Catholicism For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119855712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 528 str.

Rev. Kenneth Brighenti

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: What Do Catholics Believe? 5Chapter 1: What It Means to Be Catholic 7Chapter 2: Having Faith in God's Revealed Word 19Chapter 3: In the Beginning: Catholic Teachings on Creation and Original Sin 37Chapter 4: Believing in Jesus 49Chapter 5: Defining "The Church" and What Membership Means 69Chapter 6: Organizing the Church 79Part 2: Celebrating the Mysteries of Faith 103Chapter 7: Body and Soul: Worshipping Catholic Style 105Chapter 8: Entering the Church: Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation 117Chapter 9: The Sacraments of Service and Healing 135Chapter 10: Celebrating the Catholic Mass 157Part 3: Living a Saintly Life 187Chapter 11: Obeying the Rules: Catholic Law 189Chapter 12: Loving and Honoring: The Ten Commandments 205Chapter 13: Being Good When Sinning Is So Easy 221Chapter 14: Standing Firm: The Church's Stance on Some Sticky Issues 239Part 4: Praying and Using Devotions 269Chapter 15: Growing in the Faith 271Chapter 16: Showing Your Love for God 285Chapter 17: Expressing Affection for Mary 301Chapter 18: Honoring the Catholic Saints 319Chapter 19: Practicing Catholic Traditions 341Part 5: The Part of Tens 359Chapter 20: Ten Famous Catholics 361Chapter 21: Ten Popular Catholic Saints 371Chapter 22: Ten Popular Catholic Places 383Chapter 23: Ten Recent Beatifications and Canonizations by Pope Francis 395Chapter 24: Ten Famous Papal Encyclicals 407Part 6: Appendixes 417Appendix A: A Brief History of Catholicism 419Appendix B: Popular Catholic Prayers 449Appendix C: Directory of Patron Saints 469Index 483

O autorze

Rev. Fr. John Trigilio, Jr., PhD, ThD, is President of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy and a member of the faculty at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.Rev. Fr. Kenneth Brighenti, PhD, is co-host with Father Trigilio of a weekly television program on EWTN called Web of Faith. With Father Trigilio, he is the co-author of previous editions of Catholicism For Dummies.