Catechism of the Catholic Church

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I. “Lord, Look upon the Faith of Your Church”. . . . . . . . . . 46 II. TheLanguageofFaith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 III.OnlyOneFaith.......................47 INBRIEF.........................48 SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIANFAITH....................51 TheCreeds........................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 Paragraph1.IBelieveinGod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 I. “IBelieveinOneGod”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 II. GodRevealsHisName.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 III. God, “He Who Is,” Is Truth and Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 IV. The Implications of Faith in One God. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 INBRIEF.........................61 Paragraph2.TheFather.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 I. “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and oftheHolySpirit”.....................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 INBRIEF.........................69 Paragraph3.TheAlmighty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 INBRIEF.........................72 Paragraph4.TheCreator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 I. CatechesisonCreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 II. Creation—Work of the Holy Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 III. “The World Was Created for the Glory of God”. . . . . . . . . 76 IV. TheMysteryofCreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 V. God Carries out His Plan: Divine Providence. . . . . . . . . . 80 INBRIEF.........................83 Paragraph 5. Heaven and Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 I.TheAngels.........................85 II.TheVisibleWorld......................87 INBRIEF.........................90 Paragraph6.Man.......................91 I. “IntheImageofGod”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 II. “BodyandSoulbutTrulyOne”.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 III. “Male and Female He Created Them”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 IV.ManinParadise......................95 INBRIEF.........................96 Paragraph7.TheFall.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 I. Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More. . . . . . 97 II. TheFalloftheAngels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 III.OriginalSin........................100 IV. “You Did Not Abandon Him to the Domain of Death”. . . . . 104 INBRIEF.........................104 CHAPTER TWO: I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OURLORD........................106 Article 2: AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OURLORD........................108 I. Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108