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<)Click Here To Listen(> PROLOGUE  

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The life of man - to know and love God 1-3

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis 4-10

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Aim and Intended Readership of the Catechism 11-12

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Structure of this Catechism 13-17

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. Practical Directions for Using this Catechism 18-22

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. Necessary Adaptations 23-25


PART ONE:

THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

<)Click Here To Listen(> SECTION ONE "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE" 26

CHAPTER ONE: MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Desire for God 27-30

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Ways of Coming to Know God 31-35

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Knowledge of God According to the Church 36-38

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. How Can We Speak about God? 39-43

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 44-49


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN 50

Article 1 THE REVELATION OF GOD

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness" 51-53-

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Stages of Revelation 54-64

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. Christ Jesus -- "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation" 65-67

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 68-73


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION 74

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Apostolic Tradition 75-79

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Relationship Between Tradition and Sacred Scripture 80-83

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith 84-95.90

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 96-100


 Article 3 SACRED SCRIPTURE

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Christ - The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture 101-104

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture 105-108

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture 109-119

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Canon of Scripture 120-130

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church 131-133

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 134-141


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER THREE MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD 142-143

Article 1 I BELIEVE

<)Click Here To Listen(>  The Obedience of Faith 144-149

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. "I Know Whom I Have Believed" 150-152

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Characteristics of Faith 153-165


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 WE BELIEVE 166-167

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. "Lord, Look Upon the Faith of Your Church" 168-169

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Language of Faith 170-171

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. Only One Faith 172-175

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 176-184

<)Click Here To Listen(> The Credo


<)Click Here To Listen(> SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS 185-197

<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER 198

Article 1 "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH"

<)Click Here To Listen(>Paragraph 1. I BELIEVE IN GOD 199-231

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 2. THE FATHER 232-267

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 3. THE ALMIGHTY 268-278

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR 279-324

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 5. HEAVEN AND EARTH 325-354

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 6. MAN 355-384

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 7. THE FALL 385-421-


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD 422-429

ARTICLE 2 "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD"

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Jesus 430-435

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Christ 436-440

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Only Son of God 441-445

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Lord 446-451

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 452-455


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

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 1. THE SON OF GOD BECAME MAN 456-483

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 2. "CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY" 484-511

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 3. THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST'S LIFE 512-570


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 4 "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED" 571-573

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL 574-594

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 2. JESUS DIED CRUCIFIED 595-623

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 3. JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED 624-630


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 5 "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN" 631

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL 632-637

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD 638-658-


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 6 "HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER" 659-664

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 665-667


Article 7 "FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD"

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. He Will Come Again in Glory 668-667

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. To Judge the Living and the Dead 678-679

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 680-682


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT 683-686

<)Click Here To Listen(> ARTICLE 8 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT" 687-689

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit 689-690

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit 691-701

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises 702-716

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time 717-730

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Spirit and the Church In the Last Days 731-741

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 742-747


 <)Click Here To Listen(> Article 9 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" 748-750

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN 751-780

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 2. THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 781-810

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Paragraph 3. THE CHURCH IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC 811-870

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<)Click Here To Listen(>(904-945) Paragraph 4. CHRIST'S FAITHFUL - HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE 871-945

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS 946-962

<)Click Here To Listen(> Paragraph 6. MARY - MOTHER OF CHRIST, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH 963-975


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 10 "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS" 976

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins 977-980

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Power of the Keys 981-987


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 11 "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY" 988-991

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Christ's Resurrection and Ours 992-1004

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Dying in Christ Jesus 1005-1014

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1015-1019


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 12 "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING" 1020

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Particular Judgment 1021-1022

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Heaven 1023-1029

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory 1030-1032

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Hell 1033-1037

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Last Judgment 1038-1041

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth 1042-1050

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1051-1060

<)Click Here To Listen(> "Amen" 1061-1065


<)Click Here To Listen(> PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY 1066-1075

<)Click Here To Listen(> SECTION ONE THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY 1076

CHAPTER ONE THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH

Article 1 THE LITURGY - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Father-Source and Goal of the Liturgy 1077-1083

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Christ's Work in the Liturgy 1084-1090

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy 1091-1109

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1110-1112


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH'S SACRAMENTS 1113

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Sacraments of Christ 1114-1116

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Sacraments of the Church 1117-1121

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Sacraments of Faith 1122-1126

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Sacraments of Salvation 1127-1129

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life 1130

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1131-1134


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY 1135

Article 1 CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Who Celebrates? 1136-1144

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. How is the Liturgy Celebrated? 1145-1162

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. When is the Liturgy Celebrated? 1163-1178

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Where is the Liturgy Celebrated? 1179-1186

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1187-1199


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY 1200-1206

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1207-1209


<)Click Here To Listen(> SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH 1210-1211

<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION 1212

<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 1 THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 1213

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. What is This Sacrament Called? 1214-1216

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation 1217-1228

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated? 1229-1245

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Who can Receive Baptism? 1246-1255

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. Who can Baptize? 1256

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. The Necessity of Baptism 1257-1261

<)Click Here To Listen(> VII. The Grace of Baptism 1262-1274

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1275-1284


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 1285

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation 1286-1292

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation 1293-1301st

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Effects of Confirmation 1302-1305

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Who can Receive This Sacrament? 1306-1311

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Minister of Confirmation 1312-1314

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1315-1351


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 3 THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST 1322-1323

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life 1324-1327

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. What is This Sacrament Called? 1328-1332

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation 1333-1344

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist 1345-1355

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence 1356-1381

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. The Paschal Banquet 1382-1401

<)Click Here To Listen(> VII. The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory To Come" 1402-1405

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF 1406-1419

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<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 4 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. What is This Sacrament Called?

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Conversion of the Baptized

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Interior Penance

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

<)Click Here To Listen(> VII. The Acts of the Penitent

<)Click Here To Listen(> VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament

<)Click Here To Listen(> IX. The Effects of This Sacrament

<)Click Here To Listen(> X. Indulgences

<)Click Here To Listen(> XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 5 THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. How is This Sacrament Celebrated?

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION

<)Click Here To Listen(> ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"?

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Celebration of This Sacrament

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?

<)Click Here To Listen(> VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 7 THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Marriage in God's Plan

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Celebration of Marriage

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. Matrimonial Consent

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony

<)Click Here To Listen(> V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love

<)Click Here To Listen(> VI. The Domestic Church

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER FOUR OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS

<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 1 SACRAMENTALS

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 CHRISTIAN FUNERALS

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Christian's Last Passover

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Celebration of Funerals


<)Click Here To Listen(> PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

<)Click Here To Listen(> SECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

<)Click Here To Listen(> CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 1 MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 2 OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Beatitudes

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Desire for Happiness

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. Christian Beatitude

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 3 MAN'S FREEDOM

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Freedom and Responsibility

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Sources of Morality

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Good Acts and Evil Acts

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 5 THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. Passions

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. Passions and Moral Life

<)Click Here To Listen(> IN BRIEF


<)Click Here To Listen(> Article 6 MORAL CONSCIENCE

<)Click Here To Listen(> I. The Judgment of Conscience

<)Click Here To Listen(> II. The Formation of Conscience

<)Click Here To Listen(> III. To Choose in Accord With Conscience

<)Click Here To Listen(> IV. Erroneous Judgment