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Welcome to the Catholic Catechism online. It contains everything you need to know about the Catholic Faith. An easy index to Catholic beliefs and doctrines. We believe that all people should have access to the beliefs and doctrines of the Catholic Church. There are four parts and a prologue. It has been designed as an easy to read smartphone ...
SECOND EDITION. 1271 Baptism constitutes the foundation of communion among all Christians, including those who are not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church: "For men who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in some, though imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church. Justified by faith in Baptism, [they] are ...
Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church. PROLOGUE “FATHER, . . . this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” 1 “God our Savior desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 2 “There is no other name under heaven given ...
Parents are the principal and first educators of their children. 164 In this sense the fundamental task of marriage and family is to be at the service of life. 165. 1654 Spouses to whom God has not granted children can nevertheless have a conjugal life full of meaning, in both human and Christian terms.
ARTICLE 7. THE VIRTUES. 1803 "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." 62. A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good.
Catechism of the Catholic Church. Life in Christ 537 2223 Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children. They bear witness to this responsibility first by cre- ating a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested service are the rule. The home is well suited for edu- cation in the virtues.
