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Abbreviations Used for the Books of the Bible

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General Abbreviations

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Overview

T195
Catholic Prayers and Devotions

1
Chapter 1:
God Prepares the Way for His Church in the Old Testament

1a
Chapter Planning Guide

1c
Chapter Objectives

1c
Keys to this Chapter

1d
Key Ideas

4
Creation Is Made for Man

5
We Were Made for Communion with God

6
God Prepares His People for the Church

7
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Irenæus of Lyons

8
The Covenant of Creation

8
Adam’s Disobedience

9
A Plan for Restoration

10
God Calls Abram

11
Abraham, Our Father in Faith

12
Abraham’s Obedience

13
A Blessing for All Nations

13
Sidebar: Isaac and Christ

14
God Calls Moses

15
The Exodus from Egypt

16
Sidebar: Ten Plagues of Egypt

17
God’s Covenant with Israel

19
Israel’s Disobedience

20
Israel Demands a King

21
King David

22
God’s Covenant with David

23
Sidebar: The Seven Primary Features of the Davidic Covenant

23
The Reign of Solomon and the Collapse of the Kingdom

24
Sidebar: Three Additional Features or Secondary Characteristics of the Davidic Covenant

25
Conclusion

26
Supplementary Reading

28
Vocabulary

32
Study Questions

33
Practical Exercises

34
From the Catechism

35
Chapter 2:
Jesus Christ Instituted the Church

35a
Chapter Planning Guide

35e
Chapter Objectives

35e
Keys to This Chapter

35f
Key Ideas

36
Part I: God Prepares His People for the Church

39
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Augustine

40
The Incarnation

42
The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God

42
Sidebar: What Is the Kingdom of God Like?

43
Sidebar: The Parable of the Sower

44
Jesus Calls the Twelve Apostles

45
Salvation Through the Cross

46
Sidebar: What Does It Mean to Be Saved?

47
Made Known in the Breaking of the Bread

48
The Fulfillment of the Old Covenant in the Church

50
Sidebar: The Covenants of Salvation History

51
A New and Everlasting Temple

52
Part II: Names and Images of the Church

54
Images of the Church

55
The Mystical Body of Christ

56
The Bride of Christ

57
Sidebar: The Church Is a “She”

57
The Family of God

58
Sidebar: The Church as the Family of God

60
The People of God

60
Sidebar: Worshiping as the New People of God

62
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Francis of Assisi

63
The Kingdom of God

64
Sidebar: Other Images of the Church

65
Conclusion

66
Supplementary Reading

68
Vocabulary

68
Long‑Term Assignment

71
Study Questions

72
Practical Exercises

73
From the Catechism

75
Chapter 3:
The Story of the Early Church

75a
Chapter Planning Guide

75e
Chapter Objectives

75e
Keys to This Chapter

75f
Key Ideas

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“Go and Make Disciples of All Nations”

79
The Day of Pentecost

80
The Descent of the Holy Spirit

81
St. Peter’s Authority

82
Sidebar: St. Peter, The Vicar of Christ, the Good Shepherd (Jn 21: 15–17)

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Trials and Persecution

84
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Polycarp

85
St. Paul, Light for the Gentiles

86
Sidebar: St. Paul, The Man Chosen for the Conversion of the Gentiles

88
Preaching to All Nations

88
St. Philip Baptizes the Ethiopian

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The Vision of St. Peter

90
The Council of Jerusalem

90
The Meaning of Twelve

91
Acts of the Apostles

91
St. Peter

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St. James the Greater

93
St. John

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St. Andrew

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St. Philip

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St. Bartholomew (Nathanael)

95
St. Matthew

96
St. Thomas

96
St. James the Lesser

97
St. Jude (St. Judas)

97
St. Simon

97
Judas Iscariot

98
St. Paul

99
Called to Be Apostles

99
“Thy Kingdom Come”

100
Conclusion

101
Supplementary Reading

102
Vocabulary

104
Study Questions

105
Practical Exercises

105
From the Catechism

107
Chapter 4:
The Church as Sacrament of Salvation

107a
Chapter Planning Guide

107e
Chapter Objectives

107e
Keys to This Chapter

107f
Key Ideas

109
The Church Is the Sacrament of Salvation

110
The Mystery of the Church

111
A Visible and Invisible Society

112
The Church as the Sacrament of Communion

113
Sidebar: Pope Benedict XVI on the Meaning of Communion

114
The Hierarchical Structure of the Church

114
Sidebar: The Hierarchy of the Church Is Established by Christ

116
St. Peter and the Papacy

117
Sidebar: How a Pope Is Elected

118
Roman Curia

118
Secretariat of State

118
Congregations

119
Tribunals

119
Pontifical Councils

120
The Office of Bishop

121
Sidebar: What Is a Cathedral?

122
Ecumenical Councils

123
The Office of Priest

124
Sidebar: What Is a Parish?

124
The Office of Deacon

125
The Teaching Authority of the Church

126
The Deposit of Faith

126
Sidebar: What Is Apostolic Tradition?

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The Magisterium

128
The Infallibility of the Magisterium

129
Sanctifying and Governing Role of the Church

130
Sidebar: Precepts of the Church

130
Salvation and the Church

132
Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations

133
Conclusion

134
Supplementary Reading

137
Vocabulary

137
Long‑Term Assignment

141
Study Questions

142
Practical Exercises

143
From the Catechism

145
Chapter 5:
The Four Marks of the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

145a
Chapter Planning Guide

145c
Chapter Objectives

145c
Keys to This Chapter

145d
Key Ideas

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The First Mark: The Church Is One

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Unity in the Mystical Body

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Sidebar: The Saints: Pope St. Leo the Great

151
Wounds to Unity

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Sidebar: The Four Marks of the Church

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Heresies in the Early Church

153
Gnosticism

154
Arianism (Fourth Century)

155
Apollinarianism (ca. 360–381)

155
Nestorianism (ca. 351–ca. 451)

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Monophysitism (400s–600s)

156
The Protestant Reformation

157
Toward Greater Christian Unity

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Sidebar: Contemporary Efforts in Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue

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The Second Mark: The Church Is Holy

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Participation in the Holiness of Christ

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The Church Will Receive Her Perfection in the Glory of Heaven

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The Third Mark: The Church Is Catholic

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Sidebar: The Catholicity of the Church

164
Sidebar: Why Does the Church Have Different Rites?

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The Fourth Mark: The Church Is Apostolic

166
Conclusion

168
Supplementary Reading

171
Vocabulary

174
Study Questions

175
Practical Exercise

175
From the Catechism

177
Chapter 6:
The Church in the Life of the Faithful

177a
Chapter Planning Guide

177e
Chapter Objectives

177e
Keys to This Chapter

177f
Key Ideas

180
Part I: The Universal Call to Holiness

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Faith Requires a Response

181
The Church Is the People of God

183
Common Priesthood of the Faithful

184
The Laity

185
Universal Call to Holiness

186
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Gianna Beretta Molla

187
The Liturgy of the Catholic Church

188
Sidebar: Jesus Christ, the One Mediator Between God and Man

188
The Liturgical Year

191
The Seven Sacraments

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What Is a Sacrament?

191
Ex Opere Operato

193
Why the Sacraments?

194
Baptism

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The Catechumenate

196
Baptism of Blood, Baptism of Desire, and Unbaptized Infants

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Sidebar: Baptism: The Doorway of the Church

197
Confirmation

199
Eucharist

200
The New Passover

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Sidebar: The Mass in the Early Church

202
“Do This in Memory of Me”

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Sidebar: The Eucharist: The Source and Summit of the Church’s Life

204
Penance

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Venial and Mortal Sins

206
Anointing of the Sick

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Not Just “Extreme Unction”

208
Holy Orders

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Characters of Ecclesial Ministry

209
Matrimony

210
“One Flesh”

211
A Vocation of Service

211
A Life of Prayer

212
Types of Prayer

214
Sacrifice and Self-Denial

215
Sidebar: The Role of Youth in the Church

216
Part II: Seeking Holiness in Daily Life

216
Living Witnesses of Jesus Christ

217
Sidebar: Evangelizing Truths

217
Holiness Within One’s State of Life

218
Holiness in Family Life

218
Sidebar: St. Paul’s Teachings Concerning the Unmarried

219
Finding Holiness in Our Work

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Sidebar: The Saints: St. Thomas More

221
The Lay Apostolate

222
Sidebar: They Will Know You Are My Disciples

222
Living Our Faith in the Midst of the World

223
Vocation to the Consecrated Life

224
Types of Consecrated Life

225
Conclusion

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Supplementary Reading

230
Vocabulary

230
Long‑Term Assignment

235
Study Questions

237
Practical Exercises

238
From the Catechism

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Chapter 7:
The Church as a Communion of Saints

241a
Chapter Planning Guide

241c
Chapter Objectives

241c
Keys to This Chapter

241d
Key Ideas

244
The Church as a Communion of Saints

245
Sidebar: What Is an Indulgence?

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What Does It Mean to Be a Saint?

247
Intercession of the Saints

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Intercessory Prayer

248
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Therese of Lisieux

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Veneration of the Saints

250
The End of History: A New Heaven and a New Earth

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St. John’s Vision of the Heavenly Liturgy

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The Holy Mass Is a Participation in the Heavenly Liturgy

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The Last Things

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Particular Judgment

255
Purgatory

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Sidebar: Why Pray for the Dead?

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Praying for the Holy Souls

257
Hell

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Heaven

259
The Parousia

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Sidebar: The Saints: St. Michael the Archangel

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Conclusion

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Vocabulary

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Study Questions

266
Practical Exercises

267
From the Catechism

269
Chapter 8:
Mary, Mother of the Church and Our Mother

269a
Chapter Planning Guide

269c
Chapter Objectives

269c
Keys to This Chapter

269d
Key Ideas

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Mary in God’s Plan of Salvation

272
Mother of God

272
Sidebar: Church Dogmas About Mary

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Sidebar: Fiat: The “Yes” of Mary

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The Immaculate Conception

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Sidebar: The Woman of the Protoevangelium

277
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

279
Sidebar: The Saints: St. Joseph

280
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary

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Sidebar: Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?

281
Mary, Mother of the Church

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Sidebar: “Behold, Your Mother!”

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Mary, Help of Christians

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Queen of Heaven

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Conclusion

287
Sidebar: Litany of Loreto

288
Supplementary Reading

289
Vocabulary

289
Long‑Term Assignment

290
Study Questions

290
Practical Exercises

291
From the Catechism

STUDENT WORKBOOK

Student Workbook

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Chapter One

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Chapter Two

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Chapter Three

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Chapter Four

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Chapter Five

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Chapter Six

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Chapter Seven

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Chapter Eight

RESOURCE MATERIALS

Chapter Tests

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Chapter One

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Chapter Two

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Chapter Three

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Chapter Four

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Chapter Five

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Chapter Six

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Chapter Seven

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Chapter Eight

Chapter Quizzes

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Chapter One

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Chapter Two

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Chapter Three

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Chapter Four

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Chapter Five

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Chapter Six

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Chapter Seven

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Chapter Eight

Vocabulary Reviews

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Chapter Two

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Chapter Three

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Chapter Four

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Chapter Five

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Chapter Six

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Chapter Seven

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Chapter Eight