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Tables of Contents for Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Apostolic Letter Laetamur Magnopere in which the Latin Typical Edition is Promulgated
xiii
Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum on the Publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
1
6
Prologue
7
1
The Life of Man -- To Know and Love God
7
1
Handing on the Faith: Catechesis
8
1
The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism
9
1
Structure of This Catechism
9
2
Practical Directions for Using This Catechism
11
1
Necessary Adaptations
11
2
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
13
1
Section One: ``I Believe'' -- ``We Believe''
13
38
Man's Capacity for God
13
6
The Desire for God
13
1
Ways of Coming to Know God
14
2
The Knowledge of God according to the Church
16
1
How Can We Speak about God?
17
2
In Brief
18
1
God Comes to Meet Man
19
20
The Revelation of God
19
1
God Reveals His ``Plan of Loving Goodness''
19
1
The Stages of Revelation
20
2
Christ Jesus -- ``Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation''
22
2
In Brief
23
1
The Transmission of Divine Revelation
24
1
The Apostolic Tradition
24
2
The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture
26
1
The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith
27
3
In Brief
29
1
Sacred Scripture
30
1
Christ -- The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture
30
1
Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture
31
1
The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture
32
2
The Canon of Scripture
34
3
Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church
37
2
In Brief
37
2
Man's Response to God
39
12
I Believe
39
1
The Obedience of Faith
39
1
``I Know Whom I Have Believed''
40
1
The Characteristics of Faith
41
5
We Believe
45
1
``Lord, Look upon the Faith of Your Church''
46
1
The Language of Faith
46
1
Only One Faith
47
4
In Brief
48
1
The Credo
49
2
Section Two: The Profession of the Christian Faith
51
226
The Creeds
51
3
I Believe in God the Father
54
52
I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth''
54
1
I Believe in God
54
1
``I Believe in One God''
54
1
God Reveals His Name
55
3
God, ``He Who Is,'' Is Truth and Love
58
2
The Implications of Faith in One God
60
2
In Brief
61
1
The Father
62
1
``In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit''
62
1
The Revelation of God as Trinity
63
3
The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith
66
2
The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions
68
5
In Brief
69
2
The Almighty
71
1
In Brief
72
1
The Creator
73
1
Catechesis on Creation
73
3
Creation -- Work of the Holy Trinity
76
1
``The World Was Created for the Glory of God''
76
1
The Mystery of Creation
77
3
God Carries Out His Plan: Divine Providence
80
5
In Brief
83
2
Heaven and Earth
85
1
The Angels
85
2
The Visible World
87
4
In Brief
90
1
Man
91
1
``In the Image of God''
91
1
``Body and Soul but Truly One''
92
2
``Male and Female He Created Them''
94
1
Man in Paradise
95
2
In Brief
96
1
The Fall
97
1
Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More
97
1
The Fall of the Angels
98
2
Original Sin
100
4
``You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death''
104
2
In Brief
104
2
I Believe in Jesus Christ, The Only Son of God
106
73
And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord''
108
1
Jesus
108
1
Christ
109
2
The Only Son of God
111
1
Lord
112
3
In Brief
114
1
He was Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit, and was Born of the Virgin Mary''
115
1
The Son of God Became Man
115
1
Why Did the Word Become Flesh?
115
1
The Incarnation
116
1
True God and True Man
117
2
How Is the Son of God Man?
119
3
In Brief
121
1
Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary''
122
1
Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit
122
1
...Born of the Virgin Mary
122
7
In Brief
128
1
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
129
1
Christ's Whole Life Is Mystery
129
2
The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life
131
5
The Mysteries of Jesus' Public Life
136
12
In Brief
145
1
Jesus Christ Suffered Under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified, Died, and was Buried''
146
1
Jesus and Israel
147
1
Jesus and the Law
148
1
Jesus and the Temple
149
2
Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Savior
151
2
In Brief
152
1
Jesus Died Crucified
153
1
The Trial of Jesus
153
2
Christ's Redemptive Death in God's Plan of Salvation
155
2
Christ Offered Himself to His Father for Our Sins
157
9
In Brief
161
1
Jesus Christ Was Buried
162
1
In Brief
163
1
He Descended into Hell on the Third Day He Rose Again''
164
1
Christ Descended into Hell
164
1
In Brief
165
1
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
166
1
The Historical and Transcendent Event
166
3
The Resurrection -- A Work of the Holy Trinity
169
1
The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection
170
4
In Brief
171
1
He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father''
172
1
In Brief
173
1
From Thence He will Come Again to Judge the Living and the Dead''
174
1
He Will Come Again in Glory
174
3
To Judge the Living and the Dead
177
2
In Brief
178
1
I Believe in the Holy Spirit
179
98
I Believe in the Holy Spirit''
180
1
The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit
181
1
The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
182
4
God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises
186
4
The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time
190
3
The Spirit and the Church in the Last Days
193
4
In Brief
196
1
I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church''
197
1
The Church in God's Plan
197
1
Names and Images of the Church
197
2
The Church's Origin, Foundation, and Mission
199
4
The Mystery of the Church
203
3
In Brief
205
1
The Church -- People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
206
1
The Church -- People of God
206
2
The Church -- Body of Christ
208
3
The Church Is the Temple of the Holy Spirit
211
3
In Brief
213
1
The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
214
1
The Church Is One
214
4
The Church Is Holy
218
2
The Church Is Catholic
220
7
The Church Is Apostolic
227
4
In Brief
230
1
Christ's Faithful -- Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life
231
1
The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church
231
6
The Lay Faithful
237
4
The Consecrated Life
241
6
In Brief
245
2
The Communion of Saints
247
1
Communion in Spiritual Goods
247
2
The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth
249
2
In Brief
250
1
Mary -- Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church
251
1
Mary's Motherhood with Regard to the Church
251
2
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
253
1
Mary -- Eschatological Icon of the Church
253
2
In Brief
254
1
I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins''
254
1
One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins
255
1
The Power of the Keys
256
3
In Brief
257
1
I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body''
258
1
Christ's Resurrection and Ours
259
3
Dying in Christ Jesus
262
4
In Brief
265
1
I Believe in Life Everlasting''
266
1
The Particular Judgment
266
1
Heaven
267
1
The Final Purification, or Purgatory
268
1
Hell
269
2
The Last Judgment
271
1
The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth
272
5
In Brief
274
2
``Amen''
276
1
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
277
3
Section One: The Sacramental Economy
280
31
The Paschal Mystery in the Age of the Church
280
14
The Liturgy -- Work of the Holy Trinity
280
1
The Father -- Source and Goal of the Liturgy
280
2
Christ's Work in the Liturgy
282
1
The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy
283
6
In Brief
288
1
The Paschal Mystery in the Church's Sacraments
289
1
The Sacraments of Christ
289
1
The Sacraments of the Church
289
2
The Sacraments of Faith
291
1
The Sacraments of Salvation
292
1
The Sacraments of Eternal Life
292
2
In Brief
293
1
The Sacramental Celebration of the Paschal Mystery
294
17
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy
294
1
Who Celebrates?
294
2
How Is the Liturgy Celebrated?
296
5
When Is the Liturgy Celebrated?
301
4
Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated?
305
6
In Brief
307
2
Liturgical Diversity and the Unity of the Mystery
309
1
In Brief
310
1
Section Two: The Seven Sacraments of the Church
311
110
The Sacraments of Christian Initiation
311
46
The Sacrament of Baptism
312
1
What Is This Sacrament Called?
312
1
Baptism in the Economy of Salvation
313
2
How Is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
315
3
Who Can Receive Baptism?
318
2
Who Can Baptize?
320
1
The Necessity of Baptism
320
1
The Grace of Baptism
321
5
In Brief
324
1
The Sacrament of Confirmation
325
1
Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation
326
1
The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation
327
3
The Effects of Confirmation
330
1
Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
331
1
The Minister of Confirmation
332
2
In Brief
332
2
The Sacrament of the Eucharist
334
1
The Eucharist -- Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life
334
1
What Is This Sacrament Called?
335
1
The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation
336
3
The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist
339
3
The Sacramental Sacrifice: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence
342
7
The Paschal Banquet
349
5
The Eucharist -- ``Pledge of the Glory to Come''
354
3
In Brief
355
2
The Sacraments of Healing
357
26
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
357
1
What Is This Sacrament Called?
357
1
Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?
358
1
The Conversion of the Baptized
359
1
Interior Penance
359
1
The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life
360
1
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
361
3
The Acts of the Penitent
364
3
The Minister of This Sacrament
367
2
The Effects of This Sacrament
369
1
Indulgences
370
2
The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
372
3
In Brief
373
2
The Anointing of the Sick
375
1
Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation
375
4
Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?
379
1
How Is This Sacrament Celebrated?
379
1
The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament
380
1
Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian
381
2
In Brief
382
1
The Sacraments at the Service of Communion
383
32
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
383
1
Why Is This Sacrament Called ``Orders''?
384
1
The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation
384
4
The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
388
5
The Celebration of This Sacrament
393
1
Who Can Confer This Sacrament?
394
1
Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
394
1
The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
395
5
In Brief
398
2
The Sacrament of Matrimony
400
1
Marriage in God's Plan
400
5
The Celebration of Marriage
405
1
Matrimonial Consent
406
3
The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony
409
1
The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love
410
3
The Domestic Church
413
2
In Brief
414
1
Other Liturgical Celebrations
415
6
Sacramentals
415
3
In Brief
418
1
Christian Funerals
418
1
The Christian's Last Passover
418
1
The Celebration of Funerals
419
2
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
421
3
Section One: Man's Vocation: Life in the Spirit
424
74
The Dignity of the Human Person
424
35
Man: The Image of God
424
2
In Brief
426
1
Our Vocation to Beatitude
426
1
The Beatitudes
426
1
The Desire for Happiness
427
1
Christian Beatitude
428
2
In Brief
429
1
Man's Freedom
430
1
Freedom and Responsibility
430
1
Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation
431
2
In Brief
433
1
The Morality of Human Acts
433
1
The Sources of Morality
433
2
Good Acts and Evil Acts
435
1
In Brief
435
1
The Morality of the Passions
436
1
Passions
436
1
Passions and Moral Life
436
2
In Brief
437
1
Moral Conscience
438
1
The Judgment of Conscience
438
2
The Formation of Conscience
440
1
To Choose in Accord with Conscience
440
1
Erroneous Judgment
441
2
In Brief
442
1
The Virtues
443
1
The Human Virtues
443
3
The Theological Virtues
446
4
The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
450
2
In Brief
451
1
Sin
452
1
Mercy and Sin
452
1
The Definition of Sin
453
1
The Different Kinds of Sins
454
1
The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin
454
3
The Proliferation of Sin
457
2
In Brief
458
1
The Human Community
459
14
The Person and Society
459
1
The Communal Character of the Human Vocation
459
2
Conversion and Society
461
2
In Brief
462
1
Participation in Social Life
463
1
Authority
463
1
The Common Good
464
2
Responsibility and Participation
466
2
In Brief
467
1
Social Justice
468
1
Respect for the Human Person
468
1
Equality and Differences among Men
469
2
Human Solidarity
471
2
In Brief
472
1
God's Salvation: Law and Grace
473
25
The Moral Law
473
1
The Natural Moral Law
474
2
The Old Law
476
1
The New Law or the Law of the Gospel
477
4
In Brief
480
1
Grace and Justification
481
1
Justification
481
2
Grace
483
3
Merit
486
2
Christian Holiness
488
3
In Brief
489
1
The Church, Mother and Teacher
490
1
Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church
491
2
The Precepts of the Church
493
1
Moral Life and Missionary Witness
494
4
In Brief
495
1
The Ten Commandments
496
2
Section Two: The Ten Commandments
498
115
In Brief
504
1
``You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, and with All Your Soul, and with All Your Mind''
505
25
The First Commandment
505
1
``You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve''
505
3
``Him Only Shall You Serve''
508
4
``You Shall Have No Other Gods before Me''
512
4
``You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image...''
516
2
In Brief
517
1
The Second Commandment
518
1
The Name of the Lord Is Holy
518
2
Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain
520
1
The Christian Name
521
2
In Brief
522
1
The Third Commandment
523
1
The Sabbath Day
523
1
The Lord's Day
524
6
In Brief
529
1
``You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself''
530
83
The Fourth Commandment
530
1
The Family in God's Plan
531
2
The Family and Society
533
1
The Duties of Family Members
534
5
The Family and the Kingdom
539
1
The Authorities in Civil Society
539
5
In Brief
543
1
The Fifth Commandment
544
1
Respect for Human Life
544
6
Respect for the Dignity of Persons
550
4
Safeguarding Peace
554
6
In Brief
558
2
The Sixth Commandment
560
1
``Male and Female He Created Them...''
560
1
The Vocation to Chastity
561
6
The Love of Husband and Wife
567
5
Offenses against the Dignity of Marriage
572
5
In Brief
575
2
The Seventh Commandment
577
1
The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods
577
1
Respect for Persons and Their Goods
578
3
The Social Doctrine of the Church
581
2
Economic Activity and Social Justice
583
2
Justice and Solidarity among Nations
585
2
Love for the Poor
587
4
In Brief
589
2
The Eighth Commandment
591
1
Living in the Truth
591
1
To Bear Witness to the Truth
592
2
Offenses against Truth
594
2
Respect for the Truth
596
1
The Use of the Social Communications Media
597
2
Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art
599
3
In Brief
600
1
The Ninth Commandment
601
1
Purification of the Heart
602
1
The Battle for Purity
603
3
In Brief
605
1
The Tenth Commandment
606
1
The Disorder of Covetous Desires
606
2
The Desires of the Spirit
608
1
Poverty of Heart
609
1
``I Want to See God''
610
3
In Brief
611
2
PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER
613
1
Section One: Prayer in the Christian Life
613
48
What is Prayer?
613
3
The Revelation of Prayer
616
21
The Universal Call to Prayer
616
1
In the Old Testament
616
7
In Brief
623
1
In the Fullness of Time
624
6
In Brief
630
1
In the Age of the Church
631
1
Blessing and Adoration
632
1
Prayer of Petition
632
1
Prayer of Intercession
633
1
Prayer of Thanksgiving
634
1
Prayer of Praise
635
2
In Brief
636
1
The Tradition of Prayer
637
11
At the Wellsprings of Prayer
637
2
In Brief
639
1
The Way of Prayer
640
4
In Brief
644
1
Guides for Prayer
645
2
In Brief
647
1
The Life of Prayer
648
13
Expressions of Prayer
648
1
Vocal Prayer
648
1
Meditation
649
1
Contemplative Prayer
650
3
In Brief
652
1
The Battle of Prayer
653
1
Objections to Prayer
653
1
Humble Vigilance of Heart
654
1
Filial Trust
655
2
Persevering in Love
657
4
The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus
659
1
In Brief
660
1
Section Two: The Lord's Prayer: ``Our Father!''
661
28
The Summary of the Whole Gospel''
662
1
At the Center of the Scriptures
662
1
``The Lord's Prayer''
663
1
The Prayer of the Church
663
2
In Brief
665
1
Our Father Who Art in Heaven''
665
1
``We Dare to Say''
665
1
``Father!''
666
2
``Our'' Father
668
2
``Who Art in Heaven''
670
3
In Brief
671
1
The Seven Petitions
672
1
``Hallowed Be Thy Name''
673
2
``Thy Kingdom Come''
675
2
``Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven''
677
2
``Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread''
679
2
``And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us''
681
3
``And Lead Us Not into Temptation''
684
1
``But Deliver Us from Evil''
685
4
The Final Doxology
687
1
In Brief
687
2
Index of Citations
689
64
Index
753
108
Abbreviations
861
3
Glossary
864