Catechism of the Catholic Church

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I.Authority.........................463 II.TheCommonGood....................464 III. Responsibility and Participation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 INBRIEF.........................467 Article 3: SOCIAL JUSTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 I. Respect for the Human Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 II. Equality and Differences Among Men. . . . . . . . . . . . 469 III.HumanSolidarity.....................471 INBRIEF.........................472 CHAPTER THREE: GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE. . . . 473 Article1:THEMORALLAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 I. TheNaturalMoralLaw.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474 II.TheOldLaw.......................476 III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel. . . . . . . . . . . . 477 INBRIEF.........................480 Article 2: GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . 481 I. Justification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481 II. Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 III.Merit...........................486 IV. ChristianHoliness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488 INBRIEF.........................489 Article 3: THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER. . . . . 490 I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church. . . . . . . . . 491 II. ThePreceptsoftheChurch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 INBRIEF.........................495 SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. . . . . . .498 INBRIEF.........................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 ShallYouServe”......................505 II. “HimOnlyShallYouServe”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 III. “You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me” . . . . . . . . . 512 IV. “You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image...”. . . . . . 516 INBRIEF.........................517 Article 2: THE SECOND COMMANDMENT . . . . . . . . 518 I. TheNameoftheLordIsHoly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518 II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 III. TheChristianName.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 INBRIEF.........................522 Article 3: THE THIRD COMMANDMENT . . . . . . . . . 523 I.TheSabbathDay.....................523 II.TheLord’sDay .....................524 INBRIEF.........................529 CHAPTER TWO: “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR ASYOURSELF”......................530 Article 4: THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. . . . . . . . . 530 I. TheFamilyinGod’sPlan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 II. TheFamilyandSociety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 CHAPTER ONE: “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH