Article 1 GOD’S REVELATION I. God Reveals His «Love-Goodness Plan» nn. 51-53 II. The stages of the Apocalypse nn. 54-64 III. Christ Jesus — “Mediator and fullness of all revelation” nn. 65-67 IN BRIEF nn. 68-73 Article 2 THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION n. 74 I. The Apostolic Tradition nn.75-79 II. The relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture nn. 80-83 III. The interpretation of the heritage of faith nn. 84-95 IN BRIEF nn. 96-100 Article 3 SACRED SCRIPTURE I. Christ – Unique Word of Sacred Scripture nn. 101-104 II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture nn. 105-108 III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture nn. 109-119 IV. The Canon of Scripture nn. 120-130 V. Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church nn. 131-133 IN BRIEF nn. 134-141
Article 1 I BELIEVE I. The obedience of faith nn. 144-149 II. «I know in whom I believed» nn. 150-152 III. The characteristics of faith nn. 153-165 Article 2 WE BELIEVE nn. 166-167 I. “Lord, look at the faith of your Church” nn. 168-169II. The Language of Faith nn. 170-171III. Once nn. 172-175 IN BRIEF nn. 176-184 The Creed SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS nn. 185-197 CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER n. 198 Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE ALMIGHTY FATHER, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH” Paragraph 1. I BELIEVE IN GOD nn. 199-231 Paragraph 2. THE FATHER nn. 232-267 Paragraph 3. THE ALMIGHTY nn. 268-278 Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR nn. 279-324 Paragraph 5. HEAVEN AND EARTH nn. 325-354 Paragraph 6. MAN nn. 355-384 Paragraph 7. THE FALL nn. 385-421 CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON nn. 422-429 ARTICLE 2 “AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD” I. Jesus nn. 430-435 II. Christ no. 436-440 III. The Only Begotten Son of God nn. 441-445IV. Lord no. 446-451 IN BRIEF nn. 452-455 Article 3 “HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY” Paragraph 1. THE SON OF GOD BECOMES MAN nn. 456-483 Paragraph 2. “CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY” nn. 484-511 Paragraph 3. THE MYSTERIES OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST nn. 512-570 Article 4 “JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED” nn. 571-573 Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL nn. 574-594 Paragraph 2. JESUS DEAD CRUCIFIED nn. 595-623 Paragraph 3. JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED nn. 624-630 Article 5 “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE WAS RISEN” n. 631 Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL nn. 632-637 Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE WAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD nn. 638-658 Article 6 “HE HAS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER” nn. 659-664 IN BRIEF nn. 665-667 Article 7 “HENCE HE WILL RETURN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD” I. He will return in glory nn. 668-677II. Judging the living and the dead nn. 678-679 IN BRIEF nn. 680-682 CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT nn. 683- 686 ARTICLE 8 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT” nn. 687-688 I. The joint mission of the Son and the Spirit nn. 689-690 II. The name, titles and symbols of the Holy Spirit nn. 691-701III. The Spirit and the Word of God in the time of the promises nn. 702-716IV. The Spirit of Christ in the fulness of times nn. 717-730 V. The Spirit and the Church in the last days nn. 731-741 IN BRIEF nn. 742-747 Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH” nn. 748-750 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN nn. 751-780 Paragraph 2. THE CHURCH – PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT nn. 781-810 Paragraph 3. THE CHURCH IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC nn. 811-870 Paragraph 4. FAITHFUL OF CHRIST – HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE nn. 871-945 Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS nn. 946-962 Paragraph 6. MARY – MOTHER OF CHRIST, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH nn. 963-975 Article 10 “I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS” n. 976 I. One baptism for the forgiveness of sins nn. 977-980 II. The power of nn keys. 981-987 Article 11 “I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY” nn. 988-991 I. The resurrection of Christ and ours nn. 992-1004 II. Die in Jesus Christ nn. 1005-1014 IN BRIEF nn. 1015-1019 Article 12 “I BELIEVE IN ETERNAL LIFE” n. 1020 I. The Particular Judgment nn. 1021-1022 II. Sky no. 1023-1029 III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory nn. 1030-1032IV. Hell no. 1033-1037 V. The Last Judgment nn. 1038-1041VI. Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth nn. 1042-1050 IN BRIEF nn. 1051-1060 «Amen» no. 1061-1065
Fauve cover
The French version of the Catechism was first published in 1992, with an English translation following in 1994.
This version of the Catechism (given a beige cover) had a note that a future edition would supersede this one, when the Latin version (the «official» version) was published.
