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| Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know about Catholicism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| History of Roman Catholicism | |
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| The Apostolic, Patristic, and Medieval Church (0-1400) | |
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| Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus | |
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| Acts of the Apostles | |
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| Life and Ministry of St. Paul | |
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| Christianity and the Roman Empire | |
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| Orthodoxy and Heresy | |
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| Saints Augustine and Thomas Aquinas | |
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| Catholicism in the Medieval World | |
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| The Orthodox-Catholic Split | |
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| The Reformation and Counter Reformation (1400-1648) | |
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| The Great Western Schism | |
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| The Catholic Reformation | |
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| The Protestant and Radical Reformers | |
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| The Counter Reformation | |
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| The Era of Exploration | |
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| Revolution and Restoration (1648-1962) | |
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| Gallicanism | |
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| The French Revolution | |
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| Napoleon and the Restoration | |
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| The Challenge of the Nineteenth Century | |
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| The Roman Response | |
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| Vatican I | |
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| The Church of the Twentieth Century | |
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| The Church of Vatican II (1962-Present) | |
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| The 1960s: A Time of Challenge | |
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| The Church and Pope John XXIII | |
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| Vatican II | |
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| The Documents | |
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| The Rise of the Lay Apostolate | |
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| Popes John Paul II (1978-2005) and Benedict XVI (2005-present) | |
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| The American Catholic Experience | |
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| Revelation In Roman Catholicism | |
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| The Bible and Sacred Tradition | |
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| Ancient Writings | |
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| Criteria for Canonicity | |
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| Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) Structure | |
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| Authors of the Hebrew Bible | |
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| New Testament Structure | |
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| Authors of the New Testament | |
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| Why Are There Differences in Bibles? | |
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| Sacred Tradition as Revelation | |
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| Biblical Criticism | |
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| The Magisterium | |
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| Historical Questions and Issues | |
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| Conciliarism | |
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| Ordinary Magisterium | |
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| Extraordinary Magisterium | |
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| Synod of Bishops | |
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| The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) | |
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| The Creed | |
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| Roots of the Creed | |
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| Latin Church Roots | |
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| Eastern Church Roots | |
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| What the Creed Is and What It Is Not | |
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| Functions of the Creed | |
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| God | |
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| The Trinity | |
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| The Concept of the Trinity | |
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| Old Testament Ideas of the Trinity | |
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| New Testament Ideas of the Trinity | |
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| Economic Versus Immanent Trinity | |
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| Heresies Associated with the Doctrine of the Trinity | |
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| Official Church Teachings on the Trinity | |
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| God as a Community | |
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| Trinitarian Heresies Explained | |
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| Jesus Christ | |
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| Jesus the Messiah | |
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| Christian Understanding of Jesus as Messiah | |
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| Catholicism's Teachings about Jesus | |
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| Understanding Jesus Today | |
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| The Holy Spirit | |
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| The Pentecost Event | |
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| The Holy Spirit in Scripture | |
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| The Tradition and Theology of the Holy Spirit | |
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| Charismatic Catholics | |
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| Roman Catholic Theology | |
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| The Sacraments of Initiation | |
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| The Concept of Sacraments | |
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| History of Sacraments and Sacramentality | |
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| Baptism | |
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| Confirmation | |
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| The Eucharist | |
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| The Sacraments of Commitment and Healing | |
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| Concept of Discipleship | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Holy Orders | |
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| Concept of Sin | |
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| The Sacrament of Penance | |
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| Sacrament of the Sick | |
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| Moral Theology | |
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| Pre-Vatican II Understanding of Moral Theology | |
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| Post-Vatican II Understanding of Moral Theology | |
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| Moral Theology Today | |
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| Sin and Grace | |
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| Salvation | |
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| Salvation in the Bible | |
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| History of the Doctrine of Salvation | |
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| Salvation Outside the Church | |
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| Judgment | |
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| Mariology | |
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| Church Teachings on Mary | |
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| Four Marian Dogmas | |
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| Additional Teachings on Mary | |
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| Mary and Popular Devotion | |
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| Study of the Church (Ecclesiology) | |
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| The Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic | |
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| Biblical Foundations and Development of the Church | |
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| The Church Is One | |
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| The Church Is Holy | |
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| The Church Is Catholic | |
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| The Church Is Apostolic | |
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| Basic Roman Catholic Church Organization | |
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| Models of the Church | |
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| Priesthood, Religious Life, and Lay Ministry | |
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| The Sacramental Priesthood | |
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| Religious Life-Concept of the Consecrated Life | |
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| History of Religious Life | |
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| Status of Priesthood and Religious Life Today | |
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| The Permanent Diaconate | |
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| "Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People" | |
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| Lay Ministries in the Church | |
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| The Question of Women in the Church | |
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| The Four Categories of Roman Catholics | |
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| Spirituality | |
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| Life of Prayer | |
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| What Is Prayer? | |
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| Popular Devotions | |
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| Saints | |
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| Sacramentals | |
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| The Mass | |
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| The Spiritual Works of Mercy | |
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| The Liturgical Year | |
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| Basic Premises of the Liturgical Year | |
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| Liturgical Seasons | |
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| The Sanctoral Cycle | |
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| Liturgical Precedence and Order | |
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| Contemporary Issues | |
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| Social Catholicism | |
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| The Social Question in Christianity | |
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| Rerum Novarum | |
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| Papal Encyclicals on Social Catholicism | |
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| Catholic Action | |
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| Catholics and Organized Labor | |
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| Nine Basic Themes of Catholic Social Teaching | |
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| The Corporal Works of Mercy | |
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| Contemporary Moral Issues | |
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| Birth Control | |
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| Alternative Reproductive Methods | |
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| Life and Death Issues | |
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| Homosexuality | |
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| Manipulation of Human Genetics | |
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| Dissent in the Church | |
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| Pay, Pray, and Obey | |
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| Vatican II, Humanae Vitae, and Licit Dissent | |
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| Role of the Theologian | |
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| Catholic Common Ground Initiative | |
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| The Question of Women's Ordination | |
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| Catholicism Divided | |
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| Catholics and Other Religions | |
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| Catholics and Other Religions: An Historical Overview | |
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| Vatican II's Teaching on the Relationship of Catholics and Non-Catholics | |
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| Ecumenical Dialogue Today | |
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| Interfaith Dialogue | |
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| Contemporary Issues | |
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| A List of Significant Dates in Church History | |
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| Basic Roman Catholic Prayers | |
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| Index | |