CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
SECOND EDITION

Index B


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Babel, 57 Banquet communion with God and the image of the wedding feast, 1027 conversion and the festive, 1439 Eucharistic, 1390, 1391, 1397, 1408, 1617 feast of the Kingdom, 1642, 1682, 2618, 2770, 2837, 2861 heavenly, 1036, 1344 Lord's Day and invitation to His, 1166 marriage feast of the Lamb, 546, 1244, 1335 paschal, 1340, 1382-1401 sinners and messianic, 589 Baptism of adults, 1247-49 apostles and the mission of baptizing, 1223, 1276 Baptismal promises, 1185, 1254, 2101, 2340 of blood, 1258 catechumens, their instruction and, 281 catechumens who die without baptism and salvation, 1259, 1281 chastity and, 2345, 2348, 2355 Christian life rooted in, 1266 Christian name and, 2156, 2165 Christ's Passion and cross as the font of, 1225 the Church and, 846, 866, 1226-28, 1267 conversion and, 1427-29 desire for, 1258-60, 1280 faith and, 172, 1226, 1236, 1253-55 grace of, 1262-66, 1308 grace of Christ and, 1255, 1262-74, 1279, 1997, 1999 Holy Spirit and, 691, 694, 698, 701, 798, 1274, 2017, 2670 of infants, 403, 1231, 1233, 1250-52, 1282, 1290 infants who have died without, 1261, 1283 of Jesus, 535-37, 556, 565, 608, 701, 1223-25, 1286 of John the Baptist, 523, 720 names for, 1214-16 necessity of, 846, 1257-61, 1277 Passion of Christ and, 565, 1225 prefigurings of, 117, 527, 1094, 1217-22 profession of faith and, 14, 167, 189, 1064 religious consecration and, 916, 931, 945 as the sacrament of faith, 1236, 1253 significance of, 628, 950, 1213-14, 1220, 1227-28, 1234-45, 1262, 1617 those who can be baptized, 1246-47 unity of Christians and, 855, 1271 See also Sacrament(s) administration and rites of Baptism anointing with oil and, 1294 exorcism in the celebration of, 1673 faculty of laypersons for conferring, 903 godfather, godmother, parents, and, 1255, 1311 handing on of the Lord's Prayer in, 2769 ministers of, 1256, 1284 rite of, 1185, 1229-45, 1278, 2769 water and its symbolic power in, 694, 1214, 1217 Baptism and sacraments, 1113, 1210, 1535 and Anointing of the Sick, 1523 and Christian initiation, 1212, 1229-33, 1275, 1285, 1306, 1318, 1321, 1525, 1533 and Confirmation, 1288-91, 1298, 1304-06, 1312-13 and the Eucharist, 1244, 1392, 1396 and Penance, 980, 1425, 1446-47, 2042 effects of Baptism, 1262 apostolate, offices following from Baptism, 871, 900, 1268 communion with the Church, 838, 846, 1267-70, 1273, 1277, 1279 consecration to holy priesthood, 119, 1141, 1305, 1546, 1591 entering the Church, the People of God, 782, 784, 804, 846, 950, 1185, 1277 final salvation and Baptism, 1023, 2068 forgiveness of sins, 403, 405, 628, 977-80, 981, 985, 1213, 1216, 1262-66, 1279, 1434, 1694, 2520 gift of faith and of new life, 168, 1236, 1253-55 gift of the theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit as well as the virtue of merit, 1266 justification and Baptism, 1987, 1992, 2020, 2813 life-giving effect of the Word of God, 1228 makes of us members of Christ's body, 537, 818, 871, 950, 985, 1003, 1267-70, 1279, 1694, 2565, 2782, 2791, 2798 a new creature born in the Spirit, 168, 507, 683, 1010, 1227, 1262, 1265-66, 1277, 1279 participation in the life of the Trinity, 265 rights and duties arising from Baptism, 1269-70 sacramental character, an indelible spiritual mark, 1272-74, 1280 sanctification and Baptism, 2813 union in Baptism with Christ who died, 790, 1002, 1010, 1227 Baptistry, 1185 Battle against evil, 409-10 Baptism, forgiveness of sins and battle against evil, 978-79, 1264 Christian holiness and the spiritual, 2015 consequences of original sin and spiritual, 405, 407-09 conversion and, 1426 faith and, 162, 2573 flesh, spirit and, 2516, 2819, 2846 human life as, 409, 1707 human nature and the spiritual, 2516 prayer as, 2612, 2725-51, 2846, 2849 purity and the battle to attain it, 2520-27 Beatitude attaining divine beatitude through Baptism, 1257 and the desire for happiness, 1718, 2548 effects of, 1721 free gift of God, 1720-22, 1727 God as our, 257, 1731, 1855 hope and eternal, 1818 human person destined for eternal, 1700, 1703, 1711, 1769, 1818, 1934, 2548 man's vocation to, 1700, 1934 sin turns man away from God and from His, 1855, 1863, 1874, 1949 Beauty, 2500 art and, 2501-03, 2513 contemplation of God's, 319, 2784 God as the author of, 2129, 2500 of holy icons imprinted in the life of the faithful, 1162 human body as the manifestation of divine, 2519 perfection of God and beauty of creatures, 41, 341 prayer and its expressive, 1157, 1191 prayer as love of God's, 2727 of the world as a way of coming to God, 32, 33 Behavior attitude of selfishness and charity, 1931, 2831 Christian behavior and scandal, 2284, 2286 law as a rule of, 1951, 1958 morality of, 1753 religious behavior of men, 28, 844 Believer(s) Abraham, "father of all who believe," 145-47, 1080 atheism and, 2125 the Church and, 181, 752, 759, 836 duties of, 904-05 growth in the faith of, 94, 166, 1102 Mary, the mother of, 2676 priesthood of, 1546 unity of believers in Christ, 790, 805, 813, 817, 947 witness of, 2471 Believing articles signified in the Apostles' Creed, 184, 190-01 consequences of believing in God, 222-27 Creed (see Creed/symbols of faith; Faith: creeds and formulas of belief) doubts of faith, 2088 ecclesial act of belief, 181 firm knowledge of divine omnipotence, 274 gift of, 153, 179, 1266 human act of, 154-55, 166, 180 motive for, 156 necessity of faith to obtain salvation, 161 references to the act of, 177 refusal to believe, 1034 significance of, 26, 155, 1064 See also Faith Belonging to Christ, 1272, 1296, 2182 sense of belonging to the Church, 1309 Benevolence charity and, 1829 God's plan of loving goodness, 50-51, 257, 315, 2807, 2823 Holy Spirit gives kindness, 736, 1832 human communities and, 2213, 2540, 2554 kindness proper of God, 214 man's kindness toward animals, 2416 Bible. See Sacred Scripture Bishop Bishop of Rome (see Supreme Pontiff) chair of, 1184 collaborators of, 927, 1562-68, 1570 episcopal college, 857, 877, 879-87, 1577 episcopal ordination, 1555-61, 1572 as the living image of God the Father, 1549 and the priesthood, 1567 s the successor of the Apostles, 77, 861-62 See also Holy Orders, sacrament of: three degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders office of bishop authority to make particular judgments, 919, 1483, 1673 consecrates the sacred chrism, 1297 governs, 816, 873, 894-96 has care of the particular Church, 1560, 1594 as minister of Confirmation, 1299, 1312-13 as minister of Holy Orders, 1538, 1569, 1576 as minister of reconciliation, 1462 (See also Penance and Reconciliation) presides at the Eucharistic celebration, 1142, 1561 responsibility for the Eucharist, 1369 sanctifies, 893 tasks in Christian initiation, in Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, 1120-21 See Catechism of the Catholic Church Bishop of Rome. See Supreme Pontiff Blasphemy gravity of, 1031, 1756, 1856 Jesus accused of, 574 oaths and, 2149 significance of, 2148, 2162 Blessing baptized persons called to be, 1669 of bread and wine, 1000, 1334-35, 1347, 1353, 1412 the Church's, 1082, 1217, 1245, 1624, 1630, 1671-72 death as, 1009 the Eucharist and, 1328, 1360, 1402 the Father blesses Mary in a singular way, 492, 2676 forms of, 2627 God's, 1077-82, 1110, 2627, 2644 grace at meals, 2834 large families and divine, 2373 prayer and, 2589, 2767, 2781, 2803 significance of, 1078, 2626, 2645 Blind prayer of the blind men heard by Jesus, 2616 Blindness doubt of faith and blindness of the spirit, 2088 of Herod and Pilate and the plan of salvation, 600 Blood Baptism of, 1258 of martyrs as the seed of Christians, 852 "This is my blood," 610, 1365 and water as symbols of Christ's Church, 766, 1225 See also Eucharist; Transubstantiation Body of Christ, members of the becoming, 1213, 1267 Christians as, 521, 738-39, 793, 795-96, 1988 diversity of, 791, 873 divisions between, 821 Holy Spirit as the principle vital to, 798 unity and communion of, 790-91, 797, 947, 953, 1368, 1396, 1469 See also Church: the Church as the mystical body of Christ Body, human care of body and mind, 2289 charity and, 2447 Christ as physician of the heart, 1421, 1503, 1509 conjugal love and, 1643 death and, 1011, 1016, 1681 degrading injuries to the dignity of, 2355 final judgment and, 1059 Gehenna and, 1034 governing one's, 908 kingdom of God and, 1042, 1060 modesty and, 2523 nature of the incorruptible, 997, 999, 1016-17 prayer and, 2702-03, 2722 redemption of, 1046 respect for, 1004, 2301 rest for the body and Sunday, 2185, 2193 resurrection and, 298, 990, 992, 997, 999, 1000, 1016-17 sexuality and, 2332, 2362, 2370 sin and, 1863, 2516 temple of the Holy Spirit, 364 unity of the soul and, 327, 360, 362-68, 382 Book. See Gospel(s); Sacred Scripture; Word (Christ) Bread change of bread into the Body of Christ, 1106, 1353, 1375-76 communion under the species of bread alone, 1390 daily, 1334, 2828-37, 2861 Jesus as the living, 1406 of life, 103, 1338, 1405, 2835 manna in the desert as true bread from heaven, 1094 multiplication of the loaves, 1335, 2828-37 signs of bread and wine in the Eucharist, 1333-36 unleavened, 1334 Breaking of bread as a name of the Eucharist, 1329 perseverance in, 84, 949, 1342, 2624 and the wholeness of Christ, 1377 Breath as the image of the Holy Spirit, 691 (see also Holy Spirit) Breviary. See Liturgy of the Hours Brother(s) all men are, 361, 1931 charity toward the least of these my brethren, 678, 952, 1033, 1397, 1932, 2447, 2449 Christ, first-born of a multitude of brothers and sisters, 381, 501, 2012, 2448 Church as the union of Christ's, 788 giving scandal to one's, 2284 Israel, the people of "elder brethren," 63 Jesus as our, 469 Jesus' brothers and sisters, 500 in the Lord, 818, 1271, 2074, 2790 prayer for the brethren, 2768 reconciliation with one's, 1424, 1469, 2608, 2840, 2843, 2845 respect of the brethren m the human family, 1789, 2054, 2269, 2302 respect for one's brothers and sisters, 2212, 2219, 2231 responsibility toward one's, 2831 what it means to be a brother of Christ, 2233 witness must be given to one's contemporaries, 932 Burial, 1690, 2300 Business fraud and, 2269, 2409 sale of arms, 2316

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