Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Contents

I. “Lord, Look upon the Faith of Your Church” . . . . . . . . . .......... 46 II. The Language of Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 46 III. Only One Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................... 47 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 48 SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 51 The Creeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ 51 CHAPTER ONE: I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER. . . . . . . ....... 54 Article 1: I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . . . . . . ...... 54 Paragraph 1. I Believe in God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 54 I. “I Believe in One God” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 54 II. God Reveals His Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 55 III. God, “He Who Is,” Is Truth and Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 58 IV. The Implications of Faith in One God. . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 60 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 61 Paragraph 2. The Father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 62 I. “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 62 II. The Revelation of God as Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 63 III. The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith . . . . . . . . . .......... 66 IV. The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions. . . . . . . . ......... 68 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 69 Paragraph 3. The Almighty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 71 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 72 Paragraph 4. The Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 73 I. Catechesis on Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 73 II. Creation—Work of the Holy Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 76 III. “The World Was Created for the Glory of God”. . . . . . . . ......... 76 IV. The Mystery of Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... 77 V. God Carries out His Plan: Divine Providence. . . . . . . . . .......... 80 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 83 Paragraph 5. Heaven and Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 85 I. The Angels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 85 II. The Visible World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 87 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 90 Paragraph 6. Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 91 I. “In the Image of God”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 91 II. “Body and Soul but Truly One”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 92 III. “Male and Female He Created Them”. . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 94 IV. Man in Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 95 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 96 Paragraph 7. The Fall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 97 I. Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More. . . . . . ...... 97 II. The Fall of the Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 98 III. Original Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ 100 IV. “You Did Not Abandon Him to the Domain of Death”. . . . . ..... 104 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... 104 CHAPTER TWO: I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ 106 Article 2: AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................ 108 I. Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... 108