SUBJECT INDEX
Abortion: 2270-75
condemnation in the early Church: 2271
excommunication as penalty: 2272
inalienable right to life: 2273
protection of human life from the moment of conception: 2270, 2319, 2322-23
Abraham
call of Abraham: 59, 72, 762
faith of Abraham: 144-46, 165, 1080, 2676
Hope of Abraham: 1819
in the Muslim religion: 841
prayer of Abraham: 2570-72, 2592, 2635
promise of Abraham: 2570-72, 762, 1222, 1716, 2810
fulfillment of the promises: 422, 1725, 2619
Absolution: see Penance,
sacrament of: as liturgical celebration
Acedia: (spiritual sloth)
as capital sin: 1866
as sin against love: 2094
as temptation in prayer: 2733
Act; action
beatitude as meaning and end: 1719, 1723
circumstances and consequences: 1754
end does not justify the means: 1753, 1759
intention and goal: 1752-53
judgment as good or bad: 1749-50, 1755-56, 1757, 1760
object: 1751, 1758
Adoration
and blessing: 1078, 2628, 2781
and respect for God's name: 2143, 2145
and sacred art: 2502
of the Blessed Sacrament: 1178, 1183, 1378-81, 1418, 2691, 2696
prayer as expression of: 2098
sacrifice as sign of: 2099
worship of God by the Church: 1083
see also: Worship
Adultery: 2380-81
as grave sin: 1756, 1856, 1858, 2400
importance of conjugal fidelity: 1646, 2364-65, 2397
in Jesus' preaching: 2336
Advent 524, 1095
see also Liturgy: liturgical seasons
Agnosticism
as practical atheism: 2128
forms: 2127
Alcohol
abuse: 2290
Almsgiving
as act of religion: 1969
as expression of penance: 1434, 1438
as form of piety: 575, 2101
as witness to fraternal charity: 2447, 2462
on behalf of the dead: 1032
Altar: 1181-82, 1383, 2570
Amputation:
see Medical treatment
Analogy
between Creator and creature: 41
of faith: 114
Anamnesis
in the Eucharistic celebration: 1354, 1362
in the general liturgical celebration: 1103
in the sacramental celebration: 1106
Angels; demons: 327-330, 350
as servants of Christ: 331, 351, 1034, 1038
"fall" of angels:
as irrevocable sin: 392-93, 414
by their free decision: 391-92
Satan as a "fallen angel: 391, 414
given intelligence and free will: 311
guardian angels: 336
heaven as "place" of angels: 326, 1023
in salvation history: 332-33
significance for the Church: 334-35, 352
"son of God" as title for angels: 441
Anger; wrath
as passion: 1765
as sin:
consequence of original sin: 2259
desire for vengeance: 2302
forbidden in Sermon on the Mount: 2262
mortal sin: 1866, 2302
Animals
experimentation on: 2417
exploitation forbidden: 2415, 2418
place of creation: 2415-16
relationship to man: 2417-18, 2457
Anointing
Anointing of the Sick: 1523
as sign of the Holy Spirit: 695
Baptism: 1237
Confirmation: 1289, 1291-96
ordination of priests and bishops: 1574
Anointing of the Sick
administration by priests and bishops: 1516, 1530
as a sacrament:
one of the seven sacraments: 1113, 1210
"Sacrament of the dying": 1523
since the beginning of the Church: 1510
liturgical celebration: 1517
elements of the celebration: 1518-19, 1531
main effects: 1520-23, 1532
comfort, peace, and courage: 1520
forgiveness of sins: 1520
preparation for death: 1523
sanctification of the Church: 1522
union with the Passion of Christ: 1521
purpose: 1499, 1511, 1526-27
reception:
Eucharist as "viaticum": 1517, 1524-25
preparation: 1516-17
reception recommended: 1515, 1528
recipient: 1514
repeated reception: 1515, 1529
rite: 1513
tradition of "Extreme Unction": 1512
Antichrist: 675
see also: Jesus: Second Coming
Anxiety: 2088
Apostasy: 2089, 817
Apostles
apostolic teaching as way to heaven: 75-77, 1724
called by Jesus to follow him: 1506
Church built on the foundation of the apostles: 857, 860
commissioned by Jesus: 2, 858-60
power of the keys: 981
preach the Paschal mystery: 571
share in Christ's ministry of healing: 1506, 1510-11
share in Christ's power of sanctification: 1087
successors: 3
witnesses of the Resurrection: 860
see also: Apostolic succession
Apostolate:
863, 864, 900, 905
Apostolic succession:
and the sacrament of Holy Orders: 1576
apostles' appointment of successors: 77, 860-62
as bond of the Church's unity: 815
as sign of the Church's catholicity: 830, 833
in the Eastern Churches: 1399
significance for the liturgy: 1087
see also: Apostles
Armed forces; soldiers: 2310
Arms production: 2316
Art: 2501, 2513
task of sacred art: 2502-3
truth and beauty: 2500
Artificial insemination:
see Matrimony: purpose
Ascension:
see Jesus Christ
Ascesis
as means to self-mastery: 1734, 2340
as way of perfection: 2015
Astrology: 2116
Atheism: 2123-26, 2128, 2140
Authority
and common good: 1906
and duties of citizens: 2238-43
and family: 2199, 2207
basis for authority:
God: 1899
human nature: 1898
respect for the human person: 1930
duty to respect public authority: 2234
legitimate exercise of authority: 1903, 2236
limitations: 2235
necessary for human community: 1898
role of service: 2236
Autopsy: 2301
Avarice: 1866, 2539, 2541, 2552
Aversion:
see Passions: diversity
Baptism:
administration and reception:
administration by the laity: 903
cannot be repeated: 1272
eligibility: 1246
in emergency: 1284
ordinary ministers: 1256
as sacrament:
common character of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders: 1121
one of the seven sacraments: 1113, 1210
sacrament of Christian initiation: 1212
sacrament of faith: 1253
sacrament of regeneration: 1213
Baptism and sin:
Baptism erases effects of original sin: 405
first sacrament of forgiveness of sins: 977-78, 985
further struggle against sin is necessary: 978, 1264, 2520
justification granted: 1266, 1992
loss of baptismal grace through sin: 1446
makes a "new creation" of the neophyte: 1265
remission of all sins and punishment for sins: 1263, 2520
Baptism and the sacrament of Penance: 1425-26
Baptism in the Church: 1226-28, 1277
Baptism of adults: 1247-49
Baptism of infants:
and catechetical instructions: 1231
and parental duty: 1251
as practice from the beginning of the Church: 1252, 1282
needed to free from original sin: 1250
Baptism of Jesus:
Baptism of Jesus by John: 438
Baptism of the Holy Spirit compared to John's baptism: 720
importance of Jesus' Baptism: 536-37, 1223
baptismal name: 2156, 2165
baptismal promises: 2340
basic contents: 14
called:
"Baptism": 1214
"illumination": 1216
"washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit": 1215
effects: 1279
ability to celebrate the liturgy: 1119, 1141
builds up the Body of Christ: 798
entrance into eternal beatitude: 1257
gives the gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1266
gives the moral virtues: 1266
gives the theological virtues: 1266
grace of rebirth in God: 683
grants participation in the common priesthood: 1268
reception as son of God: 1997
reception into the "Body of Christ": 790, 1267
reception into the Church of Christ: 1267-70
rights and duties: 1269-70
seals with and indelible spiritual mark: 1272-74, 1280
unites with Christ: 790
importance of godparents: 1253-55
interpretation and importance:
being set apart for God: 931
connected with faith: 1226
dying with Christ: 628
foundation of Christian life: 1213
foundation of Christian unity: 838, 855, 1271
in the Apostle Paul: 1227
"nuptial mystery": 1617
prefigured in salvation history: 1217-22
symbol of Christ's death on the Cross: 1220
necessity:
"Baptism of blood": 1258
Baptism of desire: 1258, 1260, 1281
for salvation: 846, 1257
unbaptized infants: 1261
rite: 1235-45
anointing with chrism: 1241-42
blessing: 1245
blessing of baptismal water: 1238
water as symbol: 694
essential rite: 1239, 1278
exorcism: 1237
First Holy Communion: 1244
formula for administering: 189, 232, 1240
proclamation of the Word of God: 1236
profession of faith: 1237
renunciation of evil: 1427
sign of the Cross: 1235
white garment and candle: 1243
see also: Catechumenate
Baptism of infants: see Baptism
Beatific vision:
as fulfillment of all man's longing: 2548
as goal of life: 163
perfect communion with God: 2550
see also: Beatitude
Beatitude: as God's gift of grace: 1722
as meaning and end of human acts: 1719, 1723, 2548
Christian path to beatitude: 1724
in the New Testament: 1720
see also: Beatific vision
Beatitudes:
as central proclamation of Jesus' preaching: 1716
contents and importance: 1717, 1726
correspond to man's desire for happiness: 1718
portray Christian hope: 1820
reveal the meaning and goal of human acts: 1719
shed light on characteristic of Christian life: 1717, 1728
Benevolence: 1829
Birth, regulation of: see Matrimony: purpose
Bishop; Episcopate
as degree in the sacrament of Holy Orders: 1536
as most important office of service: 1555
as successor of the apostles: see Apostolic succession power and position: 895
preaching and teaching: 888
presider at the Eucharistic celebration: 1142, 1561
responsible for his particular Church: 879, 1560
steward of grace: 893
task of governing in the Church: 873, 894
see also: Orders, sacrament of Holy
Bishop, college of:
as expression of the universality of the People of God: 885
bishop, college of bishops, and the Pope: 877, 879, 881, 883, 886
charism of infallibility: 891
common concern for the universal Church: 879, 1560
instituted by Christ: 880
Blasphemy: 2148
magical use of God's name forbidden: 2149
Blessing:
and hope: 2090
every baptized person called to bless: 1669
in God's plan of salvation: 1079-81, 2645
of God in the liturgy of the Church: 1082-83
of the Creator: 1078
Boasting: 2481
Body:
body and soul: 364-65
Call: see vocation
Calumny (slander): 2475, 2477, 2479, 2507
Capitalism: 2425
Catechesis: 5
and the liturgy: 1074-75
catechesis on creation as decisive: 282
Christ as the heart of catechesis: 426-29, 1698
exercise of catechesis:
by the laity: 906
in preaching and teaching: 2033
goal: 4
in the family: 2226
parable of the two ways: 1696
significance for the Church: 6-10
task: 1697, 2688
"Catechism of the Catholic Church"
adaptations and inculturation: 24
addresses: 12
as organic presentation of the faith: 18
development: 10
division and numbering of the Decalogue: 2066
goal: 11
main sources: 11
orientation to the Apostles' Creed: 196
pastoral principle: 25
precursors: 9
presentation of the liturgy: 1075
structure: 13-17
Catechumenate; Catechumens:
as members of the Church: 1249
as way of Christian initiation: 1229
Baptism of desire: 1258-60
for adults: 1232
in the first centuries of the Church: 1230
inculturation of the initiation rites: 1232
see also: Baptism
Catechumens, oil of:
in the anointing at Baptism: 1237
see also: Baptism
"Catholic": 830
Celibacy: in the Eastern Churches: 1580
in the Roman Catholic Church: 1579
see also: Orders, sacrament of Holy; Virginity; Chastity
Charisms: 799
are to be tested: 801
as gift of grace: 2003
as place of encounter with the Holy Spirit: 688
as means by which the Church is built up: 951, 2003
meaning and purpose: 799-801
special charisms:
healing: 1508
infallibility of the Pastors of the Church: 890
infallibility of the Pope: 2035
Charity: (see also Love)
as theological virtue: 1813, 1822-29, 1844
and hope: 1818
fruit of the Holy Spirit: 736, 1832
in the Decalogue: 2086, 2093-94, 2197
interpretation and place and the Law of Christ: 1824
as "soul of the apostolate": 864
as most important social commandment: 1889
as virtue:
love of enemies: 1825
new commandment of love: 1823
bond of the Church's unity: 815
fulfillment of the Law: 2055
sin as offense against charity: 1849, 1855, 2094
Charms (amulets): 2117
Chastity:
as fruit of the Holy Spirit: 1832
as evangelical counsel: see Evangelical counsels
see also: Virtues: cardinal virtues; Matrimony
Children; Childrearing: see Parents
Choir:
as liturgical ministry: 1143
Chrism: 1241
reservation: 1183
see also: Anointing
"Charismation"
as name for Confirmation in the Eastern Churches: 1113, 1289
Christ: see Jesus Christ:
names and designations:
titles: Messiah
Christian:
called to sanctity: 825
Christians as "temple of the Holy Spirit": 1695
commission to imitate Christ: 1694
life and activity of the Christian: according to the evangelical counsels: 915
depicted in the Sermon on the Mount: 1717
for the building up of the Church: 2045
for the coming of the Kingdom of Christ: 2046
fundamental: 1692, 1695
goal is to attain the mind of Christ: 1694
in the mission of the Church: 2044
sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1830
relations between Catholics and non-Catholics: 818
Christmas: 525
Church:
and non-Christians: 839
Church as assembly of men scattered and led astray by sin: 845
common origin and goal of all men: 842
limitations and errors in men's image of God: 844
necessity of the Church for salvation: 846-48
search for God in non-Christian religions: 843
the Church and the Jews: 839-40
the Church and the Moslems: 841
and revelation:
judgment of the Church about the meaning of Scripture: 119
place of the Gospels: 127
relation with the Old Testament: 128-29
respect of the Church for revelation: 82
revelation about man: 2419
revelation of the Church: 726
revelation of the Holy Spirit: 668
Sacred Scripture: 104, 113, 119, 127, 131, 572
veneration of Sacred Scripture: 103
as communion
as priestly communion: 1119
as sacrament of communion in the liturgy: 1108
communion as deepest vocation of the Church: 959
communion in charisms: 951
communion in faith: 949
communion in charity: 953
"communion of saints": 946-48, 953, 960
with Jesus: 787-96
with the dead: 958
with the saints: 954-57, 961
attributes: 750, 811, 825-26, 865
historical dimension: 770
point to essential characteristics: 811, 870
the "apostolic" Church: 857-65, 869
apostolic character of the Church: 863
"apostolic" in threefold sense: 857
apostolicity of bishops: 862
successors appointed by apostles: 859, 861
the "catholic" Church: 830-35, 838, 868
by virtue of Christ: 831
by virtue of her divine source: 812
call to catholic unity of the People of God: 836
"catholic": 830
contact with non-Catholic Churches: 838
full incorporation into the Church: 837
missionary work as furthering catholicity: 849
the "holy" Church: 823-29, 867
and Mary: 829
both holy and sinful: 825, 827
by virtue of Christ: 823
canonization: 828
sanctifying by virtue of Christ: 824
the "one" Church: 813-22, 866
by virtue of her source and "soul": 813
Christ's concern to maintain unity: 820-22
diversity within this unity: 814
missionary work toward unity: 855
non-Catholic Christian Churches: 818-19
Pope and bishops as bond of unity: 815-16
renewal to preserve unity: 821
wounds to Church unity: 817
built on confession of Jesus Christ as Messiah: 424
Christ as Head: 669
Church and State
principles of the Church-State relationship 2244-46
protection of the transcendent character of the human person by the Church: 2245
Church of Rome presides: 834
goal:
proclaiming the Paschal mystery: 571
sanctification of men: 824
union of mankind with God: 772, 773
important aspects:
aid in social development: 2442
catechesis: 6, 7
Church at the end of time: 665-67, 675, 686, 1042
"depositum fidei": 84, 97, 175
discrepancy between the message proclaimed and the human reality: 672, 853
faith of the Church: 1124
guidance and support by the Holy Spirit: 737, 768
Mary's place in the mystery of the Church: 963-75
presence of Christ in the Church: 1380
interpretation:
Body of Christ: 779, 789, 805
Christ as Head of the Body: 792, 807
close union of the faithful with Christ: 790
individual members and the Body: 791
instrument of Christ: 775-76
provided with charisms and ministries by Christ: 794, 806
Bride of Christ: 796, 808
"goal of all things": 760
historical as well as spiritual reality: 770-71
mystery and sacrament: 774-76
pilgrim Church on the way to perfection: 769
sacrament of the life of God: 932
sacrament of the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit: 738
temple of the Holy Spirit: 797-98, 809
universal sacrament of salvation: 849, 780
liturgy:
Church and Eucharist:
Church made by the Eucharist: 1396
Eucharist as center of the Church's life: 1343, 2177
Eucharist as mystery of communion with God: 1118
examination of forms of prayer by the Magisterium: 2663
liturgy as action of the Church: 1070-72
presence of Christ in the liturgy: 1088
sacraments:
belonging to the Church: 1118
Church as dispenser: 1117
communication of Christ: 947
mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit accomplished in the Church: 737, 778
name "Church": 751-72, 777
necessity for salvation:
correct understanding of concept: 846-48
origin:
from the pierced heart of Jesus: 766
in the call of the Twelve: 763-65
prepared in the Old Covenant: 762
revelation of the Church at Pentecost: 767, 1076
the Father's decision: 759, 761
particular Churches with their own traditions: 814
structure, states, and constitution:
apostles as foundation stones: 642, 935
catechumens: 1249
Christ as source of ministry: 874
hierarchical constitution: 771, 874-87, 914
importance of the family as "domestic church": 897-913, 940-43
ministry: 888-96
ministry of sanctification: 893
state of consecrate life: 914, 944-45
approval of new forms: 919
consecrated virginity: 922-24
eremitical life: 920-21
in the Church from the beginning: 918
not part of hierarchical structure: 914
religious life:
all religious as collaborators of diocesan bishop: 927
and the spread of the Gospel: 927
as expression of God's love: 926
characteristic features: 925
in institutes canonically erected by the Church: 925
profession of the evangelical counsels: 915
secular institutes: 928-29
significance: 916, 931-33
societies of apostolic life: 930
various forms: 917
task of governing:
as ministry of service: 876, 894-95
bishops' conference and patriarchates: 887
bond between the Pope and the college of bishops: 879
collegial character: 877
cooperation of the laity in governing Church: 911
personal character: 878
Peter and the apostles: 881, 936
place of an Ecumenical Council: 884
place of individual bishops: 886, 938
place of the college of bishops: 883, 939
place of the Pope: 882, 937
sacramental conferral: 875
symbolism of the college of bishops: 885
teaching ministry: 888-92
as service to the Word of God: 86
authority over the natural law: 2036
bishop commissioned by Christ to preach and teach: 888
charism of infallibility:
of an Ecumenical Council: 891
of the Church: 889
of the college of bishops: 891
of the faithful's "supernatural sense of the faith": 889
of the Pope; 891, 2035
of the shepherds of the Church: 890, 2051
exercised through catechesis and preaching: 2033, 2049-50
laity in the teaching ministry: 906
meaning: 890
necessity to instruct the faithful: 2037
obedience to: 87, 892, 2037
regular teaching office of the Pope and bishops: 2034
spirit in which exercised: 2039
task: 85, 100, 2032
the three states: 954, 934
symbols: 753
building: 756
cultivated field: 755
"holy remnant": 710
"Jerusalem above": 757
Mary as "type" of the Church: 507, 967
Mother: 169, 757
olive tree: 755
sheepfold: 754
teacher in faith: 169
temple of God: 756
tasks and opportunities:
accompanying the dead: 1683
attestation to the goodness of creation: 299
concern for the temporal common good: 2420, 2458
confession:
of faith: 172-75
of the Kingship of Christ: 2105
of the triune God: 152, 258, 738
conversion as a continuing task: 1428
example of Christian holiness: 2030
mission in the world: 2044-45
moral judgment: 2420
preservation of the faith: 98, 168, 171, 173
remission of sins:
commanded by Christ: 1442
granting of indulgences: 1478
power of absolution: 827, 979-83, 1442
speaking about God: 39
transmission and interpretation of revelation: 82
vocation:
as missionary Church: 767
as People of God from the Jews and Gentiles: 781-86
as pilgrim Church: 671
as the "family of God": 1
to the service of God: 783-86
Clairvoyance: 2116
Collectivism: 1885
Commandments: see Decalogue; Law
Common good: 1906
acceptance of personal responsibility: 1914
and society: 1905
and the State: 1910
concern of the Church with temporal aspects: 2420
elements: 1906-9
peace and security: 1909
respect for the person: 1907
social well-being: 1908
obligation of all to promote: 1913
universal common good: 1911
Communion: see Eucharist;
Eucharist celebration
Communion of saints: see Church:
as communion
Concubinage: 2390
Concupiscence: 1264, 1426
see also: Desires, disordered
Confession: see Penance, sacrament of
Confirmation:
administration:
bishop as ordinary minister: 1312-13
by a priest: 1313-14
given only once: 1304
as one of the seven sacraments: 1113, 1210
as sacrament of Christian initiation: 1212, 1285
celebration:
anointing: 1293-96
biblical and ancient meaning: 1293
kiss of peace: 1301
sacramental meaning in Confirmation: 1294-95
consecration of the holy chrism: 1297
different traditions in the East and in the West: 1290-92, 1318
essential rite: 1300, 1320
invocation for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit: 1299
renewal of baptismal promises: 1298, 1321
effects:
confers indelible spiritual mark: 1304, 1317
deepens baptismal grace: 1303
deeper rooting in the divine worship: 1303
gives special power to confess the Christian faith: 1303
increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1303
inner union with Christ: 1303
more perfect bond with the Church: 1303
outpouring of the Holy Spirit: 1302
perfects the common priesthood of the faithful: 1305
necessary to complete the grace of Baptism: 1285, 1306, 1314, 1316
reception:
at the "age of discretion": 1306-8, 1319
in danger of death: 1307
preparation for reception: 1309-10
roots:
anointing with chrism: 1289
descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus: 1286
early Christian practice: 1288, 1315
outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost: 1287
significance of the name "Confirmation": 1242, 1289
sponsors: 1311
the "Chrismation" of the Eastern Churches: 1242
Conscience, examination of:
as preparation to receive the sacrament of Penance: 1454
Conscience: 1778, 1795-96
decision in conformity with: 1780, 1786-89, 1799-1800, 1806
effect: 1776-77, 1797
erroneous judgment: 1790-94
formation of: 1783-85, 1798, 1971
need to examine: 1779
permits acceptance of responsibility: 1781
right to act according to: 1782
sin as offense against: 1849
stirring of: 1453
Conscientious objectors: 2311
Consecration:
at administration of the sacrament of Holy Orders: 1538
of the Eucharistic species: 1377
Consecration of virgins: see Evangelical counsels
Consummation at the end of time:
of heaven and earth: 1042-44
of man: 1045
of the Church: 1042, 1053
of the cosmos: 1046-47
precise time unknown: 1048
Contraception: see Matrimony: purpose
Contracts: 2410-11
Contrition; conversion: conversion
as confidence in God's grace: 1431
as first act of the penitent: 1451
as hope for God's mercy: 1431
as the work of God: 1432-33, 1489
as turning from evil: 1431, 1490
as turning toward God: 821-22
call to conversion in the proclamation of the Gospel: 1427
conversion:
continuing task for the Christian: 1428
continuing task of the whole Church: 1428
described in the parable of the prodigal son: 1439
expressions:
almsgiving: 1434
fasting: 1434
prayer: 1434
external expression necessary: 1430
"imperfect contrition"; 1453
interior contrition important: 1430
"perfect contrition": 1452
Conversion: see Contrition
Correction: 1829
Cosmos:
as source of knowledge about God: 1147
see Creation; World
Council:
infallibility of a Council: 891
place of Ecumenical Councils: 884
see also: Church
Counsel:
as gift of the Holy Spirit: 1831
Creation:
act of creation as beginning of God's work: 198, 280, 338
adoration of God as task of all creation: 347
beauty of creation: 341
conservation of creation: 2415-18, 2456
creatures:
consequences of original sin for creation: 400
goodness of every creature: 339
hierarchy: 342
importance of the order of creation: 346
interdependence of creatures: 340
man as summit of the work of creation: 343, 353, 355
man created in God's image: 355, 374, 380
purpose of the creation of oman: 356, 381
solidarity: 344
culmination of creation in the redemption: 349
entrusted to man: 299
God creates "out of nothing": 296, 317-18
God the Creator:
beauty of the Creator: 341
Christ is Lord of creation: 668
created in freedom: 296
mystery of Christ as illumination of the mystery of creation: 280
revelation of the Creator God: in Genesis: 289
inseparable from the Covenant: 288
through reason: 286
to the People Israel: 287
sustains creation: 301, 320
transcends creation: 300
order of creation: 299, 354
origin in the Trinity: 258, 291-92, 316, 320
reason for creation: 293-94, 315, 319
respect for creation: 2415
Sabbath rest: 314, 345, 347
spiritual and corporeal creation: 327
theology of creation and natural science: 283, 284
theology of creation and philosophy: 285
see also: World
"Credo": see Faith, profession of
Creed:
as name of a profession of faith: 187
important creeds: 193-95
structure: 190-91
see also: Faith, profession of
Cremation: 2301
Cross: see Jesus: death of Jesus
Cult: see Worship
Damage
of private or public property: 2409
Deacon; diaconate
as degree of ordination: 1536, 1543, 1569, 1593
grace of office: 1588
"permanent diaconate": 1571
tasks: 1570, 1596, 1630
see also: Orders, sacrament of Holy
Death
after death:
"beatific vision": 1028
consummation of heaven and earth: 1042-50
God predestines no one to damnation: 1037
heaven: 1023-29, 1053
hell: 1033-37, 1056-58
inconceivable mystery of beatific union with God 1027
Last Judgment: 1038-41, 1051-52, 1059
no "reincarnation": 1013
Purgatory: 1030-32, 1054
as limitation of earthly life: 1021
Christian dealings with death:
bodies of the deceased: 2300-2301
Christian interpretation expressed in the liturgy: 1012
good preparation important: 1014
importance of burial: 2300
reception of the sacraments for the dying: 2299
reverence and attention for the dying: 2299
Christian interpretation of death:
as entrance into eternal life: 1020
consequence of original sin: 400-403, 413, 1008, 1018
contradiction of the Good News: 164
end of earthly life: 1007
last enemy of man: 1008
participation in the death of the Lord: 1006
the positive meaning in the Christian interpretation: 1010-14
death of Jesus:
human death transformed by Christ's obedience: 1009
Jesus as dead: 650
the descent of Jesus to the dead: 632-35
separation of soul and body: 1005, 1016
Death penalty: see Punishment
Decalogue: 2056
and the evangelical counsels: 2053
contents:
basic: 2067, 2080-81
faith, hope, and charity in the Decalogue: 2086
the most important commandment: 2055
division and numbering of the Decalogue: 2066
full meaning revealed in New Covenant: 2056
in the preaching of Jesus: 2052-55, 2075-76
made fruitful only in union with Jesus: 2074
meaning:
as announcement of God's will: 2063
as expression of man's fundamental duties: 2072, 2081
as foundation and light of the conscience: 1962
as part of God's revelation: 2059, 2070-71
as path to the Kingdom of heaven: 1724
basic: 2070
moral life as response to God's initiative: 2062
obligation of the Decalogue: 2072
place in the Church's Tradition: 2064-68, 2078
place in the Old Covenant: 2056-63, 2077
the unity of the text: 2069, 2079
Decision, arriving at: see Conscience
Defense
conditions for military defense: 2309
legitimate defense and murder: 2263
obligation to legitimate defense: 2265, 2231
right to collective and personal self-defense: 1909
right to defend society: 2266
right to preserve life: 2263
Deism: 285
Demons: see Angels
"depositum fidei": see Church: important aspects; Tradition
Desires, disordered: 2515, 2514-17, 2535-37
see also: Concupiscence
Despair: 2091
Detraction: 2477, 2479, 2507
Development aid
direct aid: 2440
goal: 2441
necessity: 2437-38
responsibility of wealthy nations: 2439
see also: Poverty; Justice
Devil; Satan
as "fallen" angel: 391, 414
his activity permitted by divine providence: 395
his rebellion against God: 392
Jesus' exorcisms: 550
power of the devil is limited: 395
temptation of Jesus by the devil: 538-40
temptation of man by the devil: 397-98
through sin a certain control over man: 394, 407
Diocese: 833
Disciples:
achieve miracles in Christ's name: 434
Jesus gathers them around him: 542, 787
Jesus reveals himself to them as the Risen One: 645, 647
receive the Holy Spirit from Jesus: 730
tasks:
preserve and hand on the message of Christ: 425, 1816
take up the cross and follow: 618
will be guided by the Holy Spirit: 243, 725
Dissension: 1852
Divination: 2116
Divine service: see Liturgy
Divorce: 1650-51, 2382, 2384-86
Church annulment: 1629
conjugal separation: 1649, 2383
consequences for the family: 2385
contracting a new civil marriage: 2384, 1665
immorality of divorce: 2384-85
see also: Matrimony; Adultery
Docetism 465
Dogma 88
and the spiritual life: 89
"hierarchy of truths": 90, 234
understanding and formulation: 94
Doubt
voluntary and involuntary: 2088
Dove
as symbol for the Holy Spirit: 701
Doxology: 1103, 2639-49, 2760, 2855
see also: Prayer, forms of
drug traffic: drug consumption: 2291
Drugs: 2291
Dualism: 285
Dying:
accompanied by the Church: 1683
significance of dying: end of the sacramental life: 1682
homeward journey to God: 1681
see also: Death
Earth: see Creation; World
Easter
as central Christian feast: 638, 1169
date of Easter: 1170
Easter event: 639, 640
institution of the Eucharist: 1339-40
Paschal feast as memorial of God's act of salvation: 1363-64
twofold Paschal mystery: 654
Ecclesiastical provinces: 887
Economy
different economic interests: 2430
goal and service of economic activity: 2426
responsibility of business managers: 2432
responsibility of the state: 2431
right to economic initiative: 2429
Economy of salvation: 489, 1092, 1095, 1168
Ecumenism: 820-22
see also: Baptism:
interpretation and importance
Embryo
a human person from conception on: 2274
duty to protect embryos: 2274
see also: Matrimony
Emmanuel
as name for the Messiah: 712
Emotions: see Passions
Endtime: see Jesus Christ; Second Coming
Enmity: 1852
Environment: see Creation
Envy: 2539
as capital sin and mortal sin: 1866, 2538-39, 2553-54
roots and consequences: 2540
Eparchy: 833
Epiclesis
as prayer for communion with the mystery of Christ: 1109
in the celebration of the liturgy: 1105
in the sacramental celebration: 1106, 1127
Episcopal conferences: 887
Episcopate: see Bishop
Eremitical life: see Evangelical counsels; Church; stricture
Eternal life
death as entrance into eternal life: 1020
vision of the divine being: 1023
see also: Resurrection of the dead
Eucharist
as sacrament:
as one of the seven sacraments: 1113, 1210
as the central Christian sacrament: 1211, 1324
of Christian initiation: 1212, 1322
of passage from death to life: 1524
of those in full communion of the Church: 1395
called:
as designation of the Eucharistic form: 1355
"Breaking of the Bread": 1329
"Communion": 1331
"Eucharist": 1328
"Eucharistic assembly": 1329
"Holy and Divine Liturgy": 1330
"Holy Mass": 1332
"Holy Sacrifice" or "Sacrifice of the Mass": 1330
"Lord's Super": 1329
"Memorial" 1330
"wedding feast": 1617
Christ's presence:
adoration of the Eucharistic species: 1378, 1418
in the Eucharistic species: 1088, 1373-77, 1413
presence of the mystery of Christ: 737
significance of Christ's presence in the Church: 1380-81
commits us to the poor: 1397
eschatological interpretation:
as anticipation of heavenly glory: 1402
as manifest sign of hope: 1405
Jesus' interpretation at the Last Supper: 1403
the Church's continuation of this interpretation: 1404
importance:
as abridgment and summation of faith: 1327
as enabling participation in the divine life: 1325
as enabling the unity of the People of God: 1325
as foretaste of the resurrection: 1000, 1370
as memorial of the mystery of salvation: 1099
as source and summit of Christian life: 1324-27
as source of strength for the priestly ministry: 1566
as union with Christ: 790, 1382, 1416
as union with God: 1118
in the Church's ministry of sanctification: 893
institution:
by Jesus Christ: 611, 1323, 1337-40, 1406
"for the forgiveness of sin": 1846
main effects:
delivers from sin: 1393-94
increases the grace of Baptism: 1392
increases union with Christ: 1391, 1416
makes the Church: 1396, 1407
preserves from future mortal sins: 1395
strengthens the spiritual life: 1394
only validly ordained priests can preside: 1411
reception of Communion: 1415,1417
sacrificial character:
as sacrifice of praise: 1359-61, 2643
Eucharist as sacrifice: 1365-72, 1410, 1414
full participation of the faithful: 1372
represents the sacrifice of the Cross: 1366
sacrifice offered for the faithful departed: 1371
union of entire Church in the Eucharistic sacrifice: 1369
union with the heavenly liturgy: 1326, 1370
sacrilege against the Eucharist especially grave: 2120
signs: 1333-36, 1412
bread and wine: 1333
bread and wine in the Old Covenant: 1334
Eucharist as "stumbling block": 1336
Jesus' use of bread and wine: 1335
"transubstantiation": 1373-77, 1413
Eucharistic celebration: Communion: celebration of Mass
commanded by Christ: 1341-44
as center of the Church's life: 1343
as memorial celebration: 1356-57, 1409
in the Church from the beginning: 1342-43, 1345
participation as Church precept: 2042
Eucharistic communion:
with other Churches: 1398-1401
with the Eastern Churches: 1399
with the Reformed Churches: 1400
obligation to participate: 1389, 2180
significance of the Sunday Eucharistic celebration: 2177-79
structure and movement as action of the ministerial priesthood: 1552
basic structure:
most important elements: 1345-55
two parts: 1346, 1408
corresponds to Paschal meal of the risen Jesus: 1347
movement:
assembly of the faithful: 1348
collection: 1351
distribution of Communion: in danger of death: 1401
by the laity: 903
significance: 1355
Eucharistic prayer: 1352-54
anamnesis and epiclesis: 1105-6, 1353-54
as memorial: 1362-66
preface: 1352
Liturgy of the Word: 1349
Lord's Prayer: 1355, 2770
presentation of the gifts: 1350
reception of Communion:
admission: 1244
as Church precept: 2042
fruits of Communion: 1391-96
in every celebration of the Mass: 1388
insistent invitation to Communion: 1384
preparation: 1385-87
"under both species": 1390
presider: 1142
significance of bishop's Eucharistic celebration: 893
Eucharistic ministers: 1348
Eucharistic prayer: see Eucharistic celebration
Euthanasia
direct euthanasia: 2277, 2324
discontinuing medical procedures: 2278
duty to protect those who are weak or handicapped: 2276
Evangelical counsels
and the Decalogue: 2053
and the Gospel Law: 1973-74
as vows in following Christ more closely: as expression of consecrated life: 914-16, 944-45
consecrated virgins: 922-24
eremitical life: 920-21
eschatological aspects: 931-33
in diverse forms: 917-19
religious life: 925-27
secular institutes: 928-29
societies of apostolic life: 930
recommended as guiding rules for every Christian: 915
see also: Poverty; Obedience; Chastity; Virginity; Church; structure
Evil
Christ delivered us from evil: 1708
Christian faith as answer to evil: 309
consequence of evil:
deception in religious behaviour: 844
evil and the resurrection from the dead: 998
further inclination toward evil: 1707
the Kingdom of God and evil: 671, 677
universality of evil in human history: 401
experience of evil: 385, 1606
God can draw good from every evil: 312
invocation of evil powers: 2117
moral evil: 311-12
judging an action as good or bad: 1755-56
origin of evil:
derived from sin: 403, 1607
human limitations: 844
permitted by God: 412
scandal as inducement to evil: 2284
physical evil: 310
prevention of evil: 1431
question about evil to be answered only in faith: 385
Excommunication
absolution: 1463
as penalty: 1463
Exorcism: 1673
Jesus' exorcisms: 550
at Baptism: 1237
Extravagance: waste: 2409
Extreme Unction: see Anointing of the Sick
Faith: 26, 142, 146, 150, 155, 176
"analogy of faith": 114
and eternal life: 163-65
and science: 159
and understanding: 156-59
as answer to evil: 309
as assent to revealed truths: 150
as foretaste of eternal life: 163, 184
as God's grace: 153, 179, 224
as human act: 154-55, 180
as source of moral life: 2087
as source of prayer: 2656
as theological virtue: 1813-16
certainty of faith: 157
content:
Christian faith:
in God; 178, 223
in God the Creator: 14, 229
in Jesus Christ: 14, 108, 147, 151, 202, 463, 573
in the Holy Spirit: 14, 152, 202
in the one God: 150, 200, 202, 222-27, 228, 233, 2086
in the signs of revelation: 156
in the Trinity: 234
consequence of faith: 222-27
ecclesial faith:
Church as mediator of faith: 168-69, 181, 197
Church as preserver of faith: 171, 181
faith only possible in the community of believers: 166
fundamentally:
act of faith aims at reality expressed: 170
meaning of the formulas of faith: 170
rooted in the Church's faith: 162, 182
vivid understanding of the content of revelation: 158
cooperation of intellect, will, and grace: 155
crises of faith:
conflict with reason: 159
doubt regarding faith: 2088
separation from God by one's own free choice: 1033
support from the witnesses of faith: 165
trials: 164
duties of faith:
duty to a life of faith: 13
duty to preserve faith: 162
duty to protect and nourish faith: 2088
man's fundamental duty of faith: 2087
examples and models:
Abraham: 145, 146
Israel: 147, 212
Mary: 148-49, 487
the Church: 1124
freedom of faith: 160
motives for faith: 156
necessity of faith: 161, 183, 846
obedience of faith:
general obedience of faith: 143, 144
Mary's obedience of faith: 494
no coercion in faith: 160
preservation of faith: 162
transmission of faith:
in preaching Christ: 425
places for instruction in the faith: 2226
within the scope of this Catechism: 18
unity of faith: 172-74
various "recipients": 150, 177
Faith, profession of
as designation for a formula of faith: 186-89
content of Christian profession of faith: confession of faith in one God: 199-202
mention of the mysteries of Christ: 512
profession within the framework of the Church: 167, 815
faith itself as the first and most important confession: 199
formulas of faith:
Apostles' Creed: 194
articles of faith: 190, 191
baptismal profession: 189
formulas of faith throughout history: 192, 193
Nicene Creed: 195
significance of common statement of faith: 185
witnessing to faith necessary for salvation: 1816
see also: Creed
Faithful, the; believers: 871
called to different missions: 873
common priesthood of Christ: 1141
"effects" of faith: 737
equal dignity of all believers: 872
infallibility of the faithful:
as a whole without error in faith: 92
"supernatural sense of the faith": 889
invited to accept the faith of the Church: 1124
obedience of faith:
obedience to the bishop: 896
obedience to the teaching authority: 87, 91, 93, 892, 2073
right:
to free access to Sacred Scripture: 131
to information about God's commandments: 2037
Faithfulness
as gift of the Holy Spirit: 736, 1832
in marriage: see Matrimony; Divorce
Family: 2204
and the call to follow Christ more closely: 2232-33
and the consequences of a divorce: 2385
duties of the family members:
duties of grown children toward parents: 2217-18
obedience of minor children to their parents: 2216-17
respect of children for parents: 2215
family and society:
as privileged community: 2206
family as natural society: 1882
family as original cell of society: 2207
foundation, nature, and purpose: 2201-3
importance of family prayer: 2685
importance of relationships between brothers and sisters: 2219
significance: 1655-58, 2208
see also: Parents
Famine: 2269
Fasting: Lenten fasting
as Church precept: 2043
as expression of penance: 1434, 1438
Jesus' fast and the Lenten season: 538-40
see also: Liturgy: liturgical seasons
Father: see Parents; Trinity; God
Fathers of the Church
and catechesis: 8
as source of knowledge of the Holy Spirit: 688
Fear: 1765
and imputability for an act: 1735
Fear of the Lord
as gift of the Holy Spirit: 1831
Feast days: see Holy Days of Obligation
Fertility; infertility: see Matrimony: purpose
Fertilization: see Matrimony: purpose
"Filioque": 246
Eastern and Western tradition: 248
in the development of the understanding of the faith: 247
see also: Trinity
Fire
as symbol of the Holy Spirit: 696, 718
Flattery: 2480
Force: see Violence
Forgery: 2409
Fornication: 2353, 1852
Fortitude
as cardinal virtue: 1805, 1808
as gift of the Holy Spirit: 1831
Fortune-telling: 2116
Fraternal harmony
and solidarity: 1939
in society: 2213
significance of fraternal harmony for the Church: 815, 821
Fraud: 2409
Freedom: 1731, 1744, and evil: 1733
and responsibility: 1734, 1746
as man's merit: 2008
and the good: 1733
as gift from God:
and grace: 1742
freedom through Christ: 908, 1741, 1748
man was created free: 1730
as possibility to choose between good and evil: 1732
effects and perfection of freedom: 1731
exercise of freedom:
in the relationship between human beings: 1738
possibility of freedom: 1861
prerequisites for the exercise of this right: 1740
right to the exercise of freedom: 1738, 1747
freedom makes man a moral subject: 1949, 1745
limits of freedom: 1739
Freedom of religion
as right: 2108-9
see also: Society: duties of the state
Friendship
and chastity: 2347
and grace: 2010
and solidarity: 1939
friendship with God: 277, 374, 396, 1468
Funerals
gestures and rites: 1687-90
liturgical celebration, not a sacrament: 1684-85
types of funerals: 1686
Games of chance: 2413
Generosity
as fruit of the Holy Spirit: 1832
Genocide: 2313
Gentleness
as fruit of the Holy Spirit 736, 1832
Gluttony: 1866
Gnosticism: 285
God
actions with respect to man:
adopts men as children: 2782-85
calls man: 30, 2567
desires all men to be saved: 74
does not abandon man after the fall: 410
God alone can satisfy man's desire for happiness: 1718
God's work: 1, 275
predestines no one to damnation: 1037
reveals himself: 35
reveals himself in history as liberator: 2084
wants glorification of man: 2012
attributes:
characteristics of a father: 370
characteristics of a husband: 370
characteristics of a mother: 370
goodness: 385
love: 218-21, 733
neither man nor woman: 370
truth: 214-17, 2465
existence of God: 33, 231
God the Almighty:
God can reveal the future: 2115
God's omnipotence: 268-74, 275-78
and evil: 277, 309-12, 314, 395, 412
in Holy Scripture: 269
is not despotism: 271
God's providence: 302-14
the mystery of God's apparent powerlessness: 272-74
God the Creator:
as "first cause": 300, 304, 308
Creator of the world: 295-300
dignity of creatures: 308
God is acting in creatures: 308
God transcends creation: 300, 303
sustainer of the world: 301
God the Creator of man:
allowed man to cooperate in his creation: 307
created man as rational, free person: 1730
created man: 1
out of love: 1604
God the Holy One as mystery of his divinity: 2807
God's holiness and glory: 2809
in the life and prayer of the Christian: 2814
in the revelation of the Old Testament: 2810-11
in the revelation of Jesus: 2812
name:
abuse of God's name forbidden: 2146, 2161-62
God's name in oaths: 2150, 2164
God wants to be called personally: 203
magical use of God's name forbidden: 2149
name forbidden: 2149
names of God:
"Adonai": 209
"Kyrios": 209
"YHWH": 206, 210-11, 213-14
significance of the revelation of God's names: 203-14, 2143
sin as offense against God: 1850
speaking about God: 39-43, 48
special salvific actions: calls Israel: 62-64, 218-19, 2085
inspires the authors of Holy Scripture: 105-6
New Covenant: 64
reveals himself to Moses: 205
saves Israel from sin: 431
sends his Son: 422
Good
in judging an action: 1755-56
Goodness:
as fruit of the Holy Spirit: 736, 1832
Good News: see Gospel
Gospel
and the Law of the Old Covenant: 1963
as Good News: 571
as revelation of God's mercy: 1846
command to proclaim: 2
formation: 126
place and significance in the New Testament: 125-27
record of Jesus' life: 514-15, 534, 573
two ways of recording Jesus' message: 76
Grace
as God's gift:
as charism: 2003
as gift of the Holy Spirit: 2003
as God's gratuitous help: 1996, 2021
effects:
as uniting with Christ in active love: 2011
forges the human character: 1810
justification: 654, 1987, 1989
parent-child relationship with God: 1997
sanctification: 824, 1999, 2023-24
vocation to eternal life: 1998
faith as grace: 153-55
graces of state: 2004
habitual and actual grace: 2000
reception:
and human experience: 2005
meriting grace: 2010, 2025-27
readiness to receive: 2001
requirements: 2002
unbelief as refusal of grace: 678
within man's earthly life: 1021
role of grace in the man-God relationship: 35, 2022
sacramental grace: 2003
Greed: see Desires, disordered
Habits
and the imputability of an act: 1735
Hail Mary: 435, 2676-78
Happiness
substance of true happiness: 1723
virtue of hope and desire for happiness: 1818
Hatred
as grave sin: 2303
as passion: 1765
forbidden in Sermon on the Mount: 2262
Health
and the virtue of temperance: 2290
and use of drugs: 2291
and worship of the body: 2289
Heart of Jesus, adoration of: 2669, 1439
Heaven:
as "place of God": 326
as "place of the deceased": 1023-29
"seen and unseen" world: 325
see World; Creation
Hell: 1033
as consequence of mortal sin: 1861
as location of the damned: 633
God predestines no one to damnation: 1037
in Jesus' preaching: 1034
in the teaching of the Church: 1035
teaching about hell as admonition: 1036
Heresy: 2089, 817
Hierarchy
of truths: see Truths; Dogma
in the Church: see Church: structure
Holiness; sanctity; saints
holiness:
all Christians called to holiness: 2013-14, 2028-29
entails asceticism: 2015
God wants man to be glorified: 2012
taught by the Church: 2030
saints:
and the Holy Spirit's activity in the Church: 688
and the Holy Spirit's activity in men: 686
as companions in prayer: 2683-2684
as example of Christian holiness: 1717, 2030
as patrons: 2156
communion of saints: 946-59
intercession of saints: 956
significance of canonization: 828
Holy Days of Obligation: 2042-43, 2177, 2180, 2185, 2187-88, 2192, 2193
Holy Spirit
acts:
in all mankind:
animates all creation: 703
awaken faith: 684
comes unceasingly into the world: 732
enables communication with Christ: 683
grants gifts to all: 2003
helps man grow in spiritual freedom: 1742
master and source of prayer: 741, 2652
"principal author" of Holy Scripture: 304
restores the divine likeness: 734
reveals God: 687
reveals the Trinity: 244, 684
source of all holiness: 749
in the Church:
brings about the unity of the Church: 813
Church as temple of the Holy Spirit: 797-98
directs and supports the Church: 768, 747
in the liturgy of the Church: 1091-1109
living memory of the Church: 1099
mission in the Church: 737, 739
responsible for the Church's mission: 852
consubstantial with the Father and the Son: 685, 689
faith in the Holy Spirit: 14, 152, 202, 742
gifts of the Holy Spirit: 768, 798-801, 1830
at Confirmation: 1303
first gift is love: 733, 735
fruits of the Spirit: 736, 1832
in Baptism: 1266
in the Anointing of the Sick: 1520
in the charism of healing: 1508
in the sacrament of Holy Orders: 1585-89
in the sheltering of sinners: 827
the seven gifts: 1831, 1845
in God's work of salvation:
in the preaching of Jesus: 714, 728
in the theophanies of the Old Testament: 707
Jesus gives the Holy Spirit: 730
John the Baptist and the preparation of the people: 718, 720
Mary's conception and the birth of the Son of God: 723
outpouring on Pentecost: 731
place in the economy of salvation: 685-86
preparation for the Messiah: 702
preparation of Mary: 722, 725, 744
prophetic texts" 715
the promised coming of the Holy Spirit: 706, 729
joint mission with the Son: 689-90, 727, 743
life "in the Holy Spirit": 740, 1699, 2017
conversion: 1433
forgiveness of sins: 976
sin of "blaspheming against the Holy Spirit": 1864
manifestation as a divine Person: 731
names:
"Holy Spirit": 691
in the Acts of the Apostles and Letters of the New Testament: 693
"Paraclete": 692
"Spirit of Truth": 692
self-revelation: 687
symbols:
cloud and light: 697
"Finger of God": 700
fire: 696
"Hand of God" 699
in anointing: 695
the dove: 701
the seal: 698
water: 694
Holy Water: 1668
Homily: 2033
Homosexuality: 2357
and chastity: 2359
Honor
right to a good reputation and honor: 2479
Hope: 2090
as source of prayer: 2657
as theological virtue: 1813, 1817-21
Christian hope and that of the Jewish People: 1819
in the first commandment of the Decalogue: 2086
sins against hope: 2091
Horoscope: 2116
Hostages, taking of: 2297
Humility
and Baptism: 2540
and prayer: 2559, 2628, 2631, 2706, 2713
of Jesus: 525, 559
of Mary: 724
Hypostasis; hypostatic union: 252, 464-69
see also: Trinity
Icon: 1159
significance: 1160-61, 2141
Idolatry: 2113, 1852, 2112-14
Ignorance
and imputability of an act: 1735
Impurity: 1852
Inadvertence
and imputability of an act: 1735
Incarnation
as unique event in God's economy of salvation: 464, 470
see also: Jesus Christ: life of Jesus
Incest: 2388-2389
Incredulity: 2089
Inculturation
in the catechumenate: 1232
in the liturgy: 1205-6
in the mission of the Church: 854
Indifference
as a sin against love: 2094
Indulgences: 1471
Church's doctrine on indulgences: 1472-79, 1498
Infertility: see Matrimony: purpose
Ingratitude
as sin against love: 2094
Initiation: see Baptism; Confirmation; Eucharist;
Catechumenate
Inspiration
of Sacred Scripture: 106
see also: Scripture, Sacred
"Intercommunion": see Eucharistic celebration:
Eucharistic communion
Irony: 2481
Irreligion: 2110, 2112-14
Islam
Church's relationship with Muslims: 841
Muslims profess to hold the faith of Abraham: 841
Israel: Israelites
adoration of the Saviour God in Israel: 433
announcement of Jesus in Israel: 436-40, 522
assembly of the People of God as "Church": 751
between the giving of the Law and the Exile: 708-10
call of Israel irrevocable: 839
chosen by God: 62-64, 218, 238, 2085
Church formed in advance in Israel: 759-62
God reveals himself to Israel as Creator: 287-88
God reveals his Law to Israel: 1961
God reveals his name to Israel: 203-4
God's love for Israel: 218-19
Israel as God's "people of the poor": 711, 716
Israel's hope: 674
Israel's reproaches to Jesus: 576, 579
Israel's sin: 401
Jacob as ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel: 2673
Jesus as fulfillment of Israel's vocation: 539
Sabbath as the heart of Israel's Law: 348
saved from sin by God: 431
"son of God" as title for the Jewish people: 441
see also: Prayer; Liturgy Continue to letter "J".