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Four centuries in the making, a monumental undertaking and a magnificent achievement, the first definitive Catholic Catechism since the Council of Trent in 1566 details the doctrine, dogma, and the basic tenets of the Church. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum on the Publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

(8)

Prologue

(1)

The Life of Man---To Know and Love God

(1)

Handing on the Faith: Catechesis

(1)

The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism

(1)

Structure of This Catechism

(1)

Practical Directions for Using This Catechism

(1)

Necessary Adaptations

(3)

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

(1)

Section One: ``I Believe''---``We Believe''

(284)

Man's Capacity for God

(6)

The Desire for God

(2)

Ways of Coming to Know God

(1)

The Knowledge of God according to the Church

(1)

How Can We Speak about God?

(1)

In Brief

(1)

God Comes to Meet Man

(21)

The Revelation of God

(6)

God Reveals His ``Plan of Loving Goodness''

(1)

The Stages of Revelation

(3)

Christ Jesus---``Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation''

(1)

In Brief

(1)

The Transmission on Divine Revelation

(6)

The Apostolic Tradition

(2)

The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture

(1)

The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith

(3)

In Brief

(1)

Sacred Scripture

(9)

Christ---The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture

(1)

Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture

(1)

The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

(3)

The Canon of Scripture

(3)

Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church

(1)

In Brief

(1)

Man's Response to God

(17)

I Believe

(6)

The Obedience of Faith

(1)

``I Know Whom I Have Believed''

(1)

The Characteristics of Faith

(4)

We Believe

(7)

``Lord, Look upon the Faith of Your Church''

(1)

The Language of Faith

(1)

Only One Faith

(1)

In Brief

(2)

The Credo

(2)

The Profession of the Christian Faith: The Creeds

(3)

I Believe in God the Father

(57)

``I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth''

(1)

I Believe in God

(8)

``I Believe in One God''

(1)

God Reveals His Name

(4)

God, ``He Who Is,'' Is Truth and Love

(1)

The Implications of Faith in One God

(1)

In Brief

(1)

The Father

(10)

``In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit''

(2)

The Revelation of God as Trinity

(3)

The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith

(2)

The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions

(2)

In Brief

(1)

The Almighty

(3)

In Brief

(1)

The Creator

(13)

Catechesis on Creation

(3)

Creation---Work of the Holy Trinity

(1)

``The World Was Created for the Glory of God''

(1)

The Mystery of Creation

(2)

God Carries Out His Plan: Divine Providence

(5)

In Brief

(1)

Heaven and Earth

(6)

The Angels

(3)

The Visible World

(3)

In Brief

101

(1)

Man

101

(7)

``In the Image of God''

101

(2)

``Body and Soul but Truly One''

103

(2)

``Male and Female He Created Them''

105

(1)

Man in Paradise

106

(1)

In Brief

107

(1)

The Fall

108

(10)

Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More

109

(1)

The Fall of the Angels

110

(1)

Original Sin

111

(5)

``You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death''

116

(1)

In Brief

117

(1)

I Believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God

118

(78)

``And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord''

120

(7)

Jesus

120

(2)

Christ

122

(2)

The Only Son of God

124

(1)

Lord

125

(2)

In Brief

127

(1)

``He was Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit, and Was Born of the Virgin Mary''

127

(1)

The Son of God Became Man

127

(9)

Why Did the Word Become Flesh?

127

(2)

The Incarnation

129

(1)

True God and True Man

130

(2)

How Is the Son of God Man?

132

(3)

In Brief

135

(1)

``Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary''

136

(7)

Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit . . .

136

(1)

. . . Born of the Virgin Mary

136

(6)

In Brief

142

(1)

The Mysteries of Christ's Life

143

(18)

Christ's Whole Life Is Mystery

143

(3)

The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life

146

(4)

The Mysteries of Jesus' Public Life

150

(9)

In Brief

159

(2)

``Jesus Christ Suffered Under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified, Died, and was Buried''

161

(1)

Jesus and Israel

161

(7)

Jesus and the Law

162

(2)

Jesus and the Temple

164

(2)

Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Savior

166

(1)

In Brief

167

(1)

Jesus Died Crucified

168

(9)

The Trial of Jesus

168

(2)

Christ's Redemptive Death in God's Plan of Salvation

170

(2)

Christ Offered Himself to His Father for Our Sins

172

(4)

In Brief

176

(1)

Jesus Christ Was Buried

177

(2)

In Brief

179

(1)

``He Descended into Hell. On the Third Day He Rose Again''

179

(1)

Christ Descended into Hell

180

(2)

In Brief

181

(1)

On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead

182

(7)

The Historical and Transcendent Event

182

(4)

The Resurrection---A Work of the Holy Trinity

186

(1)

The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection

186

(2)

In Brief

188

(1)

``He Ascended Into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father''

189

(2)

In Brief

191

(1)

``From Thence He Will Come Again to Judge the Living and the Dead''

191

(5)

He Will Come Again in Glory

191

(3)

To Judge the Living and the Dead

194

(1)

In Brief

195

(1)

I Believe in the Holy Spirit

196

(105)

``I Believe in the Holy Spirit''

197

(17)

The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit

198

(1)

The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit

199

(4)

God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises

203

(4)

The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time

207

(3)

The Spirit and the Church in the Last Days

210

(3)

In Brief

213

(1)

``I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church''

214

(1)

The Church in God's Plan

215

(9)

Names and Images of the Church

215

(2)

The Church's Origin, Foundation, and Mission

217

(4)

The Mystery of the Church

221

(2)

In Brief

223

(1)

The Church---People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit

224

(8)

The Church---People of God

224

(2)

The Church---Body of Christ

226

(4)

The Church Is the Temple of the Holy Spirit

230

(1)

In Brief

231

(1)

The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

232

(19)

The Church Is One

233

(4)

The Church Is Holy

237

(2)

The Church Is Catholic

239

(8)

The Church Is Apostolic

247

(3)

In Brief

250

(1)

Christ's Faithful---Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life

251

(17)

The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church

252

(6)

The Lay Faithful

258

(4)

The Consecrated Life

262

(5)

In Brief

267

(1)

The Communion of Saints

268

(5)

Communion in Spiritual Goods

269

(1)

The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth

270

(2)

In Brief

272

(1)

Mary---Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church

273

(3)

Mary's Motherhood with Regard to the Church

273

(2)

Devotion to the Blessed Virgin

275

(1)

Mary---Eschatological Icon of the Church

275

(1)

In Brief

276

(1)

``I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins''

276

(3)

One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins

277

(1)

The Power of the Keys

278

(1)

In Brief

279

(1)

``I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body''

279

(8)

Christ's Resurrection and Ours

280

(4)

Dying in Christ Jesus

284

(3)

In Brief

287

(1)

``I Believe in Life Everlasting''

287

(14)

The Particular Judgment

288

(1)

Heaven

289

(2)

The Final Purification, or Purgatory

291

(1)

Hell

292

(1)

The Last Judgment

293

(2)

The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth

295

(2)

In Brief

297

(1)

``Amen''

298

(3)

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

301

(3)

Section One: The Sacramental Economy

304

(37)

The Paschal Mystery in the Age of the Church

305

(16)

The Liturgy---Work of the Holy Trinity

305

(10)

The Father---Source and Goal of the Liturgy

305

(2)

Christ's Work in the Liturgy

307

(2)

The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy

309

(5)

In Brief

314

(1)

The Paschal Mystery in the Church's Sacraments

315

(6)

The Sacraments of Christ

315

(1)

The Sacraments of the Church

316

(1)

The Sacraments of Faith

317

(2)

The Sacraments of Salvation

319

(1)

The Sacraments of Eternal Life

320

(1)

In Brief

320

(1)

The Sacramental Celebration of the Paschal Mystery

321

(20)

Celebrating the Church's Liturgy

321

(17)

Who Celebrates?

321

(3)

How Is the Liturgy Celebrated?

324

(5)

When Is the Liturgy Celebrated?

329

(5)

Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated?

334

(2)

In Brief

336

(2)

Liturgical Diversity and the Unity of the Mystery

338

(3)

In Brief

340

(1)

Section Two: The Seven Sacraments of the Church

341

(130)

The Sacraments of Christian Initiation

341

(55)

The Sacrament of Baptism

342

(16)

What Is This Sacrament Called?

342

(1)

Baptism in the Economy of Salvation

343

(3)

How Is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?

346

(3)

Who Can Receive Baptism?

349

(3)

Who Can Baptize?

352

(1)

The Necessity of Baptism

352

(1)

The Grace of Baptism

353

(3)

In Brief

356

(2)

The Sacrament of Confirmation

358

(10)

Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation

358

(2)

The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation

360

(3)

The Effects of Confirmation

363

(1)

Who Can Receive This Sacrament?

364

(2)

The Minister of Confirmation

366

(1)

In Brief

366

(2)

The Sacrament of the Eucharist

368

(28)

The Eucharist---Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life

368

(1)

What Is This Sacrament Called?

369

(2)

The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation

371

(3)

The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist

374

(4)

The Sacramental Sacrifice: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence

378

(8)

The Paschal Banquet

386

(6)

The Eucharist---``Pledge of the Glory to Come''

392

(1)

In Brief

393

(3)

The Sacraments of Healing

396

(30)

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

396

(21)

What Is This Sacrament Called?

396

(1)

Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?

397

(1)

The Conversion of the Baptized

398

(1)

Interior Penance

399

(1)

The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life

400

(1)

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

401

(3)

The Acts of the Penitent

404

(4)

The Minister of This Sacrament

408

(1)

The Effects of This Sacrament

409

(2)

Indulgences

411

(2)

The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance

413

(2)

In Brief

415

(2)

The Anointing of the Sick

417

(9)

Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation

417

(4)

Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?

421

(1)

How Is This Sacrament Celebrated?

422

(1)

The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament

423

(1)

Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian

424

(1)

In Brief

424

(2)

The Sacraments at the Service of Communion

426

(38)

The Sacrament of Holy Orders

427

(19)

Why Is This Sacrament Called ``Orders''?

427

(1)

The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation

428

(5)

The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

433

(5)

The Celebration of This Sacrament

438

(1)

Who Can Confer This Sacrament?

439

(1)

Who Can Receive This Sacrament?

439

(2)

The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

441

(3)

In Brief

444

(2)

The Sacrament of Matrimony

446

(18)

Marriage in God's Plan

446

(6)

The Celebration of Marriage

452

(1)

Matrimonial Consent

453

(3)

The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony

456

(2)

The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love

458

(3)

The Domestic Church

461

(1)

In Brief

462

(2)

Other Liturgical Celebrations

464

(7)

Sacramentals

464

(3)

In Brief

467

(1)

Christian Funerals

467

(4)

The Christian's Last Passover

468

(1)

The Celebration of Funerals

468

(3)

PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

471

(3)

Section One: Man's Vocation: Life in the Spirit

474

(79)

The Dignity of the Human Person

474

(37)

Man: The Image of God

474

(3)

In Brief

476

(1)

Our Vocation to Beatitude

477

(4)

The Beatitudes

477

(1)

The Desire for Happiness

478

(1)

Christian Beatitude

478

(2)

In Brief

480

(1)

Man's Freedom

481

(4)

Freedom and Responsibility

481

(1)

Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation

482

(2)

In Brief

484

(1)

The Morality of Human Acts

485

(2)

The Sources of Morality

485

(1)

Good Acts and Evil Acts

486

(1)

In Brief

487

(1)

The Morality of the Passions

487

(3)

Passions

487

(1)

Passions and Moral Life

488

(1)

In Brief

489

(1)

Moral Conscience

490

(5)

The Judgment of Conscience

490

(2)

The Formation of Conscience

492

(1)

To Choose in Accord with Conscience

492

(1)

Erroneous Judgment

493

(1)

In Brief

494

(1)

The Virtues

495

(9)

The Human Virtues

495

(3)

The Theological Virtues

498

(4)

The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit

502

(1)

In Brief

503

(1)

Sin

504

(7)

Mercy and Sin

504

(1)

The Definition of Sin

505

(1)

The Different Kinds of Sins

506

(1)

The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin

506

(3)

The Proliferation of Sin

509

(1)

In Brief

510

(1)

The Human Community

511

(15)

The Person and Society

511

(4)

The Communal Character of the Human Vocation

511

(2)

Conversion and Society

513

(1)

In Brief

514

(1)

Participation in Social Life

515

(6)

Authority

515

(2)

The Common Good

517

(2)

Responsibility and Participation

519

(1)

In Brief

520

(1)

Social Justice

521

(5)

Respect for the Human Person

521

(1)

Equality and Differences among Men

522

(2)

Human Solidarity

524

(1)

In Brief

525

(1)

God's Salvation: Law and Grace

526

(27)

The Moral Law

526

(9)

The Natural Moral Law

527

(2)

The Old Law

529

(2)

The New Law or the Law of the Gospel

531

(3)

In Brief

534

(1)

Grace and Justification

535

(10)

Justification

535

(3)

Grace

538

(3)

Merit

541

(1)

Christian Holiness

542

(2)

In Brief

544

(1)

The Church, Mother and Teacher

545

(8)

Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church

546

(2)

The Precepts of the Church

548

(1)

Moral Life and Missionary Witness

549

(1)

In Brief

550

(1)

The Ten Commandments

551

(2)

Section Two: The Ten Commandments

553

(120)

In Brief

559

(1)

``You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, and with All Your Soul, and with All Your Mind''

560

(27)

The First Commandment

561

(14)

``You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve''

561

(3)

``Him Only Shall You Serve''

564

(4)

``You Shall Have No Other Gods before Me''

568

(5)

``You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image . . .''

573

(1)

In Brief

574

(1)

The Second Commandment

575

(5)

The Name of the Lord Is Holy

575

(2)

Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain

577

(1)

The Christian Name

578

(1)

In Brief

579

(1)

The Third Commandment

580

(7)

The Sabbath Day

580

(1)

The Lord's Day

581

(5)

In Brief

586

(1)

``You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself''

587

(86)

The Fourth Commandment

587

(15)

The Family in God's Plan

589

(1)

The Family and Society

590

(2)

The Duties of Family Members

592

(4)

The Family and the Kingdom

596

(1)

The Authorities in Civil Society

597

(4)

In Brief

601

(1)

The Fifth Commandment

602

(17)

Respect for Human Life

602

(7)

Respect for the Dignity of Persons

609

(4)

Safeguarding Peace

613

(4)

In Brief

617

(2)

The Sixth Commandment

619

(17)

``Male and Female He Created Them . . .''

619

(1)

The Vocation to Chastity

620

(6)

The Love of Husband and Wife

626

(6)

Offenses against the Dignity of Marriage

632

(3)

In Brief

635

(1)

The Seventh Commandment

636

(15)

The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods

636

(1)

Respect for Persons and Their Goods

637

(3)

The Social Doctrine of the Church

640

(2)

Economic Activity and Social Justice

642

(3)

Justice and Solidarity among Nations

645

(1)

Love for the Poor

646

(3)

In Brief

649

(2)

The Eighth Commandment

651

(11)

Living in the Truth

651

(2)

To Bear Witness to the Truth

653

(1)

Offenses against Truth

654

(3)

Respect for the Truth

657

(1)

The Use of the Social Communications Media

658

(1)

Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art

659

(2)

In Brief

661

(1)

The Ninth Commandment

662

(5)

Purification of the Heart

663

(1)

The Battle for Purity

664

(2)

In Brief

666

(1)

The Tenth Commandment

667

(6)

The Disorder of Covetous Desires

667

(2)

The Desires of the Spirit

669

(1)

Poverty of Heart

670

(1)

``I Want to See God''

671

(1)

In Brief

672

(1)

PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER

673

(1)

Section One: Prayer in the Christian Life

673

(53)

What Is Prayer?

673

(2)

The Revelation of Prayer

675

(23)

The Universal Call to Prayer

675

(1)

In the Old Testament

676

(8)

In Brief

683

(1)

In the Fullness of Time

684

(8)

In Brief

691

(1)

In the Age of the Church

692

(6)

Blessing and Adoration

693

(1)

Prayer of Petition

693

(2)

Prayer of Intercession

695

(1)

Prayer of Thanksgiving

696

(1)

Prayer of Praise

696

(1)

In Brief

697

(1)

The Tradition of Prayer

698

(13)

At the Wellsprings of Prayer

699

(2)

In Brief

701

(1)

The Way of Prayer

701

(6)

In Brief

707

(1)

Guides for Prayer

707

(4)

In Brief

710

(1)

The Life of Prayer

711

(15)

Expressions of Prayer

712

(5)

Vocal Prayer

712

(1)

Meditation

713

(1)

Contemplative Prayer

714

(2)

In Brief

716

(1)

The Battle of Prayer

717

(6)

Objections to Prayer

717

(2)

Humble Vigilance of Heart

719

(1)

Filial Trust

720

(2)

Persevering in Love

722

(1)

The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus

723

(3)

In Brief

725

(1)

Section Two: The Lord's Prayer: ``Our Father!''

726

(31)

``The Summary of the Whole Gospel''

727

(4)

At the Center of the Scriptures

727

(1)

``The Lord's Prayer''

728

(1)

The Prayer of the Church

728

(2)

In Brief

730

(1)

``Our Father Who Art in Heaven''

731

(7)

``We Dare to Say''

731

(1)

``Father!''

731

(3)

``Our'' Father

734

(2)

``Who Art in Heaven''

736

(1)

In Brief

737

(1)

The Seven Petitions

738

(16)

``Hallowed Be Thy Name''

739

(3)

``Thy Kingdom Come''

742

(1)

``Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven''

743

(2)

``Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread''

745

(3)

``And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us''

748

(3)

``And Lead Us Not into Temptation''

751

(1)

``But Deliver Us from Evil''

752

(2)

The Final Doxology

754

(3)

In Brief

755

(2)

Subject Index

757

(66)

Abbreviations

823

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