Catechism of the Catholic Church

1 Catechism OF THE Catholic Church Table of Contents PROLOGUE I. The life of man - to know and love God nn. 1-3 II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis nn. 4-10 III. The Aim and Intended Readership of the Catechism nn. 11-12 IV. Structure of this Catechism nn. 13-17 V. Practical Directions for Using this Catechism nn. 18-22 VI. Necessary Adaptations nn. 23-25 PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH SECTION ONE "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE" n. 26 CHAPTER ONE MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD nn. 27-49 I. The Desire for God nn. 27-30 II. Ways of Coming to Know God nn. 31-35 III. The Knowledge of God According to the Church nn.

2 36-38 IV. How Can We Speak about God? IN BRIEF nn. 44-49 CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN n. 50 Article 1 THE REVELATION OF GOD I. God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness" nn. 51-53 II. The Stages of Revelation nn. 54-64 III. Christ Jesus -- "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation" nn. 65-67 IN BRIEF nn. 68-73 Article 2 THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION n. 74 I. The Apostolic Tradition II. The Relationship Between Tradition and Sacred Scripture nn. 80-83 III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith nn. 84-95 IN BRIEF nn. 96-100 Article 3 SACRED SCRIPTURE I. Christ - The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture nn.

3 101-104 II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture nn. 105-108 III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture nn. 109-119 IV. The Canon of Scripture nn. 120-130 V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church nn. 131-133 IN BRIEF nn. 134-141 CHAPTER THREE MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD nn. 142-143 Article 1 I BELIEVE I. The Obedience of Faith nn. 144-149 II. "I Know Whom I Have Believed" nn. 150-152 III. The Characteristics of Faith nn. 153-165 Article 2 WE BELIEVE nn. 166-167 I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church " nn. 168-169 II. The Language of Faith nn. 170-171 III. Only One Faith nn. 172-175 IN BRIEF nn.

4 176-184 The Credo SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS nn. 185-197 CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER n. 198 Article 1 "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH" Paragraph 1. I BELIEVE IN GOD nn. 199-231 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER nn. 232-267 Paragraph 3. THE ALMIGHTY nn. 268-278 Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR nn. 279-324 Paragraph 5. HEAVEN AND EARTH nn. 325-354 Paragraph 6. MAN nn. 355-384 Paragraph 7. THE FALL nn. 385-421 CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD nn. 422-429 ARTICLE 2 "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD" I. Jesus nn. 430-435 II. Christ nn.

5 436-440 III. The Only Son of God nn. 441-445 IV. Lord nn. 446-451 IN BRIEF nn. 452-455 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 nn. 456-483 Paragraph 2. "CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY" nn. 484-511 Paragraph 3. THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST'S LIFE nn. 512-570 Article 4 "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED" nn. 571-573 Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL nn. 574-594 Paragraph 2. JESUS DIED CRUCIFIED nn. 595-623 Paragraph 3. JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED nn.

6 624-630 Article 5 "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN" n. 631 Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL nn. 632-637 Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD nn. 638-658 Article 6 "HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER" nn. 659-664 IN BRIEF nn. 665-667 Article 7 "FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAlN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD" I. He Will Come Again in Glory nn. 668-677 II. To Judge the Living and the Dead nn. 678-679 IN BRIEF nn. 680-682 CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT nn. 683-686 ARTICLE 8 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT" nn.

7 687-688 I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit nn. 689-690 II. The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit nn. 691-701 III. God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises nn. 702-716 IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time nn. 717-730 V. The Spirit and the Church In the Last Days nn. 731-741 IN BRIEF nn. 742-747 Article 9 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY Catholic Church " nn. 748-750 Paragraph 1. THE Church IN GOD'S PLAN nn. 751-780 Paragraph 2. THE Church - PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT nn. 781-810 Paragraph 3. THE Church IS ONE, HOLY, Catholic , AND APOSTOLIC nn.

8 811-870 Paragraph 4. CHRIST'S FAITHFUL - HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE nn. 871-945 Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS nn. 946-962 Paragraph 6. MARY - MOTHER OF CHRIST, MOTHER OF THE Church nn. 963-975 Article 10 "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS" n. 976 I. One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins nn. 977-980 II. The Power of the Keys nn. 981-987 Article 11 "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY" nn. 988-991 I. Christ's Resurrection and Ours nn. 992-1004 II. Dying in Christ Jesus nn. 1005-1014 IN BRIEF nn. 1015-1019 Article 12 "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING" n. 1020 I. The Particular Judgment nn.

9 1021-1022 II. Heaven nn. 1023-1029 III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory nn. 1030-1032 IV. Hell nn. 1033-1037 V. The Last Judgment nn. 1038-1041 VI. Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth nn. 1042-1050 IN BRIEF nn. 1051-1060 "Amen" nn. 1061-1065 PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY nn. 1066-1075 SECTION ONE THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY n. 1076 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 nn. 1077-1083 II. Christ's Work in the Liturgy nn. 1084-1090 III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy nn.

10 1091-1109 IN BRIEF nn. 1110-1112 Article 2 THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE Church 'S SACRAMENTS n. 1113 I. The Sacraments of Christ nn. 1114-1116 II. The Sacraments of the Church nn. 1117-1121 III. The Sacraments of Faith1122-1126 IV. The Sacraments of Salvation nn. 1127-1129 V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life n. 1130 IN BRIEF nn. 1131-1135 CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY n. 1135 Article 1 CELEBRATING THE Church 'S LITURGY I. Who Celebrates? nn. 1136-1144 II. How is the Liturgy Celebrated? nn. 1145-1162 III. When is the Liturgy Celebrated? nn. 1163-1178 IV. Where is the Liturgy Celebrated?