Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: What Do Catholics Believe?
  • Chapter 1: What It Means to Be Catholic
    • What Exactly Is Catholicism Anyway?
    • Knowing What the Catholic Church Teaches
    • Worshipping as a Catholic: The Holy Mass
    • Behaving Like a Catholic
    • Praying as a Catholic: Showing Your Devotion
  • Chapter 2: Having Faith in God’s Revealed Word
    • How Do You Know If You Have Faith?
    • Having Faith in Revelation
    • Backing Up Your Faith with Reason: Summa Theologica
  • Chapter 3: In the Beginning: Catholic Teachings on Creation and Original Sin
    • Making Something out of Nothing
    • Breathing Life into the World: Creationism or Evolution?
    • Angels and Devils: Following God or Lucifer
    • Witnessing the Original Sin
    • Anticipating What’s to Come: Moving toward the End of Creation
  • Chapter 4: Believing in Jesus
    • Understanding Jesus, the God-Man
    • The Gospel Truth: Examining Four Written Records of Jesus
    • Dealing with Heresy and Some Other $10 Words
  • Chapter 5: Defining “The Church” and What Membership Means
    • Establishing a Foundation: Built on Rock
    • Seeing the Church as the Body of Christ and Communion of Saints
    • Understanding the Four Marks of the Church
    • Fulfilling Its Mission
    • Membership Has Its Benefits
  • Chapter 6: Organizing the Church
    • Getting to Know the Pope
    • Who’s Next in the Ecclesiastical Scheme of Things
• Part 2: Celebrating the Mysteries of Faith
  • Chapter 7: Body and Soul: Worshipping Catholic Style
    • Getting Your Body and Soul into the Act
    • Understanding Symbols and Gestures
    • Sensing God
  • Chapter 8: Entering the Church: Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation
    • Come On In — The Water’s Fine
    • The Holy Eucharist
    • Coming of Age: Confirmation
  • Chapter 9: The Sacraments of Service and Healing
    • The Sacraments of Service and Community
    • The Sacraments of Mercy and Healing
  • Chapter 10: Celebrating the Catholic Mass
    • What Exactly Is the Mass?
    • The Two Parts of the Mass
    • Vatican II and the Celebration of Mass
    • Checking Out the Roman Missal, Third Edition
    • Adjusting the Mass for the Occasion
    • Spiritual Seasons of the Year
• Part 3: Living a Saintly Life
  • Chapter 11: Obeying the Rules: Catholic Law
    • Following the Eternal Law of God
    • Playing by the Church’s Rules
  • Chapter 12: Loving and Honoring: The Ten Commandments
    • Demonstrating Love for God
    • Loving Your Neighbor
    • Coming Out Even Steven
  • Chapter 13: Being Good When Sinning Is So Easy
    • Cultivating Good Habits
    • The Theological Virtues
    • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Chapter 14: Standing Firm: The Church’s Stance on Some Sticky Issues
    • Celibacy and the Male Priesthood
    • Matters of Life and Death
    • Planning Your Family Naturally
    • Defending Traditional Family Life
    • The Economy and the Environment
• Part 4: Praying and Using Devotions
  • Chapter 15: Growing in the Faith
    • Having a Personal Relationship with God through Prayer
    • Praying in Private and in a Community
    • Taking It to the Next Level: The Stages of Spiritual Growth
  • Chapter 16: Showing Your Love for God
    • Going Beyond Your Basic Duty
    • Running the Gamut of Devotions
  • Chapter 17: Expressing Affection for Mary
    • No, Catholics Don’t Worship Mary
    • What Catholics Believe about Mary
    • Up Close and Personal with Mary
  • Chapter 18: Honoring the Catholic Saints
    • Having a Place in the Hearts of Catholics
    • Honoring God’s Good Friends
    • It’s All about Intercession
    • Recognizing a Saint
    • A Saint for Every Day of the Year
    • Discovering the Communion of Saints
  • Chapter 19: Practicing Catholic Traditions
    • Adoring the Blessed Sacrament
    • Representing Life’s Journey: Other Religious Processions
    • Meatless Fridays
    • Using Sacramentals
    • Celebrating Year-Round
• Part 5: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 20: Ten Famous Catholics
    • Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)
    • Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979)
    • Mother Angelica (1923–2016)
    • John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)
    • Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801–1890)
    • Bishop John Carroll (1735–1815)
    • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973)
    • Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
    • Dorothy Day (1897–1980)
    • Father Benedict Groeschel, CFR (1933–2014)
  • Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Popular Catholic Saints
    • St. Peter (died around A.D. 64)
    • St. Paul of Tarsus (10–67 A.D.)
    • St. Dominic de Guzman (1170–1221)
    • St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
    • St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
    • St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
    • St. Patrick of Ireland (387–481)
    • St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)
    • St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)
    • Pope St. John XXIII (1881–1963)
    • Pope St. John Paul II, the Great (1920–2005)
  • Chapter 22: Ten Popular Catholic Places
    • Rome
    • The Basilica de Guadalupe
    • San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
    • The Basilica of Czestochowa, Poland
    • The Basilica of Lourdes, France
    • Fatima, Portugal
    • Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
    • The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
    • The Minor Basilica of Saint Anne de Beaupré
    • The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
• Part 6: Appendixes
  • Appendix A: A Brief History of Catholicism
    • Ancient Times (A.d. 33–741)
    • The Middle Ages (A.D. 800–1500)
    • The Reformation to the Modern Era (A.D. 1517–Today)
  • Appendix B: Popular Catholic Prayers
    • Latin Rite (Western Catholic) Prayers
    • Byzantine and Eastern Catholic Prayers
• About the Authors
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement

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