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Catechism of the Catholic Church

A structured reference library of canonical Catechism paragraph references, organized according to the Four Pillars of Catholic Doctrine promulgated by Pope John Paul II.

All PillarsPart 1: The Creed (Profession of Faith)Part 2: Sacraments (Sacramental Economy)Part 3: Morality (Life in Christ)Part 4: Prayer (Christian Prayer)
CCC 27–30Universal Catechism

The Desire for God (CCC 27-30)

The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for.

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CCC 31–35Universal Catechism

Ways of Knowing God (CCC 31-35)

Created in God’s image and called to know and love him, the person who seeks God discovers certain ways of coming to know him. These are also called proofs for the existence of God, not in the sense of proofs in the natural sciences, but in the sense of converging and convincing arguments.

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CCC 50–53Universal Catechism

Divine Revelation (CCC 50-53)

By natural reason man can know God with certainty, on the basis of his works. But there is another order of knowledge, which man cannot possibly arrive at by his own powers: the order of divine Revelation. By an utterly free decision, God has revealed himself and given himself to man.

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CCC 571–573Universal Catechism

The Paschal Mystery (CCC 571-573)

The Paschal mystery of Christ’s cross and Resurrection stands at the center of the Good News that the apostles, and the Church after them, are to proclaim to the world. God’s saving plan was accomplished once for all by the redemptive death of his Son Jesus Christ.

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CCC 1066–1070Universal Catechism

The Sacramental Economy (CCC 1066-1070)

The Church celebrates in her liturgy above all the Paschal mystery by which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation. It is this mystery of Christ that the Church proclaims and celebrates in her liturgy so that the faithful may live from it and bear witness to it in the world.

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CCC 2052–2055Universal Catechism

The Ten Commandments (CCC 2052-2055)

Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life? To the young man who asked this question, Jesus answers first by invoking the necessity, recognized by all Jews, of acknowledging God as the unique Good, and then by telling him: "If you would enter life, keep the commandments."

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CCC 2558–2565Universal Catechism

What is Prayer? (CCC 2558-2565)

Great is the mystery of the faith! The Church professes this mystery in the Apostles’ Creed and celebrates it in the sacramental liturgy, so that the life of the faithful may be conformed to Christ in the Holy Spirit to the glory of God the Father. This mystery, then, requires that the faithful believe in it, celebrate it, and live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. This relationship is prayer.

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