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Index
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here
Book I: 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 Defining “The Church” and What Membership Means
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: Who’s Who in Catholic Practice
Getting to Know the Pope Who’s Next in the Ecclesiastical Scheme of Things The Non-Ordained Ministers
Chapter 6: The Liturgical Year
Worshipping through the Temporal Cycle Preparing for Christ Our Light: Advent and Christmas Celebrating Christ Our Life: Lent, Holy Week, and Easter Filling in the Gaps with Ordinary Time Honoring Saints in the Sanctoral Cycle
Book II: Walking the Catholic Walk
Chapter 1: Worshipping Catholic Style
Getting Your Body and Soul into the Act Understanding Some Symbols and Gestures Sensing God Come On In — The Water’s Fine The Holy Eucharist Coming of Age: Confirmation
Chapter 2: The Sacraments of Service and Healing
The Sacraments of Service and Community The Sacraments of Mercy and Healing
Chapter 3: Obeying the Rules: Catholic Law
Following the Eternal Law of God Playing by the Church’s Rules
Chapter 4: Loving and Honoring: The Ten Commandments
Demonstrating Love for God Loving Your Neighbor Coming Out Even Steven
Chapter 5: Being Good When Sinning Is So Easy
Cultivating Good Habits The Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 6: 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
Book III: Catholic Mass
Chapter 1: Understanding Mass and Its Foundations
Introducing the Catholic Mass What Mass Means to Catholics Different Catholics, Different Masses Changes to the Mass Over the Years Roots of Judaism within the Mass New Testament: Origin of Christianity Getting the Most Out of Mass Running Through the Roles of Liturgical Ministers
Chapter 2: Ordinary Form of the Mass
Introductory Rites Liturgy of the Word Liturgy of the Eucharist Discovering Variations in the Ordinary Form
Chapter 3: Extraordinary Form: Traditional Latin Mass
Introducing the Extraordinary Form of the Mass A Rundown of the Entire Mass
Chapter 4: The Tools of the Catholic Mass
Liturgical Books Liturgical Vestments Liturgical Vessels, Altar Linens, and Artifacts
Chapter 5: The Look and Sound of Mass: Architecture, Art, and Music
Meeting in Sacred Spaces: Church Buildings Architectural Styles Music in Worship Art in Churches
Book IV: Saints and Other Important Figures
Chapter 1: Understanding Sainthood, Angels, and the Blessed Virgin
Ordinary Saints versus Official Saints The Canonization Process Then and Now Intercession (Patron Saints) Venerating the Saints Following the Saints’ Examples Understanding Angels (and Why Some Angels Are Considered Saints) St. Michael the Archangel St. Gabriel the Archangel St. Raphael the Archangel The Blessed Virgin Mary
Chapter 2: Starting at the Beginning: Apostles and Evangelists
St. Peter St. Andrew St. James the Greater St. John the Evangelist St. James the Less St. Bartholomew St. Thomas St. Jude Thaddeus St. Matthew St. Matthias St. Philip St. Simon the Zealot St. Mark St. Luke St. Paul
Chapter 3: Looking at Undecayed Saints (Incorruptibles)
St. Bernadette Soubirous St. Catherine Laboure St. Charbel Makhlouf St. Francis de Sales St. Jane Frances de Chantal St. John Marie Vianney St. Josaphat St. Lucy Filippini St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi St. Philip Neri St. Rose of Lima St. Veronica Giuliani St. Vincent de Paul St. Zita
Chapter 4: Holy Martyrs
St. Agatha St. Agnes St. Blasé (Blaise) St. Boniface St. Cecilia St. Denis SS. Felicity and Perpetua St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen St. George St. Hippolytus of Rome St. Ignatius of Antioch St. Irenaeus St. Januarius St. John the Baptist St. John Fisher St. Lucy St. Maximilian Kolbe St. Polycarp St. Sebastian St. Thomas Becket St. Thomas More Other Notable Martyrs
Chapter 5: Founding Fathers and Mothers
St. Alphonsus Ligouri St. Augustine of Hippo St. Benedict of Nursia St. Clare of Assisi St. Dominic de Guzman St. Francis de Sales St. Francis of Assisi St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Lucy Filippini St. Philip Neri St. Vincent de Paul
Chapter 6: Saintly Pastors
St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Ansgar St. Anthony, the Abbot St. Anthony Claret St. Anthony Zaccaria St. Augustine of Canterbury St. Bernadine of Siena St. Bruno St. Cajetan St. Casimir St. Charles Borromeo St. Columban St. Eusebius of Vercelli St. Francis of Paola St. Jerome Emiliani St. John Baptist de la Salle St. John Cantius (Kanty) St. John of Capistrano St. Josemaria Escriva St. Martin of Tours St. Nicholas of Bari St. Patrick St. Paul of the Cross St. Vincent Ferrer
Chapter 7: Women in the Bible: Six Impactful Ladies
And Then There Was Woman: Eve A Famous Mom: Mary, the Mother of Jesus Befriending Jesus: Mary Magdalene Meeting Ruth Getting to Know Judith Esther: Becoming a Queen
Book V: All About the Pope
Chapter 1: How the Pope Becomes Pope, and What Happens Next
Getting the Job Is He Really Infallible? Now That’s Job Security! Where the Pope Hangs His Hat
Chapter 2: John Paul II: A Man for All Seasons
Being a Groundbreaker, Shepherd, and Reformer Author, Author Becoming a Philosopher-Theologian Becoming a Philosopher-Theologian Being a Shepherd (Bishop) Moving Up the Ranks Revisiting His Legacy A People’s Pope: John Paul the Great?
Chapter 3: Pope Francis
In the Days before the Election: The Early Years of Pope Francis The Unexpected Papacy Making His Positions Official in Papal Encyclicals
Chapter 4: One Last Promotion: Popes Who Became Saints
Pope St. Peter Pope St. Linus Pope St. Clement I Pope St. Alexander I Pope St. Telesphorus Pope St. Hyginus Pope St. Zephyrinus Pope St. Callixtus I Pope St. Pontian Pope St. Fabian Pope St. Cornelius Pope St. Lucius I Pope St. Stephen I Pope St. Sixtus II Pope St. Dionysius Pope St. Caius Pope St. Marcellinus Pope St. Melchiades Pope St. Sylvester I Pope St. Julius I Pope St. Damasus Pope St. Siricius Pope St. Innocent I Pope St. Boniface I Pope St. Celestine I Pope St. Sixtus III Pope St. Leo I Pope St. Hilarius Pope St. Gelasius I Pope St. John I Pope St. Felix III (IV) Pope St. Agapetus I Pope St. Gregory I Pope St. Boniface IV Pope St. Martin I Pope St. Vitalian Pope St. Agatho Pope St. Sergius I Pope St. Gregory II Pope St. Zacharias Pope St. Paul I Pope St. Leo III Pope St. Paschal I Pope St. Leo IV Pope St. Nicholas I Pope St. Gregory VII Pope St. Celestine V Pope St. Pius V Pope St. Pius X Other Saintly Popes of the Early Catholic Church
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