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I. The Life of Man - To Know and Love God

II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis

III. The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism

IV. Structure of This Catechism

V. Practical Directions for Using This Catechism

VI. Necessary Adaptations

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I. The Desire for God

II. Ways of Coming to Know God

III. The Knowledge of God According to the Church

IV. How Can We Speak about God?

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I. God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness"

II. The Stages of Revelation

III. Christ Jesus - "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation"

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I. Apostolic Tradition

II. The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture

III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith

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I. Christ - The unique Word of Sacred Scripture

II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture

III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

IV. The Canon of Scripture

V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church

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I. The Obedience of Faith

II. "I Know Whom I Have Believed"

III. The Characteristics of Faith

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I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church"

II. The Language of Faith

III. Only One Faith

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The Creeds

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I. "I Believe in One God"

II. God Reveals His Name

III. God, "He Who Is," Is Truth and Love

IV. The Implications of Faith in One God

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I. "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"

II. The Revelation of God as Trinity

III. The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith

IV. The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions

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I. Catechesis on Creation

II. Creation - Work of the Holy Trinity

III. "The World Was Created for the Glory of God"

IV. The Mystery of Creation

V. God Carries Out His Plan: Divine Providence

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I. The Angels

II. The Visible World

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I. "In the Image of God"

II. "Body and Soul but Truly One"

III. "Male and Female He Created Them"

IV. Man in Paradise

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I. Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More

II. The Fall of the Angels

III. Original Sin

IV. "You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death"

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I. Jesus

II. Christ

III. The Only Son of God

IV. Lord

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I. Why Did the Word Become Flesh?

II. The Incarnation

III. True God and True Man

IV. How Is the Son of God Man?

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I. Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit. . .

II. . . .Born of the Virgin Mary

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I. Christ's Whole Life Is Mystery

II. The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life

III. The Mysteries of Jesus' Public Life

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I. Jesus and the Law

II. Jesus and the Temple

III. Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Savior

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I. The Trial of Jesus

II. Christ's Redemptive Death in God's Plan of Salvation

III. Christ Offered Himself to his Father for Our Sins

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I. The Historical and Transcendent Event

II. The Resurrection - A Work of the Holy Trinity

III. The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection

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I. He Will Come Again in Glory

II. To Judge the Living and the Dead

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I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit

II. The Names, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit

III. God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises

IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time

V. The Spirit and the Church in the Last Days

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I. Names and Images of the Church

II. The Church's Origin, Foundation, and Mission

III. The Mystery of the Church

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I. The Church - People of God

II. The Church - Body of Christ

III. The Church is the Temple of the Holy Spirit

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I. The Church Is One

II. The Church Is Holy

III. The Church Is Catholic

IV. The Church Is Apostolic

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I. The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church

II. The Lay Faithful

III. The Consecrated Life

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I. Communion in Spiritual Goods

II. The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth

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I. Mary's Motherhood with Regard to the Church

II. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin

III. Mary - Eschatological Icon of the Church

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I. One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins

II. The Power of the Keys

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I. Christ's Resurrection and Ours

II. Dying in Jesus Christ

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I. The Particular Judgement

II. Heaven

III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory

IV. Hell

V. The Last Judgement

VI. The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth

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"Amen"

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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

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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

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I. Who Celebrates?

II. How Is the Liturgy Celebrated?

III. When Is the Liturgy Celebrated?

IV. Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated?

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I. What Is the 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

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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

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I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of the 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 Pascal Banquet

VII. The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory to Come"

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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

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I. It's Foundation 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

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I. Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"?

II. The Sacramant 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

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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

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I. The Christian's Last Passover

II. The Celebration of Funerals

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I. The Beatitudes

II. The Desire for Happiness

III. Christian Beatitude

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I. Freedom and Responsibility

II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation

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I. The Sources of Morality

II. Good Acts and Evil Acts

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I. Passions

II. Passions and Moral Life

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I. The Judgement of Conscience

II. The Formation of Conscience

III. To Choose in Accord with Conscience

IV. Erroneous Judgement

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I. The Human Virtues

II. The Theological Virtues

III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit

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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

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I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation

II. Conversion and Society

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I. Authority

II. The Common Good

III. Responsibility and Participation

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I. Respect for the Human Person

II. Equality and Differences among Men

III. Human Solidarity

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I. The Natural Moral Law

II. The Old Law

III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel

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I. Justification

II. Grace

III. Merit

IV. Christian Holiness

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I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church

II. The Precepts of the Church

III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness

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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS CHART

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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"

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I. The Name of the Lord Is Holy

II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain

III. The Christian Name

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I. The Sabbath Day

II. The Lord's Day

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I. The Family in God's Plan

II. The Family and Society

III. The Duties of Family and the Kingdom

IV. The Family and the Kingdom

V. The Authorities in Civil Society

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I. Respect for Human Life

II. Respect for the Dignity of Persons

III. Safeguarding Peace

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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

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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

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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

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I. Purification of the Heart

II. The Battle for Purity

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I. The Disorder of Covetous Desires

II. The Desires of the Spirit

III. Poverty of Heart

IV. "I Want to See God"

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WHAT IS PRAYER?

THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER

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I. Blessing and Adoration

II. Prayer of Petition

III. Prayer of Intercession

IV. Prayer of Thanksgiving

V. Prayer of Praise

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I. Vocal Prayer

II. Meditation

III. Contemplative Prayer

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I. Objections to Prayer

II. Humble Vigilance of Heart

III. Filial Trust

IV. Persevering in Love

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I. At the Center of the Scriptures

II. "The Lord's Prayer"

III. The Prayer of the Church

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I. "We Dare to Say"

II. "Father!"

III. "Our" Father

IV. "Who Art in Heaven"

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I. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"

II. "Thy Kingdom Come"

III. "The 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"

VII. "But Deliver Us From Evil"

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ABBREVIATIONS