Catechism of the Catholic Church

Contents vii IV. Hell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 V. The Last Judgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 VI. The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth. . . . . . . 272 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 “Amen”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY. 277 SECTION ONE: THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY. . . . . . . . .280 CHAPTER ONE: THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Article 1: THE LITURGY—WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY. . 280 I. The Father—Source and Goal of the Liturgy. . . . . . . . . . 280 II. Christ’s Work in the Liturgy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy. . . . . . . . . 283 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Article 2: THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH’S SACRAMENTS I. The Sacraments of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 II. The Sacraments of the Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 III. The Sacraments of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 IV. The Sacraments of Salvation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Article 1: CELEBRATING THE CHURCH’S LITURGY . . . . 294 I. Who Celebrates?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 II. How Is the Liturgy Celebrated?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 III. When Is the Liturgy Celebrated?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 IV. Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Article 2: LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 SECTION TWO: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 CHAPTER ONE: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Article 1: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM. . . . . . . . . 312 I. What Is this Sacrament Called?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 III. How Is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?. . . . . . . . . 315 IV. Who Can Receive Baptism?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 V. Who Can Baptize?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 VI. The Necessity of Baptism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 VII. The Grace of Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Article 2: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION I. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation. . . . . . . . . . 325 II. The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation. . . . . . . . . . . . 326 III. The Effects of Confirmation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327