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APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION FIDEI DEPOSITUM
PROLOGUE
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION ONE: "I BELIEVE"-"WE BELIEVE"
CHAPTER ONE: MAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOD
CHAPTER TWO: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
CHAPTER THREE: MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD
SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
CHAPTER ONE: I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
ARTICLE 1: "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH"
Paragraph 1. I Believe in God
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"
ARTICLE 3: "HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY"
ARTICLE 4: "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED"
ARTICLE 5: "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN"
ARTICLE 6: "HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER"
ARTICLE 7: "FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAlN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD"
CHAPTER THREE: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
ARTICLE 8: "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
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,
ARTICLE 10: "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS"
ARTICLE 11: "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY"
ARTICLE 12: "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING"
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION ONE: THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY
SECTION TWO: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER ONE: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
ARTICLE 1: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
ARTICLE 2: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
ARTICLE 3: THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
CHAPTER THREE: THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
CHAPTER FOUR: OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION ONE: MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
CHAPTER ONE: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
CHAPTER TWO: THE HUMAN COMMUNION
CHAPTER THREE: GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER ONE: YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
CHAPTER TWO: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
ARTICLE 4: THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
ARTICLE 5: THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT You shall not kill.
ARTICLE 6: THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT You shall not commit adultery.
ARTICLE 7: THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT You shall not steal.
ARTICLE 8: THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENTYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
ARTICLE 9: THE NINTH COMMANDMENTYou shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.
ARTICLE 10: THE TENTH COMMANDMENTYou shall not covet ... anything that is your neighbor's.... You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant,, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.
PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER
SECTION ONE: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
SECTION TWO: THE LORD'S PRAYER: "OUR FATHER!"

English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.

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