Jesus Christ, Son of God and Saviour
Here are the catecheses on Jesus Christ which Pope St John Paul II gave us at the Wednesday General Audiences between August 1986 & April 1989. They were the second part of JPII's Catechesis on the Creed, following on from those on God the Father and preceding those on the Holy Spirit.
There were a total of 97 catechesis in this cycle:
(links included for the Italian & Spanish (& a few Portuguese) texts on the Vatican website)
(The English text is from the Vatican website easy-to-miss, special section ... which Totus2us came by via the website Catechesis of the Popes. The titles aren't from the original Italian, but were included in book form, published by Pauline Books & Media, now out of print.)
The Mystery of Sin
1. Sin involves the deep deformation of creation
2. Sin involves the misuse of God’s gifts
3. Original sin causes a fundamental change
4. The universality of sin in human history
5. The Church’s teaching on original sin
6. Consequences of original sin for all humanity
7. The state of man in fallen nature
8. Sin breaks man’s covenant with God
9. The sin of man and the “sin of the world”
10 Sin alienates the human person
11 The entire human race struggles against the forces of evil
12 The Protoevangelium of salvation
Jesus Christ, God and Man
13 The identity of Christ
14 Jesus Christ, Son of God and Saviour
15 Jesus Christ, conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary
16 Jesus Christ, son of Israel, chosen people of the Old Covenant
17 Jesus Christ, Messiah King
18 Jesus Christ, Messiah Priest
19 Jesus Christ, Messiah and Prophet
20 Jesus Christ, fulfillment of the messianic prophecies
21 Jesus Christ, inauguration and fulfillment of the kingdom of God
22 Jesus Christ, Messiah and Divine Wisdom
23 Jesus Christ, Son of Man
24 Jesus Christ, Son of God
25 The heart of the Gospel witness
26 The Father bears witness to the Son
27 The Prologue of John's Gospel synthesizes the faith of the Apostolic Church
28 Jesus Christ, the Son sent by the Father
29 Jesus' awareness of his unique relationship to the Father
30 Jesus Christ, the Son intimately united with the Father
31 Jesus Christ, the Son who lives for the Father
32 The Son addresses the Father in prayer
33 The Son lives to give thanks to the Father
34 Jesus Christ comes in the power of the Holy Spirit
35 Jesus Christ brings the Holy Spirit to the Church and humanity
36 Jesus Christ reveals the Trinity
37 Jesus Christ, true God and true man
38 Jesus Christ, the eternal word of God the Father
39 Jesus claimed the divine attributes for Himself
40 Jesus Christ has the power to judge
41 Jesus Christ has the power to forgive sins
42 Jesus Christ, the divine lawgiver
43 Have faith in God and have faith in me
44 Whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the Gospel will save it
45 I confer a kingdom on you
The Miracles of Christ
46 The fact and significance of Christ's miracles
47 I say to you, arise!
48 Miraculous signs reveal Christ's power
49 Christ's miracles - salvific signs
50 Christ's miracles manifest salvific love
51 Miracles are a call to faith
52 Miracles manifest the supernatural order
The Church's faith in Jesus Christ
53 Jesus Christ is true man
54 Like us in all things except sin
55 Jesus, a man in solidarity with all humanity
56 Jesus Christ emptied Himself
57 The formulation of the Church's faith in Christ
58 Conciliar definitions about Christ
59 The Church's belief in Jesus Christ according to the conciliar definitions
60 The Council of Chalcedon and the Monothelite Heresy
61 The Christological definitions and the Church's faith today
The Mission of Christ
62 Christ's mission
63 The Kingdom of God
64 "I came into the world to testify to the truth"
65 Christ's mission is to reveal the Father
66 Jesus Christ, "the faithful witness"
67 Jesus, founder of his Church
68 Jesus, founder of the ministerial structure of the Church
69 Jesus, founder of the Sacramental structure in the life of the Church
70 The Church's holiness comes from Christ
71 Jesus frees us from the slavery of sin
72 Jesus frees us to seek the good in truth
73 Jesus frees humanity for a new life
74 Jesus is our model
The Mystery of Redemption
75 Jesus is the model of prayer
76 Jesus Christ is a model of perfect love
77 Christ's sacrifice fulfills God's design of love
78 The death of Christ as an historical event
79 Christ's awareness of his vocation to redemptive sacrifice
80 The value of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ
81 The redemptive value of Christ's sacrifice
82 The meaning of suffering in the light of Christ's Passion
83 "Father, forgive them .. "
84 "Behold your Mother!"
85 "My God my God, why have you forsaken me?"
86 Christ's last words on the Cross
87 The fruitfulness of Christ's redemptive death
88 "He descended into hell"
89 The Resurrection: an historical event and an affirmation of faith
90 From the empty tomb to the meeting with the Risen Christ
91 The apparitions of the Risen Christ
92 The Resurrection is an historical event that transcends history
93 The Resurrection is the high point of revelation
94 The saving power of the Resurrection
95 The Ascension: a mystery announced beforehand
96 The Ascension is the fulfillment of the mystery of the Incarnation
97 Jesus is Lord