THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Part 2:
Liturgy and Sacraments
Section 2: The Seven Sacraments of the Church

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PART 2: - THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
  SECTION 2:
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH

   
CHAPTER ONE: - SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
   
     Article 1 - The Sacrament of Baptism
            I. What is This Sacrament Called?
            II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation
            III. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
            IV. Who Can Receive Baptism?
            V. Who Can Baptize?
            VI. The Necessity of Baptism
            VII. The Grace of Baptism
   
     Article 2 - The Sacrament of Confirmation
   
          I. Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation
            II. The Signs and the Right of Confirmation
            III. The Effects of Confirmation
            IV. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
            V. The Minister of Confirmation
   
    Article 3 - The Sacrament of the Eucharist
   
         I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life
            II. What is This Sacrament Called?
            III. The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation
            IV. The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist
            V. The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving,
            VI. The Paschal Banquet
            VII. The Eucharist - "Pledge of the Glory to Come"

   
CHAPTER TWO: - THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
   
     Article 4 - The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
            I. What is This Sacrament Called?
            II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation After Baptism?
            III. The Conversion of the Baptized
            IV. Interior Penance
            V. The Many Forms of Penance in the Christian Life
            VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
            VII. The Acts of the Penitent
     
       VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament
            IX. The Effects of This Sacrament
            X. Indulgences
            XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
        Article 5 - The Anointing of the Sick
            I. Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation
            II. Who Receives Administers This Sacrament?
            III. How is This Sacrament Celebrated?
            IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament
            V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian

   
CHAPTER THREE: - SACRAMENTS SERVE COMMUNION
   
     Article 6 - The Sacrament of Holy Orders
            I. Why is This Sacrament Called "Orders"?
            II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders
            III. Three Degrees of Sacrament of Holy Orders
            IV. The Celebration of This Sacrament
            V. Who Can Confer This Sacrament?
            VI. Who Can Receive This Sacrament?
            VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
   
     Article 7 - The Sacrament of Matrimony
            I. Marriage in God's Plan
            II. The Celebration of Marriage
            III. Matrimonial Consent
            IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony
            V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love
            VI. The Domestic Church

   
CHAPTER FOUR: - OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
   
      Article 1 - Sacramentals
         Article 2 - Christian Funerals
            I. The Christian's Last Passover
            II. The Celebration of Funerals

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