Catechism of the Catholic Church

ABBREVIATIONS The following are abbreviations cited in the text: AA Apostolicam actuositatem AAS Acta Apostolicae Sedis AF J. B. Lightfoot, ed., The Apostolic Fathers (New York: Macmillan, 1889‑1890) AG Ad gentes Ben de Benedictionibus CA Centesimus annus Catech. R. Catechismus Romanus CCEO Corpus Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium CCL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina (Turnhout, 1953‑ ) CD Christus Dominus CDF Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CELAM Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano CIC Codex Iuris Canonici CL Christifideles laici COD Conciliorum oecumenicorum decreta CPG Solemn Profession of Faith: Credo of the People of God CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Vienna, 1866‑ ) CT Catechesi tradendae DeV Dominum et Vivificantem DH Dignitatis humanae DM Dives in misericordia DS Denzinger‑Schönmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum (1965) DV Dei Verbum EN Evangelii nuntiandi EP Eucharistic Prayer FC Familiaris consortio GCD General Catechetical Directory GE Gravissimum educationis GILH General Introduction to LH GIRM General Instruction to RomM GS Gaudium et spes HV Humanae vitae ICEL International Commission on English in the Liturgy IM Inter mirifica LE Laborem exercens LG Lumen gentium LH Liturgy of the Hours LXX Septuagint MC Marialis cultus MD Mulieris dignitatem MF Mysterium fidei MM Mater et magistra NA Nostra aetate NCCB National Conference of Catholic Bishops (U.S.A.) ND Neuner‑Dupuis, The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church OBA Ordo baptismi adultorum OC Ordo confirmationis OCF Order of Christian Funerals OCM Ordo celebrandi Matrimonium OCV Ordo consecrationis virginum OE Orientalium ecclesiarum OP Ordo paenitentiae OR Office of Readings OT Optatam totius PC Perfectae caritatis