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Rev. Kenneth Brighenti. Catholicism For Dummies
Catholicism For Dummies® To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “Catholicism For Dummies 4th Edition Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
What Do Catholics Believe?
What It Means to Be Catholic
What Exactly Is Catholicism Anyway?
Knowing What the Catholic Church Teaches
Grasping the basic beliefs
WHY IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S HOME IN ROME?
Respecting the role of the Church and its leaders
What “the Church” really is
The Catholic chain of command
Worshipping as a Catholic: The Holy Mass
Bringing body and soul into the mix
Participating inside and out
Behaving Like a Catholic
Following the general ground rules
Avoiding sin
Heeding the Church’s stance on tough issues
Praying as a Catholic: Showing Your Devotion
Praying and using devotions
Realizing the importance of Mary and the saints
Following traditions
Having Faith in God’s Revealed Word
How Do You Know If You Have Faith?
Having Faith in Revelation
Faith in the written word: The Bible
Believing in two forms of revelation
Interpreting sacred literature both literally and figuratively
BIBLE TRIVIA
Trusting the authority of the Catholic Bible
Faith in the spoken word: Sacred Tradition
Filling in the gaps of the written word
Existing separately from human tradition
IF YOU’RE CATHOLIC, YOU GOTTA GO PUBLIC
The Creed
Backing Up Your Faith with Reason: Summa Theologica
Through motion
Through causality
Through necessity
Through gradation
Through governance
In the Beginning: Catholic Teachings on Creation and Original Sin
Making Something Out of Nothing
Breathing Life into the World: Creationism or Evolution?
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE APES?
Angels and Devils: Following God or Lucifer
Infused knowledge, eternal decisions
The angels’ test and the devil’s choice
Witnessing the Original Sin
Tempting our first parents
Losing gifts
Wounding our nature
Being redeemed by God’s grace
Facing the four last things
Anticipating What’s to Come: Moving toward the End of Creation
The Second Coming
RESEARCHING THE WORD “RAPTURE”
Resurrection of the dead
General judgment
The end of the world
Believing in Jesus
Understanding Jesus, the God-Man
The human nature of Jesus
Did Jesus have a wife and kids?
Did Jesus have any brothers or sisters?
EVEN JESUS GOT SOME DOWNTIME
The divine nature of Jesus
The Savior of our sins; the Redeemer of the World
The obedient Son of God
DEEP THOUGHTS ABOUT FATHER AND SON
The Gospel Truth: Examining Four Written Records of Jesus
Catholic beliefs about the Gospel
How the Gospels came to be
Comparing Gospels
Matthew and Luke
THE GOSPEL TRUTH, LITERALLY
Mark
John
Dealing with Heresy and Some Other $10 Words
Gnosticism and Docetism
Arianism
Nestorianism
Monophysitism
Defining “The Church” and What Membership Means
Establishing a Foundation: Built on Rock
Seeing the Church as the Body of Christ and Communion of Saints
Understanding the Four Marks of the Church
Fulfilling Its Mission
The priestly office: Sanctifying through the sacraments
The prophetic office: Teaching through the Magisterium
The kingly office: Shepherding and governing through the hierarchy
Membership Has Its Benefits
Organizing the Church
Getting to Know the Pope
How the pope gets his job
UH, CARDINAL, SIR? WHAT’S THAT MALLET FOR?
Are there pope primaries?
Dimpled, pimpled, or hanging chads?
Is he really infallible?
So what does infallibility mean?
The Extraordinary Magisterium
The Ordinary Magisterium
Now that’s job security
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
Where the pope hangs his hat
Who’s Next in the Ecclesiastical Scheme of Things
Cardinals
Bishops and archbishops
Dioceses and archdioceses: The areas that bishops govern
Cathedrals: The place where bishops hang out
NOPE, THE MASS OF THE OILS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR CAR’S ENGINE
The vicar general
The parish priest
Tough training
A busy job
The hub in the wheel: The parish church
Father, are you a diocesan or religious priest?
DIOCESAN (SECULAR) PRIESTS
RELIGIOUS (REGULAR) PRIESTS
Deacons
THE CELIBACY ISSUE
Monks and nuns, brothers and sisters
Celebrating the Mysteries of Faith
Body and Soul: Worshipping Catholic Style
Getting Your Body and Soul into the Act
Understanding Some Symbols and Gestures
The sign of the cross
The genuflection
The crucifix
Holy water
Sensing God
Through sight
Depicting God
Conveying meaning through colors and symbols
A PRIEST’S VESTMENTS OF MANY COLORS
Through touch
Through smell
Burning incense
Beeswax
Anointing with oil
Through sound
Through taste
Entering the Church: Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation
Come On In — The Water’s Fine
Becoming Christ’s kith and kin
Washing away original sin
Baptizing with water
Recognizing the role of sponsors or godparents
What goes on at a Baptism?
Receiving the sacrament of Baptism in other ways
Shedding blood for Christ
Having the will but not the way
THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
The Holy Eucharist
Understanding the consecrated host
Discovering who can receive Holy Communion
Partaking of First Holy Communion
Coming of Age: Confirmation
The Sacraments of Service and Healing
The Sacraments of Service and Community
Marriage — Catholic style
Responding to the vocation
Committing to a lifetime and avoiding annulments
Making it valid
FOOD, FLOWERS, AND FAITH
Getting the full treatment with a Nuptial Mass
Opting for a wedding without a Mass
DO’S AND DON’TS AT CATHOLIC WEDDINGS
Making it Catholic: Convalidation
Holy Orders
Celebrating the sacrament
Preparing for the responsibility
Removing the clergy from service, but not the sacrament from the clergy
The Sacraments of Mercy and Healing
Penance
Healing the spirit
Understanding penance in the past
Absolving sins
You gotta confess
Trusting in absolute secrecy
OFFERING HIS LIFE IN DEFENSE OF THE SEAL
Confessing in three ways
SPIRITUAL ER
Are you really, truly sorry?
Doing penance
Absolving the sinner
Anointing of the Sick
Receiving strength, not a death sentence
Administering the sacrament
Celebrating the Catholic Mass
What Exactly Is the Mass?
Honoring the Sabbath publicly
Participating fully
Uniting past, present, and future
The Two Parts of the Mass
Beginning the Mass
Greeting (Introductory Rite)
Acknowledging sin (Penitential Act)
Gloria
Opening Prayer (Collect)
The Liturgy of the Word
Reading Scripture
Hearing the homily
Reciting the Creed
Praying the General Intercessions
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Gathering the offerings
Preparing the gifts on the altar
Washing hands
Praying on behalf of the people
Preparing for the Holy Eucharist
SAYING THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
KNEELING BEFORE THE EUCHARIST
TRACING THE BIBLICAL ROOTS OF TRANSUBSTANTIATION
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH
THE LORD’S PRAYER AND SIGN OF PEACE
AGNUS DEI
Holy Communion
OFFERING A SIGN OF REVERENCE
RECEIVING THE HOST
BEING PROPERLY DISPOSED AND IN COMMUNION
Putting the Word of God into practice
Vatican II and the Celebration of Mass
Allowing worship in vernacular languages
Other changes resulting from Vatican II
Checking out the Roman Missal, Third Edition
Understanding the Latin roots
Seeing why change was necessary
Knowing what it means for you in the pew
Adjusting the Mass for the Occasion
Weekday and Sunday
Holy days of obligation
Simple and solemn celebrations
Spiritual Seasons of the Year
Christ Our Light: The first half of the liturgical year
Christ Our Life: The second half of the liturgical year
Living a Saintly Life
Obeying the Rules: Catholic Law
Following the Eternal Law of God
The divine positive law
The natural moral law
The human positive law
Civil law
Canon (Church) law
GETTING A TASTE OF CANON LAW
FACING PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS
TAKING IT TO THE TOP
RECENT CHANGES TO CANON LAW
Playing by the Church’s Rules
Attending Mass on all Sundays and holy days of obligation
Receiving the Holy Eucharist during Easter season
Confessing your sins at least once a year
Fasting and abstaining on appointed days
Contributing to the support of the Church
Observing Church marriage laws
Supporting missionary work of the Church
Loving and Honoring: The Ten Commandments
Demonstrating Love for God
I: Honor God
Rejecting false belief systems
Tuning out the distractions and putting God first
Spending QT with God
Honoring, not idolizing, Mary and the saints
II: Honor God’s name
Avoiding blasphemy
Respecting holy things and holy oaths
III: Honor God’s day
Loving Your Neighbor
IV: Honor your parents
V: Honor human life
Forbidding unjust killings
Taking issue with capital punishment
Recognizing other violations
VI and IX: Honor human sexuality
Taking the cake: Marriage
IT’S ALL ABOUT A COVENANT: THE GLUE THAT BONDS
Planning a family the natural way
Cheating and philandering don’t cut it
Playing footsie with fire
VII and X: Honor the property of others
VIII: Honor the truth
Coming Out Even Steven
LOW BLOWS AND CHEAP SHOTS
Being Good When Sinning Is So Easy
Cultivating Good Habits
Prudence: Knowing what, when, and how
Justice: Treating others fairly
Quid pro quo: Commutative justice
FORGIVE THINE ENEMIES, BUT DO WHAT JUSTICE DEMANDS
All for one and one for all: Distributive justice
Fair play from Dan to Beersheba: Social justice
Temperance: Moderating pleasure
Fortitude: Doing what’s right come hell or high water
The Theological Virtues
The Seven Deadly Sins
Pride goeth before the fall
THE DEVIL’S DOWNFALL
Envying what others have or enjoy
Lusting after fruit that’s forbidden
Anger to the point of seeking revenge
Gluttony: Too much food or firewater
Greed: The desire for more and more
Sloth: Lazy as a lotus-eater
Standing Firm: The Church’s Stance on Some Sticky Issues
Celibacy and the Male Priesthood
Flying solo for life
ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Biblical background for celibacy
Is celibacy to blame for the priest shortage?
The pros and cons
The sexual abuse issue
No-woman’s-land
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
Sacred Tradition
Jesus and his apostles
The changing roles of women
Pope Francis and women in the Church
LETTING NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE
Matters of Life and Death
Abortion
Euthanasia
UNBORN CHILDREN IN THE BIBLE
The death penalty
The Just War Doctrine
Justifying a country going to war
JUST CAUSE
COMPETENT AUTHORITY
COMPARATIVE JUSTICE
RIGHT INTENTION
LAST RESORT
PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS
PROPORTIONALITY
Displaying right conduct during war
PROPORTIONALITY
DISCRIMINATION OF NONCOMBATANTS
Planning Your Family Naturally
The moral argument against artificial contraception
The natural alternative to contraception
LOVE AND MARRIAGE GO TOGETHER
What if you can’t conceive naturally?
Defending Traditional Family Life
WHAT THE CATECHISM SAYS
The Economy and the Environment
Money, money, money
Ecology theology
Praying and Using Devotions
Growing in the Faith
Having a Personal Relationship with God through Prayer
Practicing the four types of prayer
Adoration
Contrition
Petition
Thanksgiving
Getting to know spontaneous and formal prayer
Spontaneous
Formal
Praying in Private and in a Community
Taking personal time with God: Private prayer
Meditation
Contemplation
Joining others for communal prayer
Mass and the other sacraments
Liturgy of the Hours
Saying the Lord’s Prayer
Taking It to the Next Level: The Stages of Spiritual Growth
Purgative: Practicing self-denial and sacrifice
Penance
Mortification
Illuminative: Distinguishing good from evil
Prudence
Justice
Temperance
Fortitude
Unitive: Connecting with God
Showing Your Love for God
Going Beyond Your Basic Duty
Knowing when and where to pray devotions
Separating devotions from Mass
Running the Gamut of Devotions
Praying novenas to the saints
IS SAINTLY INTERCESSION NON-CHRISTIAN?
Loving litanies
Looking at statues and icons
Making pilgrimages
Going on a retreat
Wearing sacred gear
Praying the Rosary
How to pray the Rosary
Meditating on the mysteries
JOYFUL
LUMINOUS
SORROWFUL
GLORIOUS
Saying the Divine Mercy Chaplet
The Way of the Cross
Expressing Affection for Mary
No, Catholics Don’t Worship Mary
What Catholics Believe about Mary
She’s the Mother of God
She’s the Mother of the Church
She’s the Mother of the Mystical Body of Christ
She was conceived through Immaculate Conception
AQUINAS AND THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
She went to heaven, body and soul
SACRED TRADITION REIGNS ON THE ASSUMPTION
Her never-ending virginity
Up Close and Personal with Mary
May crowning
First Saturdays
Marian shrines and apparitions
RELIGIOUS VISIONS ON TOAST?
Honoring the Catholic Saints
Having a Place in the Hearts of Catholics
SINS AND IMPERFECTIONS OF SOME FAMOUS SAINTS
Honoring God’s Good Friends
It’s All about Intercession
Recognizing a Saint
Looking at the process to becoming a saint
Going through the investigations for sainthood
EVERYONE IS CALLED TO HOLINESS
The background check
The full-scale investigation
Miracles matter
ST. FAUSTINA’S BONA FIDE MIRACLES
Experiencing the beatification and canonization Mass
A Saint for Every Day of the Year
Discovering the Communion of Saints
Saints in heaven
ARE ANGELS AMONG THE LIVING?
Believers on earth
WHERE IS HELL, ANYWAY?
Souls in purgatory
Upholding both mercy and justice
Preparing the soul for heaven
Getting a close-up view of sin
Limbo
HANKERIN’ FOR HEAVEN
Practicing Catholic Traditions
Adoring the Blessed Sacrament
Participating in Benediction
THE HISTORY OF THE 40-HOUR DEVOTION IN A NUTSHELL
Adoring at church during Perpetual Adoration or the 40-hour devotion
Representing Life’s Journey: Other Religious Processions
Meatless Fridays
The tradition of abstaining
Substituting Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy for abstinence
Using Sacramentals
Catholic Funerals
Signifying death with ashes
Commemorating with blessed palms
Receiving the blessing of throats
Exorcising demons
Tolling bells
Celebrating Year-Round
Feast of the Epiphany
Feast of Candlemas
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Joseph’s Day
Marian Feasts in May
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua
Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Part of Tens
Ten Famous Catholics
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
Father Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)
Emperor Karl I (1887–1922)
Monsignor Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty (1898–1963)
Father Patrick Peyton (1909–1992)
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)
Justice Antonin Scalia (1936–2016)
Sister Dolores (Hicks) Hart (1938–)
Bishop Robert Barron (1959–)
Ten Popular Catholic Saints
St. Matthew
St. Mark
St. Luke
St. John
St. Teresa of Ávila
St. John of the Cross
St. Margaret Clitherow
St. Mary MacKillop
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
St. Josemaría Escrivá
Ten Popular Catholic Places
Duomo di Orvieto (Italy)
Einsiedeln Monastery (Switzerland)
Mont-Saint-Michel (France)
Notre Dame Cathedral (France)
Oberammergau (Germany)
Salzburg (Austria)
Shrine of Our Lady of Le Puy (France)
St. James of Compostela (Spain)
The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham (England)
The Shrine of St. Anthony (Portugal)
Ten Recent Beatifications and Canonizations by Pope Francis
St. François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval (1623–1708)
St. Junipero Serra (1713–1784)
Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin (19th Century)
Blessed Father Michael Joseph McGivney (1852–1890)
Blessed Solanus Casey (1870–1957)
Pope St. Paul VI (1897–1978)
Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich (1901–1927)
Sts. Jacinta and Francisco Marto (Early 20th Century)
Blessed Stanley Rother (1935–1981)
Blessed Carlos Acutis (1991–2006)
Ten Famous Papal Encyclicals
Rerum Novarum, Leo XIII (1891)
Divino Afflante Spiritu, Pius XII (1943)
Mystici Corporis Christi, Pius XII (1943)
Mediator Dei, Pius XII (1947)
Humani Generis, Pius XII (1950)
Pacem in Terris, St. John XXIII (1963)
Humanae Vitae, Paul VI (1968)
Veritatis Splendor, St. John Paul II (1993)
Evangelium Vitae, St. John Paul II (1995)
Fides et Ratio, St. John Paul II (1998)
Appendixes
A Brief History of Catholicism
Ancient Times (A.D. 33–741)
Non-Christian Rome (A.D. 33–312)
The early Christians
The Roman persecutions
THE FIRST PERIOD
THE SECOND PERIOD
THE THIRD PERIOD
FAMOUS MARTYRS OF THE ROMAN PERSECUTIONS
Christian Rome (A.D. 313–475)
Barbarian invasions and the fall of Rome (A.D. 476–570)
Pope St. Gregory the Great to Charles Martel (590–741)
The Middle Ages (A.D. 800–1500)
Christendom: One big, mighty kingdom
The rise of the Holy Roman Empire
Splitsville: The east/west schism
The Crusades
The Golden Age
The downward spiral
The unstable and dangerous climate of Rome
Two popes at the same time means double trouble
Better make that three
A solution to the too-many-popes issue
The Black Death
The Reformation to the Modern Era (1517–Today)
The growing need for reform
Witnessing the Renaissance
Corruption in the Church
The rise of the middle class
The reformers
Martin Luther
SHARING THE BIBLE WITH ALL
Henry VIII
John Calvin
The good and bad effects of the Reformation
The Catholic Church’s response: The Counter Reformation
The Age of Reason
Science and religion
Faith and reason
The Age of Revolution
The French Revolution’s effect on the Church
The restoration of the monarchy and Church to France
The Oxford Movement in England
Catholicism in the New World
The Modern Era
World wars, communism, and fascism
The Church’s rocky road in Eastern Europe
Let the sun shine in
Pope St. John Paul II
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis
“WHO AM I TO JUDGE?”
COMING TO THE USA
Popular Catholic Prayers
Western (Latin) Catholic Prayers
Our Father (Pater Noster)
Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
Glory Be
Salve Regina
Memorare
Act of Contrition
Prayer to Guardian Angel
Grace Before/After Meals
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
Act of Faith
Act of Hope
Act of Love (Charity)
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Litany of Saint Joseph
Litany of the Saints
Eastern and Byzantine Catholic Prayers
Prayer before meals
Prayer after meals
Prayer of the Publican
Prayer of St. Ephraim of Syria
Prayer to St. Maron
Directory of Patron Saints
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About the Authors
Dedication
Authors’ Acknowledgments
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