Catechism Of The Catholic Church

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

 
• SECTION ONE THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY
   
  • -CHAPTER ONE THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
  • -Article 1 THE LITURGY – WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
  • –I. The Father-Source and Goal of the Liturgy
  • –II. Christ’s Work in the Liturgy
  • –III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy
  • –IN BRIEF
• –Article 2 THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH’S SACRAMENTS
• –I. The Sacraments of Christ
• –II. The Sacraments of the Church
• –III. The Sacraments of Faith
• –IV. The Sacraments of Salvation
• –V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life
• –IN BRIEF

 
 

• –CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
• -Article 1 CELEBRATING THE CHURCH’S LITURGY
• –I. Who Celebrates?
• –II. How is the Liturgy Celebrated?
• –III. When is the Liturgy Celebrated?
• –IV. Where is the Liturgy Celebrated?
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 2 LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY
• –IN BRIEF

 

• SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH

 

• –CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
• –Article 1 THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
• –I. What is This Sacrament Called?
• –II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation
• –III. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
• –IV. Who can Receive Baptism?
• –V. Who can Baptize?
• –VI. The Necessity of Baptism
• –VII. The Grace of Baptism
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 2 THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
• –I. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation
• –II. The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation
• –III. The Effects of Confirmation
• –IV. Who can Receive This Sacrament?
• –V. The Minister of Confirmation
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 3 THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
• –I. The Eucharist – Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life
• –II. What is This Sacrament Called?
• –III. The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation
• –IV. The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist
• –V. The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence
• –VI. The Paschal Banquet
• –VII. The Eucharist – “Pledge of the Glory To Come”
• –IN BRIEF

 
 

• –CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
• –Article 4 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
• –I. What is This Sacrament Called?
• –II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?
• –III. The Conversion of the Baptized
• –IV. Interior Penance
• –V. The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life
• –VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
• –VII. The Acts of the Penitent
• –VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament
• –IX. The Effects of This Sacrament
• –X. Indulgences
• –XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 5 THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
• –I. Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation
• –II. Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?
• –III. How is This Sacrament Celebrated?
• –IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament
• –V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian
• –IN BRIEF

 
 

• –CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
• –ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
• –I. Why Is This Sacrament Called “Orders”?
• –II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation
• –III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
• –IV. The Celebration of This Sacrament
• –V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?
• –VI. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
• –VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 7 THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
• –I. Marriage in God’s Plan
• –II. The Celebration of Marriage
• –III. Matrimonial Consent
• –IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony
• –V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love
• –VI. The Domestic Church
• –IN BRIEF
• -CHAPTER FOUR OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
• –Article 1 SACRAMENTALS
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 2 CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
  • –I. The Christian’s Last Passover
  • –II. The Celebration of Funerals

  • PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

  • SECTION ONE MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
  • =CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
  • –Article 1 MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
  • –IN BRIEF
• -Article 2 OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
• –I. The Beatitudes
• –II. The Desire for Happiness
• –III. Christian Beatitude
• –IN BRIEF
• –Article 3 MAN’S FREEDOM
  • –I. Freedom and Responsibility
  • –II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation
  • –IN BRIEF
• –Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS
  • –I. The Sources of Morality
  • –II. Good Acts and Evil Acts
  • –IN BRIEF
• –Article 5 THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS
  • –I. Passions
  • –II. Passions and Moral Life
  • –IN BRIEF
• –Article 6 MORAL CONSCIENCE
  • –I. The Judgment of Conscience
  • –II. The Formation of Conscience
  • –III. To Choose in Accord With Conscience
  • –IV. Erroneous Judgment
  • –IN BRIEF
• –Article 7 THE VIRTUES
  • –I. The Human Virtues
  • –II. The Theological Virtues
  • –III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
  • –IN BRIEF
• -Article 8 SIN
  • –I. Mercy and Sin
  • –II. The Definition of Sin
  • –III. The Different Kinds of Sins
  • –IV. The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin
  • –V. The Proliferation of Sin
  • –IN BRIEF

   
   

  • =CHAPTER TWO THE HUMAN COMMUNION
  • -Article 1 THE PERSON AND SOCIETY
  • –I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation
  • –II. Conversion and Society
  • –IN BRIEF
  • -Article 2 PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
  • –I. Authority
  • –II. The Common Good
  • –III. Responsibility and Participation
  • –IN BRIEF
  • –Article 3 SOCIAL JUSTICE
    • –I. Respect For the Human Person
    • –II. Equality and Differences Among Men
    • –III. Human Solidarity
    • –IN BRIEF
  • CHAPTER THREE GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
  • –Article 1 THE MORAL LAW
  • –I. The Natural Moral Law
  • –II. The Old Law
  • –III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel
  • –IN BRIEF
  • -Article 2 GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION
    • –I. Justification
    • –II. Grace
    • –III. Merit
    • –IV. Christian Holiness
    • –IN BRIEF
  • –Article 3 THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
    • –I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church
    • –II. The Precepts of the Church
    • –III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness
    • –IN BRIEF
  • SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
  • • –IN BRIEF
  • CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
  • –Article 1 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
  • –I. “You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve”
  • –II. “Him Only Shall You Serve”
  • –III. “You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me”
  • –IV. “You Shall Not Make For Yourself a Graven Image . . .”
  • –IN BRIEF
  • –Article 2 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
    • –I. The Name of the Lord is Holy
    • –II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain
    • –III. The Christian Name
    • –IN BRIEF
  • –Article 3 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
    • –I. The Sabbath Day
    • –II. The Lord’s Day
    • –IN BRIEF

     
     

    • ;CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
    • –ARTICLE 4 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
    • –I. The Family in God’s Plan
    • –II. The Family and Society
    • –III. The Duties of Family Members
    • –IV. The Family and the Kingdom
    • –V. The Authorities In Civil Society
    • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 5 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
      • –I. Respect for Human Life
      • –II. Respect for the Dignity of Persons
      • –III. Safeguarding Peace
      • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 6 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
      • –I. “Male and Female He Created Them . . .”
      • –II. The Vocation to Chastity
      • –III. The Love of Husband and Wife
      • –IV. Offenses Against the Dignity of Marriage
      • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 7 THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
      • –I. The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods
      • –II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods
      • –III. The Social Doctrine of the Church
      • –IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice
      • –V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations
      • –VI. Love For the Poor
      • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 8 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
      • –I. Living in the Truth
      • –II. To Bear Witness to the Truth
      • –III. Offenses Against Truth
      • –IV. Respect for the Truth
      • –V. The Use of the Social Communications Media
      • –VI. Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art
      • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 9 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT
      • –I. Purification of the Heart
      • –II. The Battle for Purity
      • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 10 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
      • –I. The Disorder of Covetous Desires
      • –II. The Desires of the Spirit
      • –III. Poverty of Heart
      • –IV. “I Want to See God”
      • –IN BRIEF

      • PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER

      • <>SECTION ONE PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
      • CHAPTER ONE THE REVELATION OF PRAYER – THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
      • –Article 1 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
      • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 2 IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
    • –IN BRIEF
    • –Article 3 IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
      • –I. Blessing and Adoration
      • –II. Prayer of Petition
      • –III. Prayer of Intercession
      • –IV. Prayer of Thanksgiving
      • –V. Prayer of Praise
      • –IN BRIEF

       
       

      • CHAPTER TWO THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
      • –Article 1 AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER
      • –IN BRIEF
      • –Article 2 THE WAY OF PRAYER
        • –IN BRIEF
      • –Article 3 GUIDES FOR PRAYER
        • –IN BRIEF

         
         

        • CHAPTER THREE THE LIFE OF PRAYER
        • -Article 1 EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
        • –I. Vocal prayer
        • –II. Meditation
        • –III. Contemplative Prayer
        • –IN BRIEF
        • –Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
        • –I. Objections to Prayer
        • –II. Humble Vigilance of Heart
        • –III. Filial Trust
        • –IV. Perservering in Love
        • –Article 3 THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS
        • –IN BRIEF
        • >SECTION TWO THE LORD’S PRAYER
          • • –Article 1 “THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL”
              • –I. At the Center of the Scriptures
              • –II. The Lord’s Prayer
              • –III. The Prayer of the Church
              • –IN BRIEF
            • -Article 2 “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”
              • –I. “We Dare To Say”
              • –II. Abba – “Father!”
              • –III. “Our” Father
              • –IV. “Who Art in Heaven”
              • –IN BRIEF
            • –Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS
              • –I. “Hallowed be Thy Name”
              • –II. “Thy Kingdom Come”
              • –III. “Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven”
              • –IV. “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”
              • –V. “And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US”
              • –VI. “And Lead Us not into Temptation”
            • –Article 4 THE FINAL DOXOLOGY
              • –IN BRIEF
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