Catechism of the Catholic Church

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CHAPTER FOUR: OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS. . . . 415 Article 1: SACRAMENTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 INBRIEF.........................418 Article 2: CHRISTIAN FUNERALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 I. The Christian’s Last Passover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 II. The Celebration of Funerals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 PARTTHREE:LIFEINCHRIST.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 SECTION ONE: MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. . 424 CHAPTER ONE: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON. . . 424 Article 1: MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD. . . . . . . . . . . 424 INBRIEF.........................426 Article 2: OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE. . . . . . . . . 426 I.TheBeatitudes......................426 II. TheDesireforHappiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 III. ChristianBeatitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 INBRIEF.........................429 Article3:MAN’SFREEDOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 I. Freedom and Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation. . . . . . . . . 431 INBRIEF.........................433 Article 4: THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS . . . . . . . 433 I. TheSourcesofMorality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 II. GoodActsandEvilActs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 INBRIEF.........................435 Article 5: THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS. . . . . . . 436 I. Passions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 II. PassionsandMoralLife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 INBRIEF.........................437 Article 6: MORAL CONSCIENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 I. The Judgment of Conscience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 II. The Formation of Conscience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 III. To Choose in Accord with Conscience. . . . . . . . . . . . 440 IV. ErroneousJudgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441 INBRIEF.........................442 Article7:THEVIRTUES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443 I.TheHumanVirtues....................443 II. The Theological Virtues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . 450 INBRIEF.........................451 Article8:SIN......................452 I.MercyandSin.......................452 II. TheDefinitionofSin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453 III. The Different Kinds of Sins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 IV. The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin. . . . . . . . . . . 454 V. TheProliferationofSin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 INBRIEF.........................458 CHAPTER TWO: THE HUMAN COMMUNITY. . . . . . . . 459 Article 1: THE PERSON AND SOCIETY. . . . . . . . . . . 459 I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation. . . . . . . 459 II. ConversionandSociety.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461 INBRIEF.........................462 Article 2: PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE. . . . . . . . . 463