Catechism of the Catholic ChurchA compendium of Catholic doctrine regarding faith and morals, revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1997, with a glossary of terms, analytical index, index of citations, abbreviations of biblical and Church documents, and other reference tools. |
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 7 |
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH | 13 |
The Stages of Revelation | 20 |
SACRED SCRIPTURE | 30 |
MANS RESPONSE TO GOD | 39 |
IN BRIEF | 48 |
I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER | 54 |
The Creator | 73 |
Viaticum the Last Sacrament of the Christian | 381 |
IN BRIEF | 382 |
THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION | 383 |
Why Is This Sacrament Called Orders? | 384 |
The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders | 388 |
The Celebration of This Sacrament | 393 |
Who Can Confer This Sacrament? | 394 |
The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders | 395 |
THE ONLY SON OF GOD | 106 |
and Born of the Virgin Mary | 122 |
The Mysteries of Jesus Public Life | 136 |
PILATE WAS CRUCIFIED DIED AND WAS BURIED | 146 |
Jesus Christ Was Buried | 162 |
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER | 172 |
The Name Titles and Symbols of the Holy Spirit | 182 |
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY | 197 |
The Communion of Saints | 247 |
The Power of the Keys | 256 |
I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING | 266 |
THE CELEBRATION | 277 |
IN THE CHURCHS SACRAMENTS | 289 |
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH | 311 |
THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST | 334 |
What Is This Sacrament Called? | 335 |
The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation | 336 |
The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist | 339 |
Memorial Presence | 342 |
The Paschal Banquet | 349 |
The Eucharist Pledge of the Glory to Come | 354 |
IN BRIEF | 355 |
THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING | 357 |
Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism? | 358 |
The Conversion of the Baptized | 359 |
The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life | 360 |
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation | 361 |
The Acts of the Penitent | 364 |
The Minister of This Sacrament | 367 |
The Effects of This Sacrament | 369 |
Indulgences | 370 |
The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance | 372 |
IN BRIEF | 373 |
THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK | 375 |
Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament? | 379 |
The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament | 380 |
IN BRIEF | 398 |
THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY | 400 |
The Celebration of Marriage | 405 |
Matrimonial Consent | 406 |
The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony | 409 |
The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love | 410 |
The Domestic Church | 413 |
IN BRIEF | 414 |
OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS | 415 |
IN BRIEF | 418 |
LIFE IN CHRIST | 421 |
MANS FREEDOM | 430 |
THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS | 436 |
THE VIRTUES | 443 |
SIN | 452 |
THE HUMAN COMMUNITY | 459 |
Responsibility and Participation | 466 |
The Old Law | 476 |
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS | 496 |
IN BRIEF | 504 |
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT | 518 |
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT | 560 |
THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT | 577 |
THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT | 591 |
The Battle for Purity | 603 |
CHRISTIAN PRAYER | 613 |
IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME | 624 |
IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH | 631 |
THE BATTLE OF PRAYER | 653 |
THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS | 659 |
THE SEVEN PETITIONS | 672 |
THE FINAL DOXOLOGY | 687 |
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ABBREVIATIONS | 861 |
Common terms and phrases
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