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Year of Faith: Overview

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Year of Faith: “Porta Fidea”

References in “Porta Fidei”

Paragraph 1
  • Acts 14:27
  • Romans 6:4 | cf.
  • John 17:22 | cf.
  • 1 John 4:8 | cf.
Paragraph 3
  • Matthew 5:13-16 | cf.
  • John 4:14 | cf.
  • John 6:51 | cf.
  • John 6:27
  • John 6:28
  • John 6:29
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 13
  • Hebrews 12:2
  • Luke 1:38 | cf.
  • Luke 1:46-55 | cf.
  • Luke 2:6-7 | cf.
  • Matthew 2:13-15 | cf.
  • John 19:25-27 | cf.
  • Luke 2:19 | cf.
  • Luke 2:51 | cf.
  • Acts 1:14 | cf.
  • Acts 2:1-4 | cf.
  • Mark 10:28 | cf.
  • Luke 11:20 | cf.
  • John 13:34-35 | cf.
  • Mark 16:15 | cf.
  • Acts 2:42-47 | cf.
  • Luke 4:18-19 | cf.
  • Revelation 7:9 | cf.
  • Revelation 13:8 | cf.
Paragraph 14
  • 1 Corinthians 13:13
  • James 2:14-18
  • Matthew 25:40
  • 2 Peter 3:13
  • Revelation 21:1 | cf.
Paragraph 15
  • 2 Timothy 2:22
  • 2 Timothy 3:15 | cf.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:1
  • 1 Peter 1:6-9
  • Colossians 1:24 | cf.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:10
  • Luke 11:20 | cf.
  • Luke 1:45

Year of Faith: Bible Study

  • The Year of Faith: A Bible Study Guide for Cathoics by Mitch Pacwa

Year of Faith: Creed

  • Lectio Divina Bible Study: The Creed in Scripture, by Stephen J. Binz – Our Sunday Visitor

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Apostolic Letter Laetamur Magnopere | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum | Catechism of the Catholic Church

1. The Process and Spirit of Drafting the Text

2. The Arrangement of the Material

3. The Doctrinal Value of the Text

  • Luke 22:32 | cf.
  • Ephesians 3:8 | cf.
  • 1 Peter 3:15 | cf.
  • John 8:32 | cf.

Supplemental Historical Catechisms

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Prologue | Catechism of the Catholic Church

  • John 17:3
  • 1 Timothy 2:3-4
  • Acts 4:12

I. The Life of Man – To Know and Love God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 2 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 3 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Acts 2:42 | cf.
Lay apostolate

II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis

Catechism of the Catholic Church 4 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • catechize | Concise Oxford English Dictionary: supplemental
  • catechesis | The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia: supplemental
  • John Paul II, apostolic exhortation, Catechesi tradendae 1; 2 | forthcoming in Logos: cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 5 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • John Paul II, apostolic exhortation, Catechesi tradendae 18 | forthcoming in Logos: cf.
  • Romans 10:17 | supplemental
Catechism of the Catholic Church 6 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 7 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • John Paul II, apostolic exhortation, Catechesi tradendae 13 | forthcoming in Logos
Catechism of the Catholic Church 8 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 9 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 10 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

III. The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church 11 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 12 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

IV. Structure of This Catechism

  • Acts 2:42-43 | supplemental
Catechism of the Catholic Church 13 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Part One: The profession of faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 14 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Matthew 10:32 | cf.
  • Romans 10:9 | cf.

Part Two: The sacraments of faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 15 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Liturgy | The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Part Three: The life of faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 16 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Part Four: Prayer in the life of faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 17 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

V. Practical Directions for Using This Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church 18 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 19 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 20 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 21 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 22 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

VI. Necessary Adaptations

Catechism of the Catholic Church 23 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • John Paul II, apostolic exhortation, Catechesi tradendae 20-22, 25 | forthcoming in Logos: cf.

Above All – Charity

Fragment of a fresco | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Profession of Faith

Section One: “I Believe” - “We Believe”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 26 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Chapter One: Man’s Capacity for God

I. The Desire for God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 27 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 28 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 29 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Gaudium et spes 19–21 | Vatican II Documents: cf.

Catechism of the Catholic Church 30 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. Ways of Coming to Know God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 31 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 32 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 33 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 34 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 35 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

III. The Knowledge of God according to the Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church 36 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 37 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Catechism of the Catholic Church 38 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

IV. How Can We Speak About God?

Catechism of the Catholic Church 39 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 40 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 41 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Theodore Alois Buckley, The Catechism of the Council of Trent, 132 (London: George Routledge and Co., 1852).

Catechism of the Catholic Church 42 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 43 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

In Brief

Catechism of the Catholic Church 44 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 45 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Confessions 10.28.39 | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series, Volume I (J. P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina (Paris: 1841–1855))
Catechism of the Catholic Church 46 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 47 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 48 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 49 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Chapter Two: God Comes to Meet Man

Catechism of the Catholic Church 50 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Article I: The Revelation of God

I. God Reveals His “Plan of Loving Goodness”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 51 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 52 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • 1 Timothy 6:16
  • Ephesians 1:4-5 | cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 53 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. The Stages of Revelation

In the beginning God makes himself known

Catechism of the Catholic Church 54 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 55 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Covenant with Noah

Catechism of the Catholic Church 56 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 57 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Acts 17:26-27 | cf.
  • Wisdom 10:5 | cf.
  • Genesis 11:4-6 | cf.
  • Romans 1:18-25 | cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 58 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

God chooses Abraham

Catechism of the Catholic Church 59 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 60 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 61 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

God forms his people Israel

Catechism of the Catholic Church 62 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 63 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 64 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Christ Jesus – “Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation”

God has said everything in his Word

Catechism of the Catholic Church 65 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

There will be no further Revelation

Catechism of the Catholic Church 66 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 67 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

In Brief

Catechism of the Catholic Church 68 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 69 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 70 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Genesis 3:15 | cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 71 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Genesis 9:16 | cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 72 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 73 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Article 2: The Transmission of Divine Revelation

Catechism of the Catholic Church 74 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

I. The Apostolic Tradition

Catechism of the Catholic Church 75 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

In the apostolic preaching ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church 76 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

... continued in apostolic succession

Catechism of the Catholic Church 77 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 78 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Catechism of the Catholic Church 79 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture

One common source ...

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... two distinct modes of transmission

Catechism of the Catholic Church 81 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 82 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Apostolic Tradition and ecclesial traditions

Catechism of the Catholic Church 83 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith

The heritage of faith entrusted to the whole of the Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church 84 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Magisterium of the Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church 85 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 86 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 87 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The dogmas of the faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 88 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 89 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 90 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The supernatural sense of faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 91 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 92 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 93 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Growth in understanding the faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 94 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 95 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

In Brief

Catechism of the Catholic Church 96 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 97 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 98 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 99 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 100 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Article 3: Sacred Scripture

I. Christ – The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture

Catechism of the Catholic Church 101 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 102 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 103 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 104 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture

Catechism of the Catholic Church 105 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Dei Verbum 11 | Vatican II Documents
  • John 20:31 cf.
  • 2 Timothy 3:16 cf.
  • 2 Peter 1:19-21 cf.
  • 2 Peter 3:15-16 cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 106 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 107 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 108 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • St. Bernard, S. missus est hom. 4, 11: PL 183, 86.
  • Luke 24:45 | cf.

III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

Catechism of the Catholic Church 109 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 110 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 111 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 112 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 113 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 114 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The sense of Scripture

Catechism of the Catholic Church 115 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 116 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 117 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 118 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Augustine of Dacia, Rotulus pugillaris, I: ed. A. Walz: Angelicum 6 (1929) 256
Catechism of the Catholic Church 119 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

IV The Canon of Scripture

Catechism of the Catholic Church 120 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Old Testament

Catechism of the Catholic Church 121 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 122 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 123 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The New Testament

Catechism of the Catholic Church 124 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 125 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 126 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 127 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The unity of the Old and New Testaments

Catechism of the Catholic Church 128 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 129 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 130 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • 1 Corinthians 15:28

V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church 131 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 132 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 133 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

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In Brief

Catechism of the Catholic Church 134 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Hugh of St. Victor, De arca Noe 2, 8: PL 176, 642
  • Hugh of St. Victor, De arca Noe 2, 9: PL 176, 642–643
Catechism of the Catholic Church 135 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 136 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 137 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Origen, Hom. in Ex. 4, 5: PG 12, 320 cf.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 138 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 139 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 140 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 141 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Dei Verbum 21 | Vatican II Documents
  • Psalm 119:105
  • Isaiah 50:4 | cf.

Chapter Three: Man’s Response to God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 142 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 143 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Article 1: I Believe

I. The Obedience of Faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 144 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Abraham – “father of all who believe”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 145 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 146 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 147 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Mary – “Blessed is she who believed”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 148 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 149 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. “I Know Whom I Have Believed”

  • 2 Timothy 1:12

To believe in God alone

Catechism of the Catholic Church 150 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

To believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 151 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

To believe in the Holy Spirit

Catechism of the Catholic Church 152 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Characteristics of Faith

Faith is a grace

Catechism of the Catholic Church 153 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Faith is a human act

Catechism of the Catholic Church 154 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 155 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Faith and understanding

Catechism of the Catholic Church 156 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 157 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 158 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 159 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 160 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

The necessity of faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 161 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Perseverance in faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 162 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Faith – the beginning of eternal life

Catechism of the Catholic Church 163 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 164 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 165 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Article 2: We Believe

Catechism of the Catholic Church 166 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 167 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

I. “Lord, Look upon the Faith of Your Church”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 168 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 169 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. The Language of Faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 170 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 171 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

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III. Only One Faith

Catechism of the Catholic Church 172 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 173 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 174 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 175 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Against Heresies 3.24.1 | Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume I (Catholic Edition)
  • - J. P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca (Paris, 1857–1866) 7/1, 966.

In Brief

Catechism of the Catholic Church 176 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 177 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 178 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 179 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 180 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 181 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 182 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Solemn Profession of Faith: Credo of the People of God § 20 | Paul VI
Catechism of the Catholic Church 183 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Mark 16:16
Catechism of the Catholic Church 184 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • St. Thomas Aquinas, Comp. theol. 1, 2

The Credo

Section Two: The Profession of the Christian Faith: The Creeds

Catechism of the Catholic Church 185 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 186 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 187 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 188 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 189 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 190 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 191 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 192 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 193 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 194 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • St. Ambrose, Explanatio symboli ad initiandos (Commentary on the Symbol) 7. | cf.
  • - J. P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina (Paris: 1841–1855) 17, 1196
Catechism of the Catholic Church 195 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 196 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 197 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Chapter One: I Believe in God the Father

Catechism of the Catholic Church 198 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Article 1 “I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 199 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

I. “I Believe in One God”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 200 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 201 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 202 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. God Reveals His Name

Catechism of the Catholic Church 203 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 204 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

!!!!The living God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 205 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

“I Am who I Am”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 206 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 207 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 208 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 209 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

“A God merciful and gracious”

Catechism of the Catholic Church 210 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 211 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

Go alone IS

Catechism of the Catholic Church 212 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 213 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

III. God, “He Who Is,” Is Truth and Love

Catechism of the Catholic Church 214 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

God is truth

Catechism of the Catholic Church 215 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 216 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 217 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

God is love

Catechism of the Catholic Church 218 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 219 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 220 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 221 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

IV. The Implications of Faith in One God

Catechism of the Catholic Church 222 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 223 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Catechism of the Catholic Church 224 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 225 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 226 | Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church 227 | Catechism of the Catholic Church

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