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THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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INDEX
Games of chance, 2413
Genres, literary, in Sacred Scripture, 110
Gentleness, 153, 395, 736, 1832, 2219. See also the Meek
Gestures
liturgical signs and symbols, 1149-50, 1234, 1341
signs and gestures necessary for conversion, 1430, 1435
Gifts. See God: Holy Spirit
Glory
angels glorify God, 350
apostles and the glory of God, 241
Christ's glorification, 124, 312, 429, 663, 1335
Church glorifies God, 434, 824, 1204, 2639
of God and of His blessed life, 257
God reveals His, 2059
human glory does not constitute human happiness, 1723
man deprived of God's, 705
Moses and the glory of God, 210
nature and art glorify God, 1162, 2416, 2502
perfection of the Church's glory in heaven, 769, 1042, 1821, 2550
world created for the glory of God, 293-94
Gluttony, 1866
Gnosticism, 285
God
existence of, 31, 33-35, 46, 48, 286, 2127
greatness of, 41, 223, 272, 283, 300, 306, 1147
heaven as God's own place, 326
image of, 370, 399, 844, 1549, 1702, 1705, 2129-32
Kingdom of (see Kingdom of God)
People of (see People of God)
providence of (see Providence)
Son of (see Christ)
Spirit of (see Holy Spirit)
Word of (see Word of God)
See also Trinity
adoration, prayer, and the worship of God
commandment to adore and serve Him, 2083-94, 2095-109, 2133-36
creation with a view to, 347
departure from the worship of, 2138
Eucharist as thanksgiving and praise of, 1359-61, 1408
family as the first community honoring, 2207
glorification of, 824
in the liturgy, 1110
the "Lord's Prayer" (see "Our Father," the prayer)
means and instruments for giving glory and praise to, 1123, 1162, 1670-71, 1678, 1698, 2062, 2641
occasions for, 1164, 1167, 1174, 2502, 2513
offering sacrifices to God, 2099
prayer of praise must rise up to God, 2589, 2639, 2649
praying to, 2664, 2800
sabbath as the Lord's Day, 2168-173, 2189
significance of, 2097, 2628
Sunday as the Lord's Day, 2174-88, 2190-95
tabernacle and church as places favorable for, 1183, 2691
Almighty God
attributes of God's omnipotence, 268
God, Father and omnipotent, 268-78
God's almighty power is righteous and not arbitrary, 271
"He who is mighty has done great things for me," 273
importance of knowing about almighty God, 274, 278
manifestations of divine omnipotence, 277, 312, 315
mystery of God's apparent powerlessness, 272-74
universal omnipotence, 269
works of divine omnipotence, 311, 997, 1004
Creator of the universe and of man, 279, 324
carries out His plan, 302-14, 320-24
cause, reason, and purpose of creation, 293-94, 319, 760
creates
all things visible and invisible, 325, 327, 337-38
an ordered and good world, 299
out of nothing, 296-98
with wisdom and love, 295
the Creator alone, 290, 317
entrusting to man the governance of the world, 1884
first cause, 308
forming man, 362, 371, 704
Lord of life, 2280, 2318
man created in His image, 355-61, 1701-09
possibility of knowing the existence of the Creator, 286
progressively revealing the mystery of creation, 287-88
question of origins of the world, 285
transcends creation and is present to it, 300
upholds and sustains creation, 301
gifts of God
authority, 1899, 1918
beatitude, 1722, 1727
chastity, 2345
communion, 1489
compendium of gifts in the Creed, 14, 1692
contrition, 1452-53
conversion, 1432
earth and its resources, 2402
eternal life, 1016, 1722
faith, 153, 155, 162, 848, 1381
freedom, 1730
God's love for man, 516, 604, 776, 2658
grace, 1608, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2712
greatness of gifts, 1692
health, 169, 620
Holy Spirit, 683, 733-36, 742
human cooperation in fulfilling God's plan, 306-07, 323, 378
intelligence, 1955
Jesus, 603, 614
Law, 1955 (see also Law)
life and physical health, 2288
personal dignity, 2334, 2393
prayer, 2559-61, 2564, 2713
priesthood, 983
purity, 2520
God's actions toward men
apostolate entrusted to the laity, 900
blessing all living things, 1080-81
completing in man what God has begun, 2001
completing the sublime works of the Eucharist, 1325
creating (see God: Creator of the universe and of man)
establishing His people, 781
forgiving sins, 208, 1440-42
giving grace, 1996, 2008, 2021, 2023-24
giving the Holy Spirit, 741, 1993
God's goodness (see Goodness)
infusing the theological virtues into the souls of the faithful, 1812-13, 1840
leading with the moral law, 708, 1776, 1950-51, 1961, 1975, 1981, 2063
moving the will of man to the good, 17, 51-52, 152-54, 162, 179, 1724, 1742, 1811-13, 1817, 1821, 1830-31, 1848, 1949, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2001-02, 2008, 2021-22
passing away of justification, 1994, 2020
placing in the human heart the desire for happiness, 1718, 1721, 1725, 1818
promising descendants to Abraham, 706
revealing the Ten Commandments, 2058-59
saving man, 15, 74, 169, 430-31, 1949
sealing a covenant with Israel, 2060
sending Jesus, 422, 457-58
showing mercy, 1422, 1846, 1870
speaking to man, 715, 1777, 1795, 2700
transmitting the mission of safeguarding life, 2271
uniting man to God, 950, 1027, 1033, 2305
vocation to
eternal life, 1011, 1998
holiness, 2012-14
the Kingdom, 1726
love, 1604, 2331
prayer, 2567, 2591
reconciliation, 1442
truth, 160, 410
man's actions toward God
being dedicated by consecration to the service of, 931, 934-44, 1579
being reconciled to, 980, 1445, 1462, 1468, 1484, 1493, 1496
believing in, 150-51, 199, 222-27, 1266, 1842
contemplating, 97, 1028
conversion to, 1428, 1431-32
entering into communion with, 197, 367, 518, 613, 737, 1071, 1472, 1540, 2565
filial adherence to, 2609
loving as the first and greatest commandment, 2055, 2083
negative
to effect injuries against, 398, 1440, 1487, 1850, 1871, 2277, 2281, 2314, 2324, 2464
separating oneself from, 1033, 1035, 1057, 1263, 1607
sinning, i.e., disobeying, 397
tempting, 2139
obeying, 143-44, 154, 2242, 2256
possibility of speaking about, 39-43, 48
responding to God's will, 348, 847, 1026, 2103, 2233, 2822-27
seeing, 163, 1716, 1722, 2518-19, 2557
seeking, 28, 1281, 1501, 2566
serving, 1273, 2424
sharing in the fatherhood of, 2367, 2398
sharing in God's life, 1988, 1997
trusting, 227
name of God
Adonai, 209
"Hallowed be thy name," 2807-15, 2858
holiness of, 2142-49
respect for, 2150-55, 2162-63
revelation of, 203-04, 207
YHWH, Kyrios, 206, 210-11, 213-14, 231, 446
plan of God
acts and deeds contrary with God's design, 1665, 1935, 2387
angels as messengers of, 331
Christ as the center and heart of, 112
the Church in, 7, 751-80, 851
Creation as the foundation of, 280, 315
death of Jesus in, 599-605, 624
desire to fulfill, 2823, 2825, 2860
diversity of persons in, 1937, 1946
economic activity in accord with, 2426
embraces all, 841-42
family in, 2201-06
fulfilling and performing, 332, 571, 670, 686, 1043, 1138, 2683
human rejection of God's plan and its consequences, 1739
intelligence of, 158, 426
Jesus' adherence to, 566, 606-07
man's cooperation in, 2062, 2611, 2738
man's renunciation of, adherence to, and conformity with, 716, 2745
marriage in, 1602-20, 1665
Mary's virginal motherhood in, 502-07, 723, 2617
providence carrying out, 302-14
purposes of, 257, 294, 772
revealed and communicated by Him, 50-64, 474, 1066, 1079
Satan "throws himself across," 2851, 2864
titles and attributes of God
Almighty (see God: Almighty God)
Father, 233, 238-40, 2779-85, 2794-96, 2802
God of the living, 993
Good, 339, 385, 2052
Holy, 208, 1352
Ineffable mystery, 230
Living, 205, 2112, 2575
Love, 214, 218-21, 257, 342
Merciful, 210-11
Pure Spirit, 370
Righteous, 62, 215, 271, 2577
Source of every good and of all love, 1723, 1955, 2465
Source of prayer, 2639
Truth, 214-17
will of God, 2822-27
discerning, 1787
fulfilling, 1260, 1332
responding to, 348
Good
all creatures destined to the good of the human race, 353
bishops contributing to the good of all the churches, 886
children and the good of the family, 1652, 2217
Christ as man's, 457, 519
of the communion of saints, 947
consecrated life and the good of the Church, 917, 931, 945
creation: "And God saw that it was good... very good," 299
ecclesial ministries directed to, 874, 937, 1539
evil as a means to achieve good is not to be justified, 1756, 1761, 1789
God as author and source of all, 14, 1723, 2052
God as eternal and supreme, 356, 2052
God's power of drawing good from evil, 311-12, 324, 412
the Holy Spirit and the good of man, 291, 798-99
lay people and the good of the Church, 907
life and physical health as a good given by God, 2288
man called to do what is, 307, 409, 1706, 1713, 2002, 2541
man's struggle between good and evil, 1707
marriage and the good of the spouses, 1601, 1660, 2201, 2203, 2363
moral conscience and what is, 1776-77, 1780-81, 1783, 1791, 1798
moral law and, 33, 1713, 1954-55
need of conversion for the good of society, 1886
objective criteria of good and evil, 2244
parents, their authority, and the good of their children, 2234, 2248
passions and, 1751, 1768, 1770-71, 1773, 1775
perfection in seeking and doing what is, 1711, 1775, 2500
physical evil existing with physical good up until the end, 310
sacraments as a good of the Church given to men, 1116, 1129, 1499, 1522, 1532
science and technology and the good of the person, 2294
seeking the penitent's spiritual, 1460
seeking what is, 1811, 1828, 2727, 2857
sin and, 398, 1707, 1855, 1863, 1865, 2094
Sunday and good works, 2186
"The tree of the knowledge of good and evil," 396
triumph of good over evil, 681
virtue and the, 1266, 1803-04, 1806-10, 1833, 1835, 1837
Good, as adjective
and ordered world created by God, 299
See also Good
Good news
of the Apostles, 638, 977, 1427, 2443
of Christ, 422, 632, 634, 714, 763, 852, 2763
effects of, 2527
the Paschal mystery and, 571
See also Gospel(s); New Testament
Goodness
of Christ and the law of the sabbath, 2173
of creation, 299, 302, 339, 353, 1333, 1359
freedom and growth in, 172
as a fruit of the Holy Spirit, 1695
of God
in all His works, 214, 284, 299
creatures, creation, and, 1, 214, 284, 293, 295, 299, 308, 759, 970
God as wisdom and, 239, 308, 310, 311, 759, 1951, 2086, 2500, 2828
and His gifts to the Church, 750
man's sin and, 215, 397, 1869, 2091, 2094, 2119, 2307
the participation of creatures in, 306, 319, 1954, 1978
the revelation and, 51, 101
toward men, 41, 294, 396, 842, 1050, 1722, 2009, 2784 (see also God)
Holy Spirit gives, 736, 1832
of human acts, 1754-55, 1760
of marriage, 1613
Goods
earthly goods
abundance of earthly and spiritual dangers, 2547, 2728
beatitudes and, 1728-29
the Church and its use of, 2420, 2444
concern and respect for, 2288, 2407-08
coveting, 377, 2514, 2534, 2536, 2539, 2553
distribution of, 1940, 1948, 2444, 2446, 2833
economic life and the production of, 2421, 2426
perverse attachment to, 1849, 1863, 2548
renouncing, 2544
spiritual goods and, 1942, 2027
squandering of, 1439
stealing the goods of others, 2412
universal destination and ownership of, 2402-03, 2452, 2459
use and administration of, 360, 1740, 1809, 1838, 2198, 2401, 2404-05, 2409
moral and spiritual goods, Christ and His goods given to man, 412, 420, 819
communion of, 947, 949-53, 955
exchange of spiritual goods, 1475-76, 1697
future, 662, 2549
the good of marriage and conjugal love, 1643, 2333, 2363
moral conscience and discretion, 1780
and prayer, 2010, 2559, 2590, 2736, 2830
sacrament of Reconciliation and the goods of divine life, 1468-69
spiritual, 293, 1050, 1948, 2121, 2548
state of consecrated life and heavenly, 933
Gospel(s)
acceptance of, 1229
authors of, 515
catechesis and the proclamation of, 6, 854
and the Church's social teaching, 2419, 2421
contents of, 513
deacons' office to proclaim, 1570
formation of, 126
and fulfillment of the Old Law, 1968
the Lord's Prayer as summary of the whole, 2761, 2763, 2774
Old Law as preparation for, 1964
proclaiming, 2, 75, 860, 875, 888, 1565, 2044, 2419
as revelation of God's mercy, 1846
significance and importance of, 125-27, 139
transmission of, 76-79
See also Good News; New Testament; Sacred Scripture
Gospel beatitudes, 1716
"Blessed are the poor," 2546-47, 2603, 2660,2883
catechesis of, 1697
at the center of Jesus' preaching, 1716
Christ, model of, 459, 1697
the Church's love inspired by the, 2444
consecrated life and the spirit of, 932
depict the countenance of Jesus, 1717
doctrine following from, 1726, 1728, 1820, 2546
fulfill God's promises, 1725
Law and, 581, 1967, 1984
meaning and effects of, 1717
respond to man's natural desire for happiness, 1718, 1725, 2548
reveal the goal of human existence, 1719
spirit of, 1658, 2603
Grace
actual, 2000, 2024
of Baptism, 1262-74, 1308
charisms as, 799, 951, 2003, 2024
death of Christ as a source of, 1407
definition and significance of, 1996-2000, 2003, 2005, 2017
dying in God's, 1023, 1030
of final perseverance, 2016
freedom and, 1742, 2022
as a gift from Christ, 388, 957
as a gift from God, 35, 54, 1999, 2008
graces of state, 2004
habitual, 2000
of Holy Orders, 1585-89
Mary "full of grace," 411, 490-91, 493, 722
merit and, 1708, 2008-09, 2011, 2025-27
New Law called the law of, 1972
original, 375-76, 399
prayer as a gift of, 2713, 2725
refusal and privation of, 412, 679, 1861
of the sacrament of Matrimony, 1615, 1641-42
sanctifying, 824, 1266, 1999, 2000, 2023-24
special, 1527, 2014
state of, 1310, 1319, 1415, 1861
virtue and, 1810-11, 2825
See also Life: new life as divine life
effects of
building up of the Church, 798
chastity, 2345
contrition, 1453
conversion, 1432, 1989
faith, 153-55, 158, 424, 684, 1098, 1102
filial adoption, 654, 1212, 2009
forgiveness of sins, 277, 1263, 1708, 1987, 1989, 2023
gift of the theological virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit, also the virtue of merit, 1266
good and holy life, 409, 1889, 2082, 2541
holiness, 824, 2023
justification, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2018-20
knowledge of the truth, 1960
new dignity, 1701
salvation and eternal life, 265, 836, 1697
union with Christ, 737
receiving
disposition for, 1446, 1848
preparation for, 2001, 2022
(see also Sacrament(s))
thanksgiving
Eucharist as, 1328, 1358, 1360
hallowing God's name - i.e., recognizing it as holy, 2807
Holy Spirit who inspires, 1103
Jesus' thanksgiving to the Father, 2603-04
life as, 2062
necessity of giving thanks to God, 224, 795, 983, 1167, 1333, 2781
occasions for giving thanks, 2638
prayer of, 1352, 1359-60, 2637-38
Gratitude
of man to Christ, 1418
of man to God, 1148, 1334, 1360, 1418, 2062, 2097, 2099
of man to his neighbors, 1648, 1900, 2199, 2215, 2218, 2220
Gratuitousness of salvation, 218, 1250, 1699, 1722, 1996
Growth
the Church and growth of temporal goods, 1942
the Church's, 7, 766, 798, 874, 910, 1134
of humanity, 1049
integral growth of man, science, and technology, 2293
of the Kingdom of God, 2820, 2859
man's, 1936
of the reign of God and earthly progress, 1049
support for the spiritual and religious growth of man, 794, 798, 874, 1210, 1303, 1392, 1731, 2010, 2041, 2186, 2227, 2847
in understanding the faith, 94-95
See also Advancement; Development
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