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The Duties of a Christian To The Duties of a Christian to God Frontispiece: title page of Les Devoirs d’un Chrétien envers Dieu, et les Moyens de Pouvoir bien s’en Acquiter [The Duties of a Christian to God and the Means to Fulfill Them Properly], volume 1. Paris: Antoine Chrétien, 1703. Reproduced in Cahiers lasalliens 20 (Rome: Maison Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, 1964). The Duties of a Christian to God John Baptist de La Salle Translated by Richard Arnandez, FSC Edited by Alexis James Doval Lasallian Publications Christian Brothers Conference Landover, Maryland Lasallian Publications Sponsored by the Regional Conference of Christian Brothers of the United States and Toronto Editorial Board Luke Salm, FSC, Chairman Paul Grass, FSC, Executive Director Daniel Burke, FSC William Mann, FSC Miguel Campos, FSC Donald C. Mouton, FSC Ronald Isetti Joseph Schmidt, FSC Augustine Loes, FSC Originally published as Les Devoirs d’un Chrétien envers Dieu (Paris: Antoine Chrétien, 1703), vol. 1 is reproduced in Cahiers lasalliens 20; vol. 2, in Cahiers lasalliens 21, and vol. 3, Du culte extérieur et public que les Chrétiens sont obligés de rendre à Dieu et des moyens de le lui rendre, in Cahiers lasalliens 22 (Rome: Maison Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, 1964). The Duties of a Christian to God is volume 8 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle Copyright © 2002 by Christian Brothers Conference All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Control Number: 2002101170 ISBN 0-944808-27-1 (cloth) ISBN 0-944808-28-X (paper) Cover: Portrait of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The painting, by Pierre Léger and dat- ed 1734, is preserved in the archives of the Institute in Rome. Photo E. Rous- set (Jean-Baptiste de La Salle; Iconographie, Boulogne: Limet, 1979, plate 5). Lasallian Publications Sponsored by Christian Brothers Conference (Regional Conference of Christian Brothers of the United States of America and Toronto), the Lasallian Publications project includes eighteen volumes on the life, writings, and work of John Baptist de La Salle (1651–1719), Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and on the early history of the Brothers. Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle The Letters of John Baptist de La Salle. Translated and edited by Colman Molloy, FSC, and Augustine Loes, FSC. Volume 1 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 1988. The Rules of Christian Decorum and Civility. Translated by Richard Arnandez, FSC. Edited by Gregory Wright, FSC. Volume 2 of Lasal- lian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 1990. Collection of Various Short Treatises. Translated by William J. Battersby, FSC. Edited by Daniel Burke, FSC. Volume 3 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 1993. Meditations by John Baptist de La Salle. Translated by Richard Arnan- dez, FSC, and Augustine Loes, FSC. Edited by Augustine Loes, FSC, and Francis Huether, FSC. Volume 4 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 1994. Explanation of the Method of Interior Prayer. Translated by Richard Ar- nandez, FSC. Revised translation by Donald C. Mouton, FSC, edi- tor. Volume 5 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 1995. The Conduct of the Christian Schools. Translated by F. de La Fontaine- rie and Richard Arnandez, FSC. Edited with notes by William Mann, FSC. Volume 6 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 1996. Rule and Foundational Documents. Translated and edited by Augus- tine Loes, FSC, and Ronald Isetti. Volume 7 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 2002. The Duties of a Christian to God. Translated by Richard Arnandez, FSC. Edited by Alexis James Doval. Volume 8 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 2002. Religious Instructions and Exercises of Piety for the Christian Schools. Translated by Richard Arnandez, FSC. Edited by Eugene Lappin, FSC. Volume 9 of Lasallian Sources: The Complete Works of John Baptist de La Salle, 2002. Lasallian Resources: Biographies of John Baptist de La Salle by His Contemporaries John Baptist de La Salle: Two Early Biographies. Dom François-Élie Maillefer, OSB, and Brother Bernard, FSC. Translated by William J. Quinn, FSC. Revised translation with notes by Donald C. Mouton, FSC. Edited by Paul Grass, FSC. Volume 1 of Lasallian Resources: Biographies of John Baptist de La Salle by His Contemporaries, 1996. The Life of John Baptist de La Salle, Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; A Biography in Three Books. Jean-Baptiste Blain. Translated by Richard Arnandez, FSC. Edited by Luke Salm, FSC. Published in separate bindings with continu- ous pagination, 2000. The Mind and Heart of John Baptist de La Salle. Jean-Baptiste Blain. Translated by Edwin Bannon, FSC. Edit- ed by Augustine Loes, FSC, 2002. The four books by Jean-Baptiste Blain are volume 2 of Lasallian Resources: Biographies of John Baptist de La Salle by His Contemporaries. Lasallian Resources: Early Documents John Baptist de La Salle: The Formative Years. Luke Salm, FSC. Volume 1 of Lasallian Resources: Early Documents, 1989. The First De La Salle Brothers; 1681–1719. Augustine Loes, FSC. Volume 2 of Lasallian Resources: Early Documents, 1999. Lasallian Resources: Current Lasallian Studies John Baptist de La Salle and Special Education: A Study of Saint Yon. Othmar Würth, FSC. Translated by Augustine Loes, FSC. Adapted by Francis Huether, FSC. Edited by Bonaventure Miner, FSC. Volume 1 of Lasallian Resources: Current Lasallian Studies, 1988. So Favored by Grace: Education in the Time of John Baptist de La Salle. Edited by Lawrence J. Colhocker, FSC. Volume 2 of Lasal- lian Resources: Current Lasallian Studies, 1991. Spirituality in the Time of John Baptist de La Salle. Edited by Robert C. Berger, FSC. Volume 3 of Lasallian Resources: Current Lasallian Studies, 1999. John Baptist de La Salle: The Message of His Catechism. Jean Pungier, FSC. Translated by Oswald Murdoch, FSC. Edited by Gerard Rummery, FSC. Volume 4 of Lasallian Resources: Current Lasallian Studies, 1999. Sacred Scripture in the Spirituality of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. Luis Varela Martínez, FSC. Translated by Francis Vesel, FSC. Edit- ed by Donald C. Mouton, FSC. Volume 5 of Lasallian Resources: Current Lasallian Studies, 2000. Contents Introduction, by Alexis James Doval . 1 Volume 1 Part 1 The Two Duties of a Christian to God, Namely, to Know God and to Love God Introduction. The Christian Religion, Christians, the Marks by Which We Can Know Them, and the Virtues Proper to Them . 18 Treatise 1 The First Duty of a Christian, Which Is to Know God . 22 Chapter 1. Faith, Which Enables Us to Know God in This World . 22 Section 1. What faith is . 22 Section 2. Our obligation to make acts of faith . 23 Section 3. The truths of faith, whether written or not, that we know by Holy Scripture and by Tradition . 25 Section 4. The Creed, a summary of the truths of faith . 27 Chapter 2. God and the Three Divine Persons . 28 Chapter 3. The Creation of the World . 30 Chapter 4. The Redemption of Humanity . 32 Section 1. The Son of God made human . 32 Section 2. The birth of Jesus Christ; his principal actions up to the time of his baptism . 34 Section 3. The vocation and mission of the Apostles; the preaching, miracles, and life of poverty of Jesus Christ . 35 Section 4. The principal persons whom Jesus converted . 37 Section 5. The Pharisees’ hatred of Jesus Christ; his aversion for them 39 Section 6. The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem; the Last Supper . 40 Section 7. The Passion of Jesus Christ; what he suffered on the Mount of Olives and in the house of Caiaphas . 42 Section 8. What Jesus suffered from Pilate . 44 Section 9. The death and burial of Jesus Christ . 45 Section 10. The Resurrection and the Ascension of Jesus Christ; the Descent of the Holy Spirit . 47 Chapter 5. The Church . 49 Section 1. The Church; the marks by which we know her . 49 Section 2. The members of the Church . 51 Section 3. The power and the authority of the Church . 51 Section 4. The government of the Church . 53 Section 5. The head and the pastors of the Church; their jurisdiction and rank . 54 Section 6. The subordinate ministers of the Church . 56 viii Contents ✦ ix Chapter 6. The General Judgment, the Resurrection of the Body, and Life Everlasting . 57 Treatise 2 The Second Duty of a Christian, Which Is to Love God . 60 Chapter 1. Charity, Which Makes Us Love God . 60 Section 1. The necessity of loving God . 60 Section 2. The manner of loving God; the signs that can make known that we love God . 62 Section 3. The obligation we have to love our neighbor . 64 Chapter 2. The Commandments of God in General . 65 Chapter 3. The Commandments of God in Particular. The First Commandment of God . 67 Chapter 4. The Second Commandment of God . 71 Chapter 5. The Third Commandment of God . 73 Chapter 6. The Fourth Commandment of God . 75 Chapter 7. The Fifth Commandment of God . 77 Chapter 8. The Sixth Commandment of God . 79 Chapter 9. The Seventh Commandment of God . 81 Chapter 10. The Eighth Commandment of God . 83 Chapter 11. The Ninth and Tenth Commandments of God . 85 Chapter 12. The Commandments of the Church . 87 Chapter 13. Sin in General . 92 Chapter 14.
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