Fundamentals of Catholicism: Creed, Commandments |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
THE CREED | 19 |
Faith and the Good News | 21 |
Submission to God | 23 |
The Center of Christian Faith | 25 |
There Is Only One God | 27 |
God Our Father | 30 |
THE COMMANDMENTS | 119 |
Faith and Morality | 121 |
What Makes Human Acts Good or Bad? | 123 |
Moral Responsibility | 126 |
Dignity of the Law | 129 |
Correct and Certain | 132 |
True Morality Is Based on Objective Principles | 135 |
Adore God and Him Alone | 138 |
The Almighty Father | 32 |
Maker of Heaven and Earth | 34 |
Jesus Is Lord | 36 |
The Holy Name of Jesus | 38 |
ChristThe Anointed One | 40 |
The Only Son of God | 43 |
Father and Son | 45 |
The Son Is Equal to the Father | 47 |
One in Being with the Father | 50 |
Through Him All Things Were Made | 52 |
Why Did God Become Man? | 55 |
The Enfleshment of God | 57 |
An Absolute Mystery | 59 |
More Reflections on the Incarnation | 62 |
Jesus Suffered for Our Sake | 64 |
The Death of Jesus | 67 |
The Resurrection of Jesus | 70 |
The Glorified Body of Jesus | 72 |
The Cosmic Effects of Jesus Resurrection | 75 |
Jesus Ascended into Heaven | 77 |
The Second Coming | 80 |
The Glory of the Lord | 82 |
Jesus Will Judge the Living and the Dead | 85 |
Jesus Eternal Kingdom | 87 |
Lord and Giver of Life | 90 |
The Origin of the Holy Spirit | 92 |
Worship of the Holy Spirit | 95 |
The Holy Spirit and Prophecy | 97 |
Faith in the Church | 99 |
One Church | 102 |
The Church Is Holy | 104 |
The Catholicity of the Church | 107 |
The Church Is Apostolic | 109 |
Baptism and the Forgiveness of Sins III | 111 |
The Resurrection of the Dead | 113 |
The Life of the World to Come | 116 |
The Need for Sacrifice | 141 |
Watch and Pray | 144 |
Superstition Wears Many Faces | 147 |
Modern Idolators | 150 |
Treat Holy Things in a Holy Manner | 153 |
Simon the Magician | 155 |
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord Forever | 158 |
Swearing and Perjury | 161 |
The Catholic View of Vows | 164 |
Blasphemy and Cursing | 167 |
Christ the Rising Son of Justice | 170 |
What About the Sunday Rest? | 173 |
The Church CalendarA Perpetual Catechesis | 176 |
Fast and Abstinence for Catholics | 179 |
Honor Your Father and Your Mother | 182 |
Love for Ones Relatives | 185 |
He Who Spares the Rod Hates His Son 99 | 188 |
Caesar and God | 191 |
Mans Unalienable Right to Life | 194 |
Stewards of Life | 196 |
The Catholic Church and Euthanasia | 200 |
Innocent Human Life | 203 |
Mutilation and Sterilization | 206 |
Morality of a Just War | 209 |
Adequate Care of Ones Health | 212 |
Sex Is Sacred | 215 |
Sex and Human Life | 218 |
Two in One Flesh | 221 |
Fidelity in Marriage | 224 |
Blueprint for a Christian Society | 227 |
Premarital Sex Is Still Fornication | 230 |
Catholic View of Homosexuality | 233 |
What Is and What Should Be | 236 |
Pornography and the Ninth Commandment | 240 |
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