Catechism of The Catholic Church #1831
1831 The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #409
409 This dramatic situation of "the whole world is in the power of the evil one" makes man's life a battle:
The whole of...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #369
369 Man and woman have been created, which is to say, willed by God: on the one hand, in perfect equality as human persons;...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2008
2008 The merit of man before God in the Christian life arises from the fact that God has freely chosen to associate man with...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #78
78 This living transmission, accomplished in the Holy Spirit, is called Tradition, since it is distinct from Sacred Scripture, though closely connected to it....
Catechism of The Catholic Church #168
168 It is the Church that believes first, and so bears, nourishes and sustains my faith. Everywhere, it is the Church that first confesses...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #234
234 The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the "hierarchy of the truths of faith". The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men "and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin".
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2425
2425 The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with "communism" or "socialism." She has likewise refused to accept,...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1941
1941 Socio-economic problems can be resolved only with the help of all the forms of solidarity: solidarity of the poor among themselves, between rich...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2729
2729 The habitual difficulty in prayer is distraction. It can affect words and their meaning in vocal prayer; it can concern, more profoundly, him...
