Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Contents

CHAPTER FOUR: OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS. . . .... 415 Article 1: SACRAMENTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 415 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 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 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 426 Article 2: OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE. . . . . . . . ......... 426 I. The Beatitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 426 II. The Desire for Happiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 427 III. Christian Beatitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 428 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 429 Article 3: MAN’S FREEDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 430 I. Freedom and Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 430 II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation. . . . . . . . ......... 431 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 433 Article 4: THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS . . . . . . . ....... 433 I. The Sources of Morality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 433 II. Good Acts and Evil Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 435 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 435 Article 5: THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS. . . . . . . ....... 436 I. Passions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 436 II. Passions and Moral Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 436 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 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. Erroneous Judgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 441 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 442 Article 7: THE VIRTUES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 443 I. The Human Virtues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 443 II. The Theological Virtues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 446 III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 450 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 451 Article 8: SIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 452 I. Mercy and Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................... 452 II. The Definition of Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 453 III. The Different Kinds of Sins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 454 IV. The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin. . . . . . . . . . ........... 454 V. The Proliferation of Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 457 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 458 CHAPTER TWO: THE HUMAN COMMUNITY. . . . . . . . ........ 459 Article 1: THE PERSON AND SOCIETY. . . . . . . . . . ........... 459 I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation . . . . . . ....... 459 II. Conversion and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 461 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 462 Article 2: PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE. . . . . . . . ......... 463