |
681 |
| VI. "And Lead Us Not into Temptation" |
684 |
| VII. "But Deliver Us From Evil" |
685 |
| ARTICLE 4: THE FINAL DOXOLOGY |
687 |
| IN BRIEF |
687 |
| INDEX OF CITATIONS |
689 |
| SUBJECT INDEX |
753 |
| ABBREVIATIONS |
801 |