Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Contents

IV. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 V. The Minister of Confirmation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 INBRIEF.........................332 Article 3: THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST. . . . . 334 I. The Eucharist—Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life. . . . . . 334 II. What Is This Sacrament Called? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 III. The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation. . . . . . . . . . 336 IV. The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist. . . . . . . . . . 339 V. The Sacramental Sacrifice: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence. . 342 VI. ThePaschalBanquet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349 VII. The Eucharist—“Pledge of the Glory to Come”. . . . . . . . 354 INBRIEF.........................355 CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING. . . . . . 357 Article 4: THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 I. What Is This Sacrament Called? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?. . . . . . . 358 III. The Conversion of the Baptized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 IV.InteriorPenance......................359 V. The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life . . . . . . . . . 360 VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . 361 VII. TheActsofthePenitent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 IX. The Effects of This Sacrament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 X.Indulgences........................370 XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance. . . . . . . . . 372 INBRIEF.........................373 Article 5: THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK. . . . . . . . . 375 I. Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation . . . . . . . . . 375 II. Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?. . . . . 379 III. How Is This Sacrament Celebrated?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament. . . . . . . . 380 V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 INBRIEF.........................382 CHAPTER THREE: THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICEOFCOMMUNION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383 Article 6: THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS. . . . . . 383 I. Why Is This Sacrament Called “Orders”? . . . . . . . . . . . 384 II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation. . . 384 III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. . . . . . 388 IV. The Celebration of This Sacrament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 VI. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. . . . . . . . . . 395 INBRIEF.........................398 Article 7: THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY. . . . . . . 400 I. MarriageinGod’sPlan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 II. The Celebration of Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 III. MatrimonialConsent.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony. . . . . . . . . . 409 V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 VI. TheDomesticChurch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 INBRIEF.........................414