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APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION FIDEI DEPOSITUM (POPE JOHN PAUL II)
PART ONE – THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION ONE – “I BELIEVE” – “WE BELIEVE”
CHAPTER ONE – MAN’S CAPACITY FOR GOD
CHAPTER TWO – GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
- ARTICLE 1 – THE REVELATION OF GOD
ARTICLE 2 – THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
ARTICLE 3 – SACRED SCRIPTURE
CHAPTER THREE – MAN’S RESPONSE TO GOD
- ARTICLE 1 – I BELIEVE
ARTICLE 2 – WE BELIEVETHE CREDO
SECTION TWO – THE CREEDS
CHAPTER ONE – I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
CHAPTER TWO – I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
- ARTICLE 2 – “AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD”
ARTICLE 3 – “HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”
ARTICLE 4 – “JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED”
ARTICLE 5 – “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL, ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN”
ARTICLE 6 – “HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER”
ARTICLE 7 – “FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD”
CHAPTER THREE – I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
- ARTICLE 8 – “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT”
ARTICLE 9 – “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”
ARTICLE 10 – “I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS”
ARTICLE 11 – “I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY”
ARTICLE 12 – “I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING”
“AMEN”
PART TWO – THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION ONE – THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER ONE – THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
- ARTICLE 1 – THE LITURGY – WORK OF THE HOLY TRINITY
ARTICLE 2 – THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE CHURCH’S SACRAMENTS
CHAPTER TWO – THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
- ARTICLE 1 – CELEBRATING THE CHURCH’S LITURGY
ARTICLE 2 – LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY
SECTION TWO – THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER ONE – THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
- ARTICLE 1 – THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
ARTICLE 2 – THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
ARTICLE 3 – THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (Part One) (Part Two)
CHAPTER TWO – THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
- ARTICLE 4 – THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
ARTICLE 5 – THE ANNOINTING OF THE SICK
CHAPTER THREE – THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
- ARTICLE 6 – THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
ARTICLE 7 – THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
CHAPTER FOUR – OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
- ARTICLE 1 – SACRAMENTALS
ARTICLE 2 – CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
PART THREE – LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION ONE – MAN’S VOCATION IN THE SPIRIT
CHAPTER ONE – THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
- ARTICLE 1 – MAN: THE IMAGE OF GOD
ARTICLE 2 – OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
ARTICLE 3 – MAN’S FREEDOM
ARTICLE 4 – THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS
ARTICLE 5 – THE MORALITY OF THE PASSIONS
ARTICLE 6 – MORAL CONSCIENCE
ARTICLE 7 – THE VIRTUES
ARTICLE 8 – SIN
CHAPTER TWO – THE HUMAN COMMUNION
- ARTICLE 1 – THE PERSON AND SOCIETY
ARTICLE 2 – PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
ARTICLE 3 – SOCIAL JUSTICE
CHAPTER THREE – GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
- ARTICLE 1 – THE MORAL LAW
ARTICLE 2 – GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION
ARTICLE 3 – THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
SECTION TWO – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER ONE – YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
- ARTICLE 1 – THE FIRST COMMANDMENT (No False Gods)
ARTICLE 2 – THE SECOND COMMANDMENT (No Misuse of God’s Name)
ARTICLE 3 – THE THIRD COMMANDMENT (Honor the Sabbath)
CHAPTER TWO – YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
- ARTICLE 4 – THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT (Honor Your Father and Mother)
ARTICLE 5 – THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT (No Murder)
ARTICLE 6 – THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT (No Adultery)
ARTICLE 7 – THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT (No Theft)
ARTICLE 8 – THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT (No False Witness)
ARTICLE 9 – THE NINTH COMMANDMENT (No Coveting Your Neighbor’s Spouse)
ARTICLE 10 – THE TENTH COMMANDMENT (No Coveting Your Neighbor’s Goods)
PART FOUR – CHRISTIAN PRAYER
SECTION ONE – PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
CHAPTER ONE – THE REVELATION OF PRAYER
- THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
ARTICLE 1 – IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
ARTICLE 2 – IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
ARTICLE 3 – IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER TWO – THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
- ARTICLE 1 – AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER
ARTICLE 2 – THE WAY OF PRAYER
ARTICLE 3 – GUIDES FOR PRAYER
CHAPTER THREE – THE LIFE OF PRAYER
- ARTICLE 1 – EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
ARTICLE 2 – THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
ARTICLE 3 – THE PRAYER OF THE HOUR OF JESUS
SECTION TWO – THE LORD’S PRAYER
- ARTICLE 1 – “THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL”
ARTICLE 2 – “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”
ARTICLE 3 – THE SEVEN PETITIONS- I. “HALLOWED BE THY NAME”
II. “THY KINGDOM COME”
III. “THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN”
IV. “GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD”
V. “AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US”
VI. “AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION”
VII. “BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL”
ARTICLE 4 – THE FINAL DOXOLOGY
- I. “HALLOWED BE THY NAME”