Catechism of the Catholic Church

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USCCB Publishing, 2000 - 904 pages
A 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 TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
24
SACRED SCRIPTURE
30
THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
51
The Creator
73
THE ONLY SON OF GOD
106
PILATE WAS CRUCIFIED DIED AND WAS BURIED
146
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
IN BRIEF
398

ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN
164
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER
172
The Communion of Saints
247
I BELIEVE IN
258
THE CELEBRATION
277
OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
294
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
Thanksgiving 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
Viaticum the Last Sacrament of the Christian
381
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
SIN
452
PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
463
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
498
IN BRIEF
504
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
518
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
560
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
606
CHRISTIAN PRAYER
613
IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
631
THE WAY OF PRAYER
640
THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
653
THE LORDS PRAYER OUR FATHER
661
THE SEVEN PETITIONS
672
INDEX OF CITATIONS
689
INDEX
753
ABBREVIATIONS
861
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