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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... marry ) " ( CCC 154 ) . Faith is our Yes to God's proposal of spiritual marriage . This Yes is dou- bly free : it comes from our free choice , and it leads us to our true freedom , for the God whose proposal we accept is truth ( " I am ...
... marry because there are some bad husbands and wives ? g . If you must choose between the two , which is better : to be accepted by God forever and be rejected by some men for a little time , or to be accepted by some men for a little ...
... marriage proposal to the soul ; atheists answer " No " , Christians answer " Yes " , and agnostics answer " I don't know . " But at death , " I don't know " turns into " No " . Second , one may be an atheist and believe in no God at all ...
... married to the one perfect God . That too is something " no eye has seen , nor ear heard , nor the heart of man conceived , what God has prepared for those who love him " ( 1 Cor 2 : 9 ) . Different human cultures imagined different ...
... marriage . As Holy Mass is the place for Transubstantiation , holy marriage is the place for sex . 9. Complementarity of men and women The biblical and Catholic vision of sexuality rejects both chauvinism , which sees one sex ( either ...
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 |