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PART ONE: THE WORDS OF CHRIST
Chapter 1: Christ Appeals to the "Beginning"
The Original Unity of Man and Woman
Catechesis on the Book of Genesis
1 1 The Unity and Indissolubility of Marriage 25-27 131-133 09/05/1979
2 2 Analysis of the Biblical Account of Creation 27-29 133-137 09/12/1979
3 3 The Second Account of Creation: The Subjective Definition of Man 29-32 137-142 09/19/1979
4 4 The Boundary Between Original Innocence and Redemption 32-35 142-146 09/26/1979
5 5 The Meaning of Man's Original Solitude 35-37 146-150 10/10/1979
6 6 Man's Awareness of Being a Person 37-40 150-153 10/24/1979
7 7 The Alternative Between Death and Immortality Enters the Definition of Man 40-42 153-156 10/31/1979
8 8 The Original Unity of Man and Woman 42-45 156-161 11/07/1979
9 9 By the Communion of Persons Man Becomes the Image of God 45-48 161-165 11/14/1979
10 10 In the First Chapters of Genesis, Marriage is One and Indissoluble 48-51 166-169 11/21/1979
11 11 The Meaning of Original Human Experiences 51-54 169-173 12/12/1979
12 12 The Fullness of Interpersonal Communication 54-57 173-177 12/19/1979
13 13 Creation as a Fundamental and Original Gift 57-60 177-181 01/02/1980
14 14 The Nuptial Meaning of the Body 60-63 181-185 01/09/1980
15 15 The Human Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love 63-66 185-190 01/16/1980
16 16 The Mystery of Man's Original Innocence 66-69 190-194 01/30/1980
17 17 Man and Woman: A Gift for Each Other 69-72 194-198 02/16/1980
18 18 Original Innocence and Man's Historical State 72-75 198-201 02/13/1980
19 19 Man Enters the World As a Subject of Truth and Love 75-77 201-204 02/20/1980
20 20 Analysis of Knowledge and of Procreation 77-80 204-208 03/05/1980
21 21 The Mystery of Woman is Revealed in Motherhood 80-83 208-214 03/12/1980
22 22 The Knowledge Generation Cycle and the Perspective of Death 83-86 214-218 03/26/1980
23 23 Marriage in the Integral Image of Man 86-90 218-223 04/02/1980
Chapter 2: Christ Appeals to the Human Heart
Blessed Are the Pure of Heart
Catechesis on the Sermon on the Mount
24 24 Christ Appeals to Man's Heart 103-106 225-229 04/16/1980
25 25 The Ethical and Anthropological Content of the Commandment "You Shall Not Commit Adultery" 106-108 229-234 04/23/1980
26 26 Lust is the Fruit of the Breach of the Covenant with God 108-111 234-238 04/30/1980
27 27 The Real Significance of Original Nakedness 111-114 238-242 05/14/1980
28 28 The Fundamental Disquiet in All Human Existence 114-117 242-246 05/28/1980
29 29 The Relationship of Lust to the Communion of Persons 117-119 246-250 06/04/1980
30 30 Dominion Over the Other in the Interpersonal Relation 120-122 250-253 06/18/1980
31 31 Lust Limits the Nuptial Meaning of the Body 122-125 253-257 06/25/1980
32 32 The Heart - A Battlefield Between Love and Lust 125-128 257-260 07/23/1980
33 33 The Opposition in the Human Heart between the Spirit and the Body 128-130 260-263 07/30/1980
34 34 The Sermon on the Mount to the Men of Our Day 130-133 264-267 08/06/1980
35 35 The Content of the Commandment "You Shall Not Commit Adultery" 133-135 267-270 08/13/1980
36 36 Adultery According to the Law and the Prophets 135-138 270-274 08/20/1980
37 37 Adultery is the Breakdown of the Personal Covenant 138-142 274-278 08/27/1980
38 38 The Meaning of Adultery is Transferred from the Body to the Heart 142-145 278-282 09/03/1980
39 39 Concupiscence is a separation from the Nuptial Meaning of the Body 145-147 282-286 09/10/1980
40 40 Mutual Attraction Differs from Lust 147-150 286-289 09/17/1980
41 41 The Depersonalizing Effect of Concupiscence 150-152 289-293 09/24/1980
42 42 Establishing the Ethical Sense 152-156 293-297 10/01/1980
43 43 Interpreting the Concept of Concupiscence 156-159 297-301 10/08/1980
44 44 Gospel Values and the Duties of the Human Heart

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 301-305 10/15/1980
45 45 The Value of the Body According to the Creator's Plan 162-165 306-309 10/22/1980
46 46 The Power of Redeeming Completes the Power of Creation 165-168 309-314 10/29/1980
47 47 Eros and Ethos Meet and Bear Fruit in the Human Heart 168-171 314-318 11/05/1980
48 48 Spontaneity: The Mature Result of Conscience 171-174 318-321 11/12/1980
49 49 Christ Calls Us to Rediscover the Living Forms of the New Man 174-177 321-325 12/03/1980
50 50 Purity of Heart 177-180 326-329 12/10/1980
Life According to the Spirit
St. Paul's Teaching on the Human Body
51 51 Justification in Christ 191-194 329-335 12/17/1980
52 52 Opposition Between the Flesh and the Spirit 194-197 335-338 01/071981
53 53 Life in the Spirit is Based on True Freedom 197-200 339-342 01/14/1981
54 54 St. Paul's Teaching on the Human Body 200-202 342-345 01/28/1981
55 55 St. Paul's Description on the Body and His Teaching on Purity 202-205 345-348 02/04/1981
56 56 The Virtue of Purity Is the Expression and Fruit of Life According to the Spirit 205-208 349-352 02/11/1981
57 57 The Pauline Doctrine of Purity as Life According to the Spirit 208-210 352-355 03/18/1981
58 58 The Positive Function of Purity of Heart 210-214 355-359 04/01/1981
59 59 The Pronouncement of the Magisterium Apply Christ's Words Today 214-218 360-364 04/08/1981
60 60 The Human Body: Subject of the Works of Art 218-220 364-367 04/15/1981
61 61 Reflection on the Ethos of the Human Body in Works of Artistic Culture 220-223 367-370 04/22/1981
62 62 Art Must Not Violate the Right to Privacy 223-226 371-373 04/29/1981
63 63 Ethical Responsibilities in Art 226-229 374-378 05/06/1981
Chapter 3: Christ Appeals to the Resurrection
Blessed Are the Pure of Heart
The Resurrection of the Body
64 64 Marriage and Celibacy in the Light of the Resurrection of the Body 233-235 379-382 11/11/1981
65 65 The Living God Continually Renews the Reality of Life 235-238 382-387 11/18/1981
66 66 The Resurrection and Theological Anthropology 238-240 387-390 12/02/1981
67 67 The Resurrection Perfects the Person 240-243 390-394 12/09/1981
68 68 Christ's Words on the Resurrection Complete the Revelation of the Body 243-246 394-397 12/16/1981
69 69 The New Threshold of the Complete Truth About Man 246-249 397-401 01/13/1982
70 70 The Doctrine of the Resurrection According to St. Paul 249-252 401-406 01/27/1982
71 71 The Risen Body will be Incorruptible, Glorious, Full of Dynamism and Spiritual 252-254 406-408 02/03/1982
72 72 The Body's Spiritualization Will Be the Source of Its Power and Incorruptibility 255-257 409-412 02/10/1982
Virginity for the Sake of the Kingdom
73 73 Virginity or Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom 262-264 412-415 03/10/1982
74 74 The Vocation to Continence in This Earthly Life 264-267 415-419 03/17/1982
75 75 Continence for the Sake of the Kingdom - and Its Spiritual Fulfillment 267-270 419-422 03/24/1982
76 76 The Effective and Privileged Way of Continence 270-273 422-425 03/31/1982
77 77 The "Superiority" of Continence Does Not Devalue Marriage 273-276 426-429 04/07/1982
78 78 Marriage and Continence Complement Each Other 276-278 429-432 04/14/1982
79 79 The Value of Continence is Found in Love 278-281 432-436 04/21/1982
80 80 Celibacy is a Practical Response to the Love of the Divine Spouse 281-285 436-440 04/28/1982
81 81 Celibacy for the Kingdom Affirms Marriage 285-287 440-443 05/05/1982
82 82 Voluntary Continence Derives from a Counsel, Not from a Command 287-289 443-446 06/23/1982
83 83 "The Unmarried Person in Anxious to Please the Lord" 289-292 446-450 06/30/1982
84 84 Everyone Has His Own Gift from God, Suited to His Vocation 292-296 450-453 07/07/1982
85 85 Man's Eternal Destiny - The Kingdom of God, Not the World 296-299 454-457 07/14/1982
86 86 The Mystery of the Body's Redemption 299-302 459-462 07/21/1982

PART TWO: THE SACRAMENT
Chapter 1: The Dimension of Covenant and of Grace
The Sacramentality of Marriage
87 87 Marital Love Reflects God's Love for His People 304-306 465-468 07/28/1982
88 88 The Call to Be Imitators of God and to Walk in Love 306-309 469-472 08/04/1982
89 89 Reverence for Christ is the Basis of the Relationship Between Spouses 309-312 472-475 08/11/1982
90 90 A Deeper Understanding of the Church and Marriage 312-314 475-478 08/18/1982
91 91 St. Paul's Analogy of the Union of Head and Body 314-318 479-483 08/25/1982
92 92 The Sacredness of the Human Body and Marriage 318-321 483-487 09/01/1982
93 93 Christ's Redemptive Love Has a Spousal Nature 321-324 487-491 09/08/1982
94 94 Moral Aspects of the Christian's Vocation 324-327 491-495 09/15/1982
95 95 The Relationship of Christ to the Church is Connected with the Tradition of the Prophets 327-330 495-500 09/22/1982
96 95b The Analogy of Spousal Love Indicates the Radical Character of Grace 330-333 500-503 09/29/1982
97 96 Marriage is the Central Point of the "Sacrament of Creation" 333-336 503-507 10/06/1982
98 97 The Loss of the Original Sacrament is Restored with Redemption in the Marriage-Sacrament 336-339 507-510 10/13/1982
99 98 Marriage is an Integral Part of the New Sacramental Economy 339-342 510-514 10/20/1982
100 99 The Indissolubility of the Sacrament of Marriage in the Mystery of the Redemption of the Body 342-344 514-517 10/27/1982
101 100 Christ Opened Marriage to the Saving Action of God 344-347 517-520 11/24/1982
102 101 The Marriage Sacrament is an Effective Sign of God's Saving Power 347-351 520-525 12/01/1982
Chapter 2: The Dimension of Sign
103 102 The Redemptive and Spousal Dimension of Love 351-354 529-531 12/15/1982
104 103 The Language of the Body is the Substratum and Content of the Sacramental Sign of Spousal Communion 354-357 531-534 01/05/1983
105 104 The Language of the Body in the Structure of Marriage 357-360 534-538 01/12/1983
106 105 The Sacrament Covenant in the Dimension of Sign 360-363 538-542 01/19/1983
107 106 The Language of the Body Strengthens the Marriage Covenant 363-365 542-544 01/26/1983
108 107 Man is Called to Overcome Concupiscence 365-368 544-547 02/09/1983
109 108 Reflections on the Songs of Songs 368-370 548-558 05/23/1984
110 109 Truth and Freedom - The Foundation of True Love 370-373 558-566 05/30/1984
110 566-573
111 111 Love is Ever Seeking and Never Satisfied 373-375 574-581 06/06/1984
112 582-586
113 586-592
112 114 Love is Victorious in the Struggle Between Good and Evil 375-377 592-598 06/27/1984
115 598-604
116 604-609
  117     610-612  
113 117b The Language of the Body and the Spirituality of Marriage 378-380 613-615 07/04/1984
Chapter 3: He Gave Them the Law of Life as Their Inheritance
Reflections on "Humanae Vitae"
114 118 The Morality of the Marriage Act is Determined by the Nature of the Act and the Subjects 386-388 617-620 07/11/1984
115 119 The Norm of Humanae Vitae Arises From the Natural Law and the Revealed Order 388-390 620-622 07/18/1984
116 120 The Importance of Harmonizing Human Love with Respect for Life 390-393 622-625 07/25/1984
117 121 Responsible Parenthood 393-395 626-628 08/01/1984
118 122 Faithfulness to the Divine Plan in the Transmission of Life 395-396 628-630 08/08/1984
119 123 The Church's Position on the Transmission of Life 396-399 630-633 08/22/1984
120 124 A Discipline That Enables Human Love 399-401 633-636 08/28/1984
121 125 Responsible Parenthood Is Linked to Moral Maturity 401-404 636-639 09/05/1984
122 126 Prayer, Penance and the Eucharist Are the Principle Sources of Spirituality for Married Couples 404-406 639-641 10/03/1984
123 127 The Power of Love Is Given to Man and Woman As a Share in God's Love 406-408 641-644 10/10/1984
124 128 Continence Protects the Dignity of the Conjugal Act 408-411 644-647 10/24/1984
125 129 Continence Frees One from Inner Tension 411-413 647-650 10/31/1984
126 130 Continence Deepens Personal Communion 413-415 650-652 11/07/1984
127 131 Living According to the Spirit 415-417 652-655 11/14/1984
128 132 Respect for the Work of God 417-419 655-657 11/21/1984
129 133 The Redemption of the Body and the Sacramentality of Marriage 419-422 659-663 11/28/1984

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