Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchIgnatius Press, 21. veebr 2011 - 425 pages For the first time in 400 years the Catholic Church has authorized an official universal catechism which instantly became an international best-seller, the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Using this official Catechism, the highly-regarded author and professor Peter Kreeft presents a complete compendium of all the major beliefs of Catholicism written in his readable and concise style. Since the Catechism of the Catholic Church was written for the express purpose of grounding and fostering catechisms based on it for local needs and ordinary readers, Kreeft does just that, offering a thorough summary of Catholic doctrine, morality, and worship in a popular format with less technical language. He presents a systematic, organic synthesis of the essential and fundamental Catholic teachings in the light of the Second Vatican Council and the whole of the Church's Tradition. This book is the most thorough, complete and popular catechetical summary of Catholic belief in print that is based on the universal Catechism. |
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... evil in the world and against the God who does not act as we think he should to defeat evil as quickly as we would wish ; b . ignorance or misunderstanding of the faith ; c . indifference or laziness ; d . the cares of the world ...
... evil is : Wait . God will con- quer all evil , in time , in the end . But we have to go through the middle of the story to get to the end . b . A book like this one or the Catechism or a wise and good priest can usually clear up ...
... evil " and " Nothing can be and not be at the same time . " Where do we see these unchangeable truths ? Everything in our world is changeable . Our minds themselves are changeable . Unchangeable truth is like a visitor from another ...
... evil ( pain ) for our own eventual greater good , and even his allow- ing us to commit evil ( sin ) , out of respect for our free will . Neither the evil we suffer nor the evil we do refutes God's goodness and love . e . God is ...
... evil 1. The distinctiveness of the doctrine of creation It is a simple and startling fact that no human mind on earth ever conceived the idea that the entire universe , visible and invisible , was created out of noth- ing , not just ...
Contents
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The holy Catholic Church | 97 |
The forgiveness of Sins | 117 |
The Sixth and Ninth Commandments Sexual Morality | 241 |
The Seventh and Tenth Commandments Social and Economic Morality | 258 |
The Eighth Commandment Truth | 269 |
Sacraments and Prayer How Catholics Worship | 279 |
Introduction to Catholic Liturgy | 281 |
Introduction to the Sacraments | 296 |
Baptism and Confirmation | 307 |
The Eucharist | 320 |
The Resurrection of the Body | 132 |
Life Everlasting | 142 |
Morality How Catholics Live | 153 |
The Essence of Catholic morality | 155 |
Human Nature as the Basis for Morality | 167 |
Some Fundamental Principles of Catholic Morality | 181 |
Virtues and Vices | 190 |
The First Three Commandments Duties to God | 200 |
The Fourth Commandment Family and Social Morality | 213 |
The Fifth Commandment Moral Issues of Life and Death | 226 |
The Sacrament of Penance | 336 |
Matrimony | 348 |
Holy Orders | 362 |
Anointing of the Sick | 370 |
Prayer | 375 |
The Lords Prayer | 391 |
Mary | 404 |
Conclusion | 423 |
Abbreviations | 425 |