Catechism of the Catholic Church

Contents v II. Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 III. The Only Son of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 IV. Lord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Article 3: WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY. . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Paragraph 1. The Son of God Became Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 I. Why Did the Word Become Flesh? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 II. The Incarnation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 III. True God and True Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 IV. How Is the Son of God Man?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Paragraph 2. Who Was Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 I. Who Was Conceived by the Holy Spirit, . . . . . . . . . . . 122 II. Born of the Virgin Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Paragraph 3. The Mysteries of Christ’s Life. . . . . . . . . . . 129 I. Christ’s Whole Life Is Mystery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 II. The Mysteries of Jesus’ Infancy and Hidden Life. . . . . . . . 131 III. The Mysteries of Jesus’ Public Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Article 4: JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED. . . . . . . . . 146 Paragraph 1. Jesus and Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 I. Jesus and the Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 II. Jesus and the Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 III. Jesus and Israel’s Faith in the One God and Savior. . . . . . . 151 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Paragraph 2. Jesus Died Crucified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 I. The Trial of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 II. Christ’s Redemptive Death in God’s Plan of Salvation. . . . . 155 III. Christ Offered Himself to His Father for Our Sins. . . . . . . 157 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Paragraph 3. Jesus Christ Was Buried. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Article 5: HE DESCENDED INTO HELL; ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD . . . . . . . . . . 164 Paragraph 1. Christ Descended into Hell. . . . . . . . . . . . 164 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Paragraph 2. On the Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead. . . . . 166 I. The Historical and Transcendent Event. . . . . . . . . . . . 166 II. The Resurrection—AWork of the Holy Trinity. . . . . . . . . 169 III. The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection. . . . 170 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Article 6: HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY. . 172 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Article 7: FROM THERE HE WILL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 I. He Will Come Again in Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 II. To Judge the Living and the Dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 IN BRIEF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178