THE CATECHISM
OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH


(2nd EDITION)

INDEX

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Tabernacle, 1183, 1379

Table
altar as table of the Lord, 1182, 1383
Jesus sitting at table with sinners, 1443
significance of grace at meals, 2834

Talents, 1880, 1936-37, 2429

Tax collector
Jesus and, 588
parable of the Pharisee and, 2613

Teacher(s)
bishops as teachers of the faith, 1558, 2050

Temperance, 1809, 2730
as a cardinal virtue, 1805
chastity and purity depend on, 2341, 2517, 2521
definition of, 1809
fruit of, 1838, 2290
pursuit of temporal goods and, 2407

Temple
Christ as the true temple of God, 1197
the Church as the holy, 756
the Church as the temple of the Holy Spirit, 797-98, 809
as God's presence among men, 593
of Jerusalem, 2580
Jesus and, 576, 583-86, 593
man as the temple of the Holy Spirit, 364, 1197, 1265, 1695, 2684

Temptation
action of tempting God, 2119
helps for resisting, 1808, 2157, 2340
idolatry as a constant temptation of faith, 2113
of Jesus, 538-40, 566
"Lead us not into temptation," 2846-49, 2863
in prayer, 2732-33, 2753, 2755
prayer to avoid, 2612

Ten Commandments, tables of the, 2058, 2067

Tenderness
God's, 239, 295, 2335
of spouses, 1611, 2350

Terrorism, 2297

Test(s)
the Church perfected by great trials, 769
the Church's ultimate trial, 675-77
discernment between trials and temptation, 2847
faith put to, 164, 272
fortitude in facing difficulties, 1808
hope as a source of joy in tribulation, 1820
Jesus tested by Satan, 538, 2119
patiently bearing trials, 901, 1508

Thanksgiving. See Grace: thanksgiving

Theft
definition of, 2408
reparation for, 2412
root of, 2534

Theology, 94

Theophanies, 707

Thought(s)
favorably interpreting the thoughts of one's neighbor, 2478
pure and impure, 2520
right thinking of the just man, 1807

Throne, 1137

Time
"age" of the Church, 1076
creation and the beginning of, 338
end of, 1042
the end, 715, 2819
fullness of, 484
God and, 205, 600
human life and, 1007
leisure, 2184, 2186-87, 2194
liturgical, 1163-65
present, 672

"Today"
of God and prayer, 1165, 2659-60, 2836

Tomb
altar as a symbol of Christ's, 1182
Christ's empty, 640, 657

Tradition, 81
apostolic, 75-79
deposit of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, 84, 97
of faith and prayer, 2651 (see also Prayer)
liturgy as a constitutive element of, 1124
one and the same content of, 174
oral tradition in the formation of the Gospels, 126
and Sacred Scripture, 80-83, 95, 97, 113, 120

Transcendence of God, 42, 212, 239, 300, 1028

Transfiguration, 554-56, 568

Transgression
sin as, 1849
transgressing the Commandments, 2069

Transmission of life, 372, 2363, 2366, 2368. See also Marriage (Matrimony)

Transubstantiation, 1373-77, 1413. See also Eucharist

Tree
of good and evil, 396

Trial. See Test(s)

Tribulation(s)
Beatitudes sustain hope in the midst of, 1717
and filial trust, 2734
and fortitude, 1808
and hope, 1820
necessary for entering the Kingdom of God, 556

Trinity
as the central mystery of the faith, 232, 234, 237, 261
divine economy as the common work of the three divine persons, 257-60
family as image of the Trinitarian communion, 2205
Filioque, 246-48, 264
God one and three, 202
"hypostasis" or person, 252
liturgy as the work of, 1077-109
notion of substance, 252
prayer as communion with, 2655
presence of Trinity in man, 260
"theology" and "economy," 236
unity of the Trinity and the unity of the Church, 813
See also Christ; Father; God; Holy Spirit

divine persons in the Trinity, 252
        consubstantial, 242, 253
        distinct from one another, 254, 267
        in unity, 255, 689

expression of the Trinity
        articulating the dogma, 251
        in Baptism, 233, 265
        m the liturgy, 249, 1066

Revelation of God as Trinity
        the Father, 238, 240
        the Holy Spirit, 243-48
        the Son, 240, 242
        of the Trinity, 244, 684, 732

Trust
in God's word, 215
lie undermines trust among men, 2486
man's trust in God, 301, 304, 2086, 2115, 2119, 2828, 2836, 2861
in Providence, 2115, 2547

filial trust
        of Jesus praying to the Father, 2610, 2778
        the "Our Father" and, 2777-78, 2797, 2830
        prayer and, 2734, 2741
        prayer put to the test, 2756

Truth, 2468, 2505
"Bearing witness to the truth," 2471-73, 2506
the Church's Magisterium in the service of, 890
creed as a summary of the principal truths of the faith, 188
definition of, 2468, 2505
faith as assent to, 150
God as, 144, 214, 215-17, 2465
hierarchy of, 90, 234
the Holy Spirit leads us to, 243, 2625
inspired books teach, 107, 110, 136
Jesus' Resurrection as the supreme truth of the faith, 638
Jesus "the way, the truth, and the life," 2614
living in, 2465-70, 2504-05
makes us free, 1741
man naturally led to, 2467
man will find truth and happiness only in God, 27
mass media and, 2497, 2499, 2512
neglect and rejection of the revealed, 2089
oath-taking and, 2151, 2164
offenses against, 2464, 2475-87, 2509
in relations with others, 2464, 2469
respect for, 2488-92, 2511
revealed truth must be understood and handed on, 91, 94
right to the communication of, 2488-92, 2510
seeking, 1260, 1954, 1960, 2104
states that falsify truth must be condemned, 2499
truth, beauty, and sacred art, 2500-03
ultimate truth in the New Testament, 124
as the way of salvation, 851

Typology, 128, 130

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