Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Contents

I. Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 463 II. The Common Good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 464 III. Responsibility and Participation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 466 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 467 Article 3: SOCIAL JUSTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 468 I. Respect for the Human Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 II. Equality and Differences Among Men. . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 469 III. Human Solidarity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 471 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 472 CHAPTER THREE: GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE. . . . 473 Article 1: THE MORAL LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 473 I. The Natural Moral Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 474 II. The Old Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................... 476 III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel. . . . . . . . . . . ............ 477 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 480 Article 2: GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . .......... 481 I. Justification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ 481 II. Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... 483 III. Merit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... 486 IV. Christian Holiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 488 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 489 Article 3: THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER. . . . ..... 490 I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church. . . . . . . . ......... 491 II. The Precepts of the Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 493 III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 495 SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. . . . . . ......498 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 504 ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND”. . . . . . ....... 505 Article 1: THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. . . . . . . . . . .......... 505 I. “You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 505 II. “Him Only Shall You Serve” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 508 III. “You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me” . . . . . . . . . ......... 512 IV. “You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image...”. . . . . ...... 516 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 517 Article 2: THE SECOND COMMANDMENT . . . . . . . . ........ 518 I. The Name of the Lord Is Holy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 518 II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 520 III. The Christian Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 521 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 522 Article 3: THE THIRD COMMANDMENT . . . . . . . . . ......... 523 I. The Sabbath Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 523 II. The Lord’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 524 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 529 CHAPTER TWO: “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 530 Article 4: THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. . . . . . . . ......... 530 I. The Family in God’s Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 531 II. The Family and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 533 CHAPTER ONE: “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH