Catechism of the Catholic Church · Part Three (§§1691–2557)
Contents
- Section One · Man's Vocation Life in the SpiritSection · §§1699–2051
- Section Two · The Ten CommandmentsSection · §§2052–2557
Paragraphs · 8
The Catechism's text is under copyright, so each paragraph is quoted briefly here with a link to the full text at vatican.va.
Life in Christ
- §1691 — "Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God's own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning. Remember who is your head and of whose body you are a member.vatican.va
- §1692 — The Symbol of the faith confesses the greatness of God's gifts to man in his work of creation, and even more in redemption and sanctification.vatican.va
- §1693 — Christ Jesus always did what was pleasing to the Father, and always lived in perfect communion with him. Likewise Christ's disciples are invited to live in the sight of the Father "who sees in secret," in order to become "perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect."vatican.va
- §1694 — Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, Christians are "dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" and so participate in the life of the Risen Lord.vatican.va
- §1695 — "Justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God," "sanctified . . (and) called to be saints," Christians have become the temple of the Holy Spirit.vatican.va
- §1696 — The way of Christ "leads to life"; a contrary way "leads to destruction." The Gospel parable of the two ways remains ever present in the catechesis of the Church; it shows the importance of moral decisions for our salvation: "There are two ways, the one…vatican.va
- §1697 — Catechesis has to reveal in all clarity the joy and the demands of the way of Christ. Catechesis for the "newness of life" in him should be: -a catechesis of the Holy Spirit, the interior Master of life according to Christ, a gentle guest and…vatican.va
- §1698 — The first and last point of reference of this catechesis will always be Jesus Christ himself, who is "the way, and the truth, and the life."vatican.va
Scripture cited · 38 verses
Deuteronomy 30:15 · Deuteronomy 30:16 · Deuteronomy 30:17 · Deuteronomy 30:18 · Deuteronomy 30:19 · Deuteronomy 30:20 · Matthew 5:48 · Matthew 6:6 · Matthew 7:13 · John 1:12 · John 8:29 · John 13:12 · John 13:13 · John 13:14 · John 13:15 · John 13:16 · John 14:6 · John 15:5 · Romans 6:4 · Romans 6:5 · Romans 6:11 · 1 Corinthians 1:2 · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · 2 Corinthians 6:11 · Galatians 4:6 · Galatians 5:22 · Galatians 5:25 · Ephesians 4:23 · Ephesians 5:1 · Ephesians 5:2 · Ephesians 5:8 · Ephesians 5:9 · Philippians 1:21 · Philippians 1:27 · Philippians 2:5 · Colossians 2:12 · 2 Peter 1:4 · 1 John 3:1