Catechism
Part Three
Life in Christ
INDEX
Part Three
Life in Christ
INDEX
SECTION ONE ONE MAN"S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
Article 1 MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
IN BRIEF
Article 2 OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
I. The Beatitudes
II. The Desire for Happiness
III. Christian Beatitude
IN BRIEF
I. Freedom and Responsibility
II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation
IN BRIEF
Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS
I. The Sources of Morality
II. Good Acts and Evil Acts
IN BRIEF
Article 5 THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS
I. Passions
II. Passions and Moral Life
IN BRIEF
I. The Judgment of Conscience
II. The Formation of Conscience
III. To Choose in Accord With Conscience
IV. Erroneous Judgment
IN BRIEF
I. The Human Virtues
II. The Theological Virtues
III. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
IN BRIEF
I. Mercy and Sin
II. The Definition of Sin
III. The Different Kinds of Sins
IV. The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin
V. The Proliferation of Sin
IN BRIEF
CHAPTER TWO THE HUMAN CONDITION
Article 1 THE PERSON AND SOCIETY
I. The Communal Character of the Human Vocation
II. Conversion and Society
IN BRIEF
Article 2 PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
I. Authority
II. The Common Good
III. Responsibility and Participation
IN BRIEF
I. Respect For the Human Person
II. Equality and Differences Among Men
III. Human Solidarity
IN BRIEF
CHAPTER THREE GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
I. The Natural Moral Law
II. The Old Law
III. The New Law or the Law of the Gospel
IN BRIEF
Article 2 GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION
I. Justification
II. Grace
III. Merit
IV. Christian Holiness
IN BRIEF
Article 3 THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
I. Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church
II. The Precepts of the Church
III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness
IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
Article 1 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
I. "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve"
II. "Him Only Shall You Serve"
III. "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me"
IV. "You Shall Not Make For Yourself a Graven Image . . ."
IN BRIEF
Article 2 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
I. The Name of the Lord is Holy
II. Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain
III. The Christian Name
IN BRIEF
Article 3 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
I. The Sabbath Day
II. The Lord's Day
IN BRIEF
CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF
ARTICLE 4 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
I. The Family in God's Plan
II. The Family and Society
III. The Duties of Family Members
IV. The Family and the Kingdom
V. The Authorities In Civil Society
IN BRIEF
Article 5 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
I. Respect for Human Life
II. Respect for the Dignity of Persons
III. Safeguarding Peace
IN BRIEF
Article 6 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
I. "Male and Female He Created Them . . ."
II.Chastity
III. The Love of Husband and Wife
IV. Offences Against the Dignity of Marriage
IN BRIEF
Article 7 THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
I. The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods
II. Respect for Persons and Their Goods
III. The Social Doctrine of the Church
IV. Economic Activity and Social Justice
V. Justice and Solidarity Among Nations
VI. Love For the Poor
IN BRIEF
Article 8 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
I. Living in the Truth
II. To Bear Witness to the Truth
III. Offences Against Truth
IV. Respect for the Truth
V. The Use of the Social Communications Media
VI. Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art
IN BRIEF
Article 9 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT
I. Purification of the Heart
II. The Battle for Purity
IN BRIEF
Article 10 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
I. The Disorder of Covetous Desires
II. The Desires of the Spirit
III. Poverty of Heart
IV. "I Want to See God"
IN BRIEF