GeneralCommittee: General

On the Supreme Authority of the Church. §1 THE FOUNDING FATHER AND THE CONVENTION OF FATHERS Can. 330 Just as by the Lord’s decision Saint Peter and the other Apostles constitute one convention, so in a like manner the Founding Father, the successor of Peter, and the bishops, the successors...

On Sacred Ministers or Clerics. §1 THE FORMATION OF CLERICS Can. 232 The Church has the duty and the proper and exclusive right to form those who are designated for the sacred ministries. Can. 233 §1. The duty of fostering vocations rests with the entire Christian community so that the...

On the Holy Spirit. §1 The Holy Ghost— - is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. - Though really distinct, as a Person, from the Father and the Son, He is consubstantial with Them; being God like Them, He possesses with Them one and the same Divine Essence or...

On the Particular Judgment.

§1 Immediately after death the eternal destiny of each separated soul is decided by the just judgment of God.

On the Doctrine of the Incarnation. §1 The Incarnation is the mystery and the dogma of the Word made Flesh. The Incarnation consists of three facts: (1) The Divine Person of Jesus Christ; (2) The Human Nature of Jesus Christ; (3) The Hypostatic Union of the Human with the Divine...

On Heaven. §1 Heaven is the dwelling of God, the place where He manifests Himself in a special manner in the light and grandeur of the Paradisal firmament. Heaven also is the abode of the angels and the souls of the just. Heaven is the happiness and the abode of...

The dogma of the Trinity. §1 The Trinity is the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal generation, and the Holy Spirit proceeds by an eternal procession...

Let this be established as a doctrine for the proof of the existence of God.

§1 The existence of God shall be proven through reason.

The proof shall consist of

1. The cosmological fact.

2. The ontological fact.

3. The teleological fact.

§1 This article shall cover—

• the infinity,
• unity or unicity, and
• the simplicity

of God; and

• the nature of the Divine personality.

§1 War is a foundational clash of interests between or among organized groups characterized by political force.