The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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PART 1, SECTION 2

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 I. "I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD" II. GOD REVEALS HIS NAME The living God "I Am who I Am" "A God merciful and gracious" God alone IS III. GOD, "HE WHO IS", IS TRUTH AND LOVE God is Truth God is Love IV. THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAITH IN ONE GOD Paragraph 2. The Father I. "IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT" II. THE REVELATION OF GOD AS TRINITY The Father revealed by the Son The Father and the son revealed by the spirit III. THE HOLY TRINITY IN THE TEACHING OF THE FAITH The formation of the Trinitarian dogma The dogma of the Holy Trinity IV. THE DIVINE WORKS AND THE TRINITARIAN MISSIONS Paragraph 3. The Almighty "He does whatever he pleases"¹⁰⁴ "You are merciful to all, for you can do all thing"¹⁰⁸ The mystery of God's apparent powerlessness Paragraph 4. The Creator I. CATECHESIS ON CREATION II. CREATION - WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY III. "THE WORLD WAS CREATED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD" IV. THE MYSTERY OF CREATION God creates by wisdom and love God creates "out of nothing" God creates an ordered and good world God transcends creation and is present to it God upholds and sustains creation V. GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE Providence and secondary causes Providence and the scandal of evil Paragraph 5. Heaven and Earth I. THE ANGELS The existence of angels - a truth of faith Who are they? Christ "with all his angels" The angels in the life of the Church II. THE VISIBLE WORLD Paragraph 6. Man I. "IN THE IMAGE OF GOD" II. "BODY AND SOUL BUT TRULY ONE" III. "MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM" Equality and difference willed by God "Each for the other" - "A unity in two" IV. MAN IN PARADISE Paragraph 7. The Fall I. WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE ABOUNDED ALL THE MORE The reality of sin Original sin - an essential truth of the faith How to read the account of the fall II. THE FALL OF THE ANGELS III. ORIGINAL SIN Freedom put to the test Man's first sin The consequences of Adam's sin for humanity A hard battle. . . IV. "YOU DID NOT ABANDON HIM TO THE POWER OF DEATH"