CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

PROLOGUE

• i. The life of man – to know and love God
• ii. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis
• iii. The Aim and Intended Readership of the Catechism
• iv. Structure of this Catechism
• V. Practical Directions for Using this Catechism
• VI. Necessary Adaptations

CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN

• Article 1 THE REVELATION OF GOD
• I. God Reveals His “Plan of Loving Goodness”
• II. The Stages of Revelation
• III. Christ Jesus — “Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation”
• IN BRIEF

Article 2 THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION

• I. The Apostolic Tradition
• II. The Relationship Between Tradition and Sacred Scripture
• III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith
• IN BRIEF

Article 3 SACRED SCRIPTURE

• I. Christ – The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture
• II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture
• III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture
• IV. The Canon of Scripture
• V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church
• IN BRIEF

CHAPTER THREE MAN’S RESPONSE TO GOD

• Article 1 I BELIEVE
• I. The Obedience of Faith
• II. “I Know Whom I Have Believed”
• III. The Characteristics of Faith

• Article 2 WE BELIEVE
• I. “Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church”
• II. The Language of Faith
• III. Only One Faith
• IN BRIEF
• The Credo

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS

• CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
• Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
• Paragraph 2. THE FATHER
• Paragraph 3. THE ALMIGHTY
• Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR
• Paragraph 5. HEAVEN AND EARTH
• Paragraph 6. MAN
• Paragraph 7. THE FALL

CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD

• ARTICLE 2 “AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD”
• I. Jesus
• II. Christ
• III. The Only Son of God
• IV. Lord
• IN BRIEF

Article 3 “HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY”

• Paragraph 1. THE SON OF GOD BECAME MAN
• Paragraph 2. “CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY”
• Paragraph 3. THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST’S LIFE

Article 4 “JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED”

• Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL
• Paragraph 2. JESUS DIED CRUCIFIED
• Paragraph 3. JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED

Article 5 “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN

• Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL
• Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD

Article 6 “HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER”

IN BRIEF

• Article 7 “FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAlN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD”
• I. He Will Come Again in Glory
• II. To Judge the Living and the Dead
• IN BRIEF

CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

• ARTICLE 8 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT”
• I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit
• II. The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
• III. God’s Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises
• IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time
• V. The Spirit and the Church In the Last Days
• IN BRIEF

Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”

• Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN
• Paragraph 2. THE CHURCH – PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• Paragraph 3. THE CHURCH IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC
• Paragraph 4. CHRIST’S FAITHFUL – HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE
• Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
• Paragraph 6. MARY – MOTHER OF CHRIST, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH

Article 10 “I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS”

• I. One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins
• II. The Power of the Keys

Article 11 “I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY”

• I. Christ’s Resurrection and Ours
• II. Dying in Christ Jesus
• IN BRIEF

Article 12 “I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING”

• I. The Particular Judgment
• II. Heaven
• III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory
• IV. Hell
• V. The Last Judgment
• VI. Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth
• IN BRIEF
• “Amen”

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION ONE THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY

• CHAPTER ONE THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
• Article 1 THE LITURGY – WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
• I. The Father-Source and Goal of the Liturgy
• II. Christ’s Work in the Liturgy
• III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy
• IN BRIEF

Article 2 THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH’S SACRAMENTS

• I. The Sacraments of Christ
• II. The Sacraments of the Church
• III. The Sacraments of Faith
• IV. The Sacraments of Salvation
• V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life
• IN BRIEF

CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY

• Article 1 CELEBRATING THE CHURCH’S LITURGY
• I. Who Celebrates?
• II. How is the Liturgy Celebrated?
• III. When is the Liturgy Celebrated?
• IV. Where is the Liturgy Celebrated?
• IN BRIEF

Article 2 LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY

• IN BRIEF