Part, Chapter, Paragraph
1 I, 2,2 | the grace of the revealing God. And to an even greater
2 I, 2,2 | condition and as a free gift of God which is to be received
3 I, 2,4 | difficult. Many feel that God is less present, and less
4 I, 2,4 | present, and less needed, and God seems to them Less able
5 I, 3,6 | intimate and vital link with God, or else they explicitly
6 I, 3,6 | function of the Church to make God the Father and his incarnate
7 I, 3,6 | influence of the word of God and from the practice of
8 I, 3,7 | harmony that exists between God’s salvific plan, fulfilled
9 I, 3,7 | the Church, the People of God, and human communities,
10 I, 3,7 | human communities, between God’s revelatory action and
11 I, 3,8 | witness to Jesus Christ, God’s Son and our Savior, whose
12 I, 3,8 | mystery, which revealed God’s ineffable love (cf. 1
13 I, 3,8 | members of the People of God. Everyone—bishops, priests,
14 II, 1,9 | REVELATION: GOD’S GIFT~ ~10 In the Dogmatic
15 II, 1,9 | revelation as the act by which God communicates himself in
16 II, 1,9 | his goodness and wisdom, God chose to reveal himself
17 II, 1,9 | fellowship with himself" (DV, 2). God appears there as one who
18 II, 1,10| a knowledge of his plan, God works in this way, namely,
19 II, 1,10| unity: the deeds wrought by God in the history of salvation
20 II, 1,10| recalls the revelation of God’s wonders which was made
21 II, 1,10| this world, for the plan of God works in these for the salvation
22 II, 1,11| had been said and done by God in earlier limes. He himself
23 II, 1,11| himself is the eternal Son of God, made man, and thus the
24 II, 1,11| manifests the final plans of God. "For this reason he . . .
25 II, 1,11| of revelation. The Son of God inserts himself into the
26 II, 1,12| PREACHING 0F THE WORD 0F GOD: ACT 0F LIVING TRADITION~ ~
27 II, 1,12| in faith of the People of God; and so the Church, in her
28 II, 1,12| tradition, since through it God continues his conversation. "
29 II, 1,12| conversation. "And thus God, who spoke of old, uninterruptedly
30 II, 1,12| believe. On the other hand, God, who formerly spoke 10 the
31 II, 1,12| her, so that the People of God, under the leadership of
32 II, 1,12| directly to the People of God the deposit of faith which
33 II, 1,12| and faith of the People of God. In this way the ministry
34 II, 1,14| RESPONSE TO THE WORD 0F GOD~ ~15 By faith man accepts
35 II, 1,14| a sharer in the gift of God.~ ~The obedience of faith
36 II, 1,14| faith must be offered to the God who reveals. By this, man,
37 II, 1,14| the Gospel of the grace of God (cf. Acts, 20, 24). instructed
38 II, 1,14| contemplate and savor the God of love, the God who has
39 II, 1,14| savor the God of love, the God who has made known the riches
40 II, 1,14| in which the mysteries of God (cf. 1 Cor. 2, 10) will
41 II, 1,14| seen unveiled. Informed of God’s plan of salvation, faith
42 II, 1,14| on everything, manifests God’s design for man’s total
43 II, 1,14| which turns the mind to God, impels conformance with
44 II, 1,14| of future happiness which God has implanted in the heart
45 II, 1,14| truths to be believed include God’s love. He created ail things
46 II, 1,14| central fact, Jesus, as he is God’s greatest gift to men,
47 II, 2,15| will adhere to the word of God.~Then there is the catechetical
48 II, 2,17| existence through the word of God for people of ail ages and
49 II, 2,18| profound living knowledge of God and of his plan of salvation,
50 II, 2,18| Christ, the incarnate Word of God. They build themselves up
51 II, 2,18| means for him to understand God’s plan in his own life and
52 II, 2,18| light of the kingdom of God and be conformed to its
53 II, 2,19| 22 Faith is a gift of God which calls men to conversion. "
54 II, 2,19| to be given, the grace of God and the interior help of
55 II, 2,19| heart and turning it to God, opening the eyes of the
56 II, 2,19| listening 10 the word of God religiously, lives in a
57 II, 2,20| impelled to communion with God and with his brothers; he
58 II, 2,20| make this communion with God a reality, and of presenting
59 II, 2,20| aspirations.~ ~Communion with God and adherence to him entail
60 II, 2,20| keeping with the will of God the Savior (cf. GS, 4).~ ~
61 II, 2,22| meditate on the word of God and 10 engage in private
62 II, 2,23| fellowman the invitation 0f God whereby he is called to
63 II, 2,27| acceptance of the total word of God and in the explanation of
64 II, 2,29| EFFICACY 0F THE WORD 0F GOD IN CATECHESIS~ ~32 This
65 II, 2,29| to catechesis: "indeed, God’s word is living and effective" (
66 II, 2,29| ought to express the word of God faithfully and present it
67 II, 2,29| should convey the word of God, as it is presented by the
68 II, 2,29| cf. DV, 13; OT, 16). When God revealed himself to the
69 II, 2,30| PEDAGOGY 0F GOD IN REVEALING AND 0F THE
70 II, 2,30| the history of revelation God used pedagogy in such a
71 II, 2,30| of the pedagogy used by God, she 100 uses a pedagogy,
72 II, 2,31| PRESERVING FIDELITY TO GOD AND HAVING CONCERN FOR MEN~ ~
73 II, 2,31| the truth from the word of God and faithfully adhering
74 II, 2,31| strives 10 teach this word of God with complete fidelity.
75 II, 2,32| obstacle b the acceptance of God’s word.~ ~Catechesis must
76 III | the influence of grace 10 God revealing himself (the faith
77 III, 1,33| manifestation of the mystery of God and of his saving action
78 III, 1,33| personal communication from God to man. The content of this
79 III, 1,33| they may be converted to God through Christ, that they
80 III, 1,34| revelation was given by God gradually, in limes past
81 III, 1,34| account, 50 that the People of God may be nourished by it and
82 III, 1,35| nature is complex, namely, God in his own mystery and in
83 III, 1,35| things are known through what God himself has revealed about
84 III, 1,35| salvific intervention of God and in the manifestation
85 III, 1,35| therefore, has as object God’s mystery and works, namely,
86 III, 1,35| namely, the works that God has done, is doing, and
87 III, 1,36| Jesus, the incarnate Word of God, since he is the supreme
88 III, 1,36| is the supreme reason why God intervenes in the world
89 III, 1,36| the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of ail creation.
90 III, 1,36| mighty mediator through whom God draws near to man and man
91 III, 1,36| to man and man is led 10 God (cf. 1 Tim. 2, 5). In him
92 III, 1,36| possible 10 draw near to God, under the influence of
93 III, 1,37| salvation, 50 the mystery of God is the centre from which
94 III, 1,37| Spirit upon the People of God. For this reason the structure
95 III, 1,37| will complete the work of God. So it is that the mystery
96 III, 1,37| 10 the incarnate Son of God.~To the Father: The supreme
97 III, 1,37| is this: 10 acknowledge God and to glorify him by doing
98 III, 1,37| moved to have communion with God and men and to fulfil their
99 III, 1,38| connection of the mystery of God and Christ with man’s existence
100 III, 1,38| expectation, 10 a degree that only God’s love for men could make
101 III, 1,39| basic heads: the mystery of God the Father, the Son, and
102 III, 1,40| understand their duties toward God, themselves, and their neighbors.~ ~
103 III, 1,41| of catechesis is found in God’s word, written or handed
104 III, 1,41| Holy Spirit, the plan of God can be fulfilled in the
105 III, 1,42| 11 is right to begin with God and proceed to Christ, or
106 III, 1,42| begin with man and proceed b God, or b do the reverse; and
107 III, 2,43| THE MYSTERY 0F THE ONE GOD: FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT~ ~
108 III, 2,43| way and the plan by which God, true and one, the Father,
109 III, 2,43| clearly affirming the unity of God in a polytheistic world,
110 III, 2,43| reveals himself as the Son of God, he al the same time reveals
111 III, 2,43| intimate knowledge of the true God imbues the whole mind of
112 III, 2,43| calling them 10 become sons of God, through the Gift of his
113 III, 2,43| meeting with the Triune God occurs first and foremost
114 III, 2,43| as it is from eternity in God’s intimate life.~
115 III, 2,44| GENUINE WORSHIP 0F GOD IN A SECULARISED WORLD~ ~
116 III, 2,44| SECULARISED WORLD~ ~48 "The God and Father of our Lord Jesus
117 III, 2,44| Eph. 1, 3) is "the living God" (Malt. 16, 16). He is a
118 III, 2,44| holy, just, and merciful God; He is God the author of
119 III, 2,44| and merciful God; He is God the author of the covenant
120 III, 2,44| of the covenant with men; God who sees, frees, and saves;
121 III, 2,44| sees, frees, and saves; God who loves as a father, as
122 III, 2,44| joyfully proclaims this God who is the source of our
123 III, 2,44| remoteness and even absence of God. This fact, which is part
124 III, 2,44| presence of the mystery of God, as we ought: "Truly you
125 III, 2,44| Truly you are a hidden God, the God of Israel, the
126 III, 2,44| you are a hidden God, the God of Israel, the Savior" (
127 III, 2,44| nature of the worship which God demands and which glorifies
128 III, 2,44| humble offering of them 10 God, and 10 receive in return
129 III, 2,45| KNOWLEDGE 0F GOD AND THE WITNESS 0F CHARITY~ ~
130 III, 2,45| atheistic world for doming b God is by the witness of a life
131 III, 2,45| can come to a knowledge of God as the beginning and the
132 III, 2,45| 3026). This knowledge of God not only does no harm to
133 III, 2,45| nevertheless faith in the living God cames with it the urgent
134 III, 2,46| JESUS CHRIST, SON 0F GOD, THE FIRSTBORN 0F ALL CREATION
135 III, 2,46| SAVIOR~ ~50 The greatest of God’s works is the incarnation
136 III, 2,46| through his resurrection as God’s Son in power (cf. Rom.
137 III, 2,47| Old Testament the truth of God’s creative action is not
138 III, 2,47| notion of the oneness of God, as a message declaring
139 III, 2,47| 13). The omnipotence of God the Creator is also manifested
140 III, 2,47| about the first act whereby God "created the heavens and
141 III, 2,47| salvific undertakings of God. These things are always
142 III, 2,48| this history of salvation God fulfils his plan, and thus
143 III, 2,48| and thus the People of God, that is, "the whole Christ,"
144 III, 2,48| greatest possible glory to God (cf. 1 Cor. 15, 28).~ ~
145 III, 2,49| CHRIST, TRUE MAN AND TRUE GOD IN THE UNITY 0F THE DIVINE
146 III, 2,49| the Word and the Son of God, who through the incarnation
147 III, 2,49| through his words and signs as God’s only-begotten Son (cf.
148 III, 2,49| only-begotten Son (cf. John 1, 18), "God from God, light from light,
149 III, 2,49| John 1, 18), "God from God, light from light, true
150 III, 2,49| light from light, true God from true God, begotten
151 III, 2,49| light, true God from true God, begotten not made, consubstantial
152 III, 2,49| throughout the centuries: that God’s communion with men, which
153 III, 2,49| of divinity; through him God’s love for men is shown
154 III, 2,49| spirit, born and unborn, God become man, true life in
155 III, 2,49| both from Mary and from God, first incapable of suffering
156 III, 2,50| salvation and redemption.~God so loved sinners that he
157 III, 2,51| is not only the People of God but also in Christ a kind
158 III, 2,51| the intimate union with God, and of the unity of the
159 III, 2,52| sincere will to respond to God’s love and mercy. Hence,
160 III, 2,53| him rebirth as a child of God, incorporates him into the
161 III, 2,53| pardon from the merciful God and reconcile themselves
162 III, 2,53| members of the People of God 10 Christ the Mediator by
163 III, 2,53| faithful with the word of God, and make them holy, and,
164 III, 2,53| visible signs to ponder God’s invisible mysteries of
165 III, 2,54| that, filled with love of God and neighbor, they may become
166 III, 2,54| more a people acceptable to God.~ ~Having been nourished
167 III, 2,54| unite their hearts with God more each day in frequent
168 III, 2,54| brothers of Christ and sons of God the Father.~ ~
169 III, 2,56| Justification from 5m and God’s indwelling in the soul
170 III, 2,56| a sinner is justified by God, is given life by the Holy
171 III, 2,57| thus 10 adhere closely 10 God who revealed himself in
172 III, 2,57| law without the help of God’s grade; but, when he has
173 III, 2,58| Although he was made by God in a state of holiness,
174 III, 2,58| Man set himself against God and sought to find fulfilment
175 III, 2,58| find fulfilment apart from God" (GS, 13). "Through one
176 III, 2,58| malted also seriously offends God.~ ~The history of salvation
177 III, 2,58| sin. Every intervention of God both in the old and in the
178 III, 2,58| fulfils the plan begun by God that he would communicate
179 III, 2,58| remains in the one order which God willed, namely, in the order
180 III, 2,58| namely, in the order in which God mercifully shares himself
181 III, 2,59| man and an adopted son of God, is a response to the duty
182 III, 2,59| Holy Spirit. "The love of God has been poured out in our
183 III, 2,59| observance of the commandments of God, the laws of the Church,
184 III, 2,60| adhere freely to the will of God in ail things; this is "
185 III, 2,60| his whole self freely to God" (DV, 5). However, since
186 III, 2,60| DV, 5). However, since God is love, and his plan calls
187 III, 2,60| freely and perfectly to God and to his will is the same
188 III, 2,60| a life of charity toward God and other men; in this lies
189 III, 2,61| THE CHURCH, PEOPLE 0F GOD AND SAVING INSTITUTION~ ~
190 III, 2,61| She is the new People of God, prepared for in the course
191 III, 2,61| as she is the People of God, the society of the faithful,
192 III, 2,61| in Christ, is the work of God’s saving love in Christ.~ ~
193 III, 2,61| action of a transcendent God, and of the invisible working
194 III, 2,61| Church is the holy People of God which shares in the prophetic
195 III, 2,61| Assembled by the word of God, it accepts it and gives
196 III, 2,61| a kingdom and priests to God his Father’ (Apoc. 1, 6)
197 III, 2,62| is a people assembled by God and united by close spiritual
198 III, 2,62| persons. "The chosen People of God is one: ‘one Lord, one faith,
199 III, 2,63| entrusted. The People of God, established by Christ "
200 III, 2,63| cultures and directs them be God; and by virtue of the action
201 III, 2,64| MARY, MOTHER 0F GOD, MOTHER AND MODEL 0F THE
202 III, 2,64| Because she is the Mother of God and "mother to us in the
203 III, 2,64| for the pilgrim People of God (cf. LG, 69), Many "in a
204 III, 2,65| FINAL COMMUNION WITH GOD~ ~69 In Christ Jesus and
205 III, 2,65| to the Father, SO that "God may be ail in ail" (1 Cor.
206 III, 2,65| glory, beholding clearly God himself three and one, as
207 III, 2,65| enter into the fullness of God. This is the very foundation
208 IV, 4 | active way to the gift of God.~ ~b) Experience can also
209 IV, 4 | preached the kingdom of God by illustrating its nature
210 IV, 4 | recalling to mind the action of God who works our salvation,
211 IV, 5 | acceptance of the word of God. But the confidence which
212 IV, 5 | faithful actively respond to God’s gifts through prayers,
213 V, 1 | strengthening the service of God and of the Church.~ ~An
214 V, 1 | may learn to call upon the God who loves us and protects
215 V, 1 | and upon Jesus, the Son of God and our brother, who Leads
216 V, 2 | child and the People of God. But now the child is ready
217 V, 2 | activities of the People of God suitably in the light of
218 V, 2 | the word and the gift of God. This active pedagogy should
219 V, 9 | strength and the wisdom of God.~ ~
220 V,13 | to embrace the whole of God’s plan.~ ~ ~
221 V,15 | the norm of the word of God in a special and suitable
222 V,15 | illumined by the word of God.~ ~c) The adult, moreover,
223 V,16 | Catechesis ought to show that God, who is love, is really
224 V,17 | sign of the presence of God, of immortal life, and of
225 V,17 | poured out in praise of God, by their spirit of poverty
226 V,17 | the trust that they put in God.~ ~Unquestionably, it would
227 V,18 | fraternal love. The word of God, which in these circumstances
228 VI, 2,71| their relationships with God and neighbor. They should,
229 VI, 2,74| of the wisdom and love of God that was revealed to us
230 VI, 3,82| preaching of the word of God is committed chiefly to
231 VI, 6,97| apostolic life of the People of God (cf. AG, 13-14; SC, 65;
232 VI, 8,99| the one hand, the word of God must be brought to the immigrants.
233 VI, 8,0 | of the entire People of God. He fulfils his universal
234 VI, 8,0 | development of the People of God. He can, however, freely
235 VI, 8,1 | preaching of the word of God and the works of the apostolate;
236 VI, 8,1 | for preaching the word of God produced by Conferences
237 Add, 2 | simplest possible way about God as our Lord and Father,
238 Add, 2 | about Jesus, the Son of God, who was made man for us,
239 Add, 2 | thinking about the love of God, the child will be able
240 Add, 2 | sin which always offends God the Father and Jesus, and
241 Add, 3 | a child begins to offend God by 5m, he also begins to
242 Add, 3 | relatives, but also from God. Catechesis helps him by
243 Add, 3 | and especially love for God. The special task of catechesis
244 Add, 3 | in the mercy and love of God. In this way, children not
245 Add, 3 | when one sincerely loves God and has not departed from
246 Add, 3 | departed from the path of God’s commandments in a serious
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