General Index — The Catechism of the Council of Trent (Donovan, 1829)

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Abbots, permitted sometimes to administer Minor Orders 223
Abraham, his pilgrimage 242
Abraham’s bosom 51
Absolved, who are to be 177
Absolution, form of 181: Power of, to whom confided 196
Accidents, remain in the holy Eucharist without a subject 163
Adam, misery brought by him on himself and on his posterity 358: In a state of innocence wanted food to recruit his strength 358; Difference between his necessities and ours 358; Sin, the cause of his wants 358; Although in Paradise, was not to lead a life of indolence ; but his labour not painful 358; His posterity deprived of the fruit of the tree of life, and cursed by God 358; Compared with Christ 42
Adultery, what 287: Why prohibited after murder 286; Its enormity 289; Its injustice 289; Its prohibition includes that of every species of impurity 287; Also evil thoughts 288; It impresses a peculiar mark of degradation 289; Its evils and punishment 289, 290
Almsdeeds, their necessity 297: Exhortation to 298; We are bound to labour, in order to bestow them on the necessitous 298; To be united to prayer 332; A medicine to cure the wounds of the soul 372
Affinity of sponsors, with whom contracted 121, 142
Amen, its signification at the end of the Lord’s Prayer 387: Why reserved to the priest in the Sacrifice of the Mass 387
Angels, creation of 29: Adorned with grace from their creation 30
Angels, with wisdom and power 30: To be honoured 245; Why represented in human form 250; Their care of man 333; Their obedience to God 355; Angel, taught Tobias many things 334
Angelical salutation, the Church has added to it prayers to the Virgin 326: In it God is honoured 326
Anger, when sinful, when not 282
Articles of the Creed—: The first 21; The second 31; The third 37; The fourth 43; The fifth 50; The sixth 57; The seventh 61; The eighth 65; The ninth 70; The tenth 81; The eleventh 85; The twelfth 92
Ascension of Christ, declares his majesty and glory 58: Reasons for 58; Christ ascended as man, soul and body, into heaven 57; The ascension of Christ, the end, as it were, to which all the other mysteries are referred 58
Avarice, reprehension of 312
Baptism, sacrament of 112: Knowledge of, very necessary 112; When to be explained by the pastor 113; The signification of the word 113; The sacrament of, by what names expressed 113; Its definition as a sacrament 114; Its matter 114; The baptismal water not the sacrament 115; Water, its matter 115; Figures of baptism 115; Chrism, why used in baptism 115; Form of baptism 116; Different amongst the Greeks 117

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Baptism, why administered by the Apostles in the name of Jesus 117: May be administered in three different ways 117; May be administered by one or three ablutions 118; Words of form, to be pronounced with the ablution 118; Head to be washed 118; Instituted by Christ our Lord, and when 118; Its power of sanctifying, when given to water 118; When the obligation of receiving baptism commenced 118; Ministers of 119; Order to be observed amongst 120; Why priests may baptize in presence of the bishop 120; Necessary to salvation 123; To be administered to infants 123; Infants baptized in the faith of their parents and of the Church 124; To be baptized as soon as possible 124; The manner of administering baptism to adults different from that of administering it to infants 124; When to be immediately conferred upon adults 125; Dispositions which should be brought to it by adults 126; Those who are to be baptized asked if they wish to be admitted to the sacrament 125, 135; When to be administered to the insane and the lethargic 125, 126; To obtain its grace, faith necessary 126; Requires penitence as a condition 126; Remits and eradicates every sin 127; Concupiscence remains after, but does not constitute sin 127; Proper effect of baptism the remission of all sin 128; Remits sin, and the punishments due to sin 128; Remits not the punishment due to the civil laws 129; Restores not our nature to its original perfection, and why 129; Its fruits 127; Impresses a character 131; To repeat it a sacrilege 131; Opens heaven 132; The baptismal font, how and when consecrated 133; In baptism, names to be imposed 136; Its ceremonies 133
Beatitude—see the eleventh and twelfth articles of the Creed 85, 92: Essential happiness, in what it consists 96; Illustrations of 96
Beatitude, accessaries of 96
Benignity of God rescues us from evil in many ways 384
Benediction of God, the cause why our works prosper 359
Bishops alone confer holy orders 223: Their office 221
Blasphemy of God and of his saints a grievous crime 261
Blessings, temporal 357, 359: So many helps to obtain spiritual blessings 357
Bread, signification of 359
Catechism, its necessity 15: Adapted to the comprehension of all classes 15
Character impressed, the effect of three of the sacraments 111: What it accomplishes in us 111
Charity, two precepts of 271: To our neighbour originates in the love of God 271; Its duties 283; Whom it embraces as its objects 284
Chastity belongs not only to virgins, but also to such as lead a life of celibacy, as well as to those who live in a married state 288: To be preserved with most vigilant care 288; Its preservatives 288, 290; Cautions in avoiding the occasions of its violation 291
Ceremonies, &c. of baptism reduced to three heads 133: Rites, &c. of the sacrament of confirmation 145; Of penance 192; Of extreme unction 209
Christ, his kingdom spiritual 35: Two natures of 36; Why called our Lord 36; Not to be called the Son of God by adoption, but by nature 39; Derived his origin according to the flesh from David 40; Why called a second Adam 41; Reads us a salutary lesson of humility in his birth 42; Expiated our crimes by his blood 84; Instituted all the sacraments 108; Is our brother 337; His resurrection severs not the ties of brotherhood subsisting between him and man 337; Should be imitated by submitting our will to the will of God 355; The mystery of his passion the greatest manifestation of God’s power and goodness 364

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Christ, the mediation of his passion obtains the pardon of our sins 368
Christian philosophy superior to human wisdom 23: The spiritual origin of all Christians the same 338; The science of a Christian comprehended in one thing 16, 19; What should engage the labours of a Christian teacher 16
Church, its proper acceptation 71: How it differs from the synagogue 71; Designated by a variety of names 71; Militant and triumphant 72; Figures and comparisons of 73; Who excluded from 73; Distinctive marks of 74; Visible head of 74; Unity 74; Sanctity 76; Catholicity 77; Apostolicity 77; Infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from a false Church 77; Cannot err 78; True worship of God only in the true Church 78; God, her founder 78; That she possesses the keys of the kingdom of heaven, known by faith 78; Why we say “I believe the Church,” not in the Church 79
Cleric, derivation and meaning of the word 216: Clerical tonsure, its origin and signification 216
Communion, one of the names of the Eucharist 147: Preparation for 167; Obligatory on all, at least at Easter 169; Under one kind 171
Concupiscence, what, and why prohibited 312: Remains in baptized persons, but does not constitute sin 127; Assails even the just 352; The root of all evil 309; Not always sinful 311; Implanted in us by God as a natural propensity 311; Depraved by primeval prevarication 311; When well-regulated, attended with certain advantages 311; Why called “sin” by St. Paul 312; Who are most enslaved to it 315; Antidotes against 315; How known to be sinful 312; To covet a neighbour’s property and to covet his wife, how they differ 310
Concupiscence, “Thou shalt not covet,” meaning of 313: “Thy neighbour’s wife” 314; Danger of such criminal thoughts 314
Confession, its importance 189: Why instituted 191; Its necessity 192; Its nature and efficacy 191; Its definition 191; Its rites and ceremonies 192; Called “an accusation,” and why 191
Confession, judgment pronounced in its tribunal different from that pronounced in courts of civil law 191: Instituted by the goodness and mercy of Christ 191; Figures of 191; Law of, who bound by 193; When obligatory on children 193; When to be repeated 193, 195; Its minister 196; Not to be profaned by idle excuses 198; Guilt of those who, through false shame, conceal sins in confession 198; Requires diligent examination of conscience 199
Confessor, when he should dismiss the penitent without absolution 199
Confidence in prayer, motives to 329
Confirmation, sacrament of 137: Name of 137; A sacrament 137; Difference between it and baptism 138; Instituted by Christ 139; Why called the sacrament of chrism 140; Chrism, its matter 139; Consecrated by a bishop 140; Why made of oil and balsam 140; The ceremonies and time of its consecration 140; Accompanied with prayer 141; Form of 141; Three things to be observed in 141; Its proper minister 141; Why it requires a sponsor 142; Affinity contracted with the sponsor 142; At what age to be received 142; Appertains equally to all Christians 143; Adults who receive it should be pierced with sorrow for their sins 143; Should, before receiving it, have recourse to confession 143; Imparts a new grace 143; Its effects 143; Cannot be reiterated 145; Its rites and ceremonies 145; At what time in particular to be administered 145
Contrition, what 184: Its efficacy 188

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Contrition, its intensity 186: Requires a particular sorrow for every mortal sin 187; What it requires 187; Motives to 188, 189; Fruit of 189; Names of 185
Creature, new in Christ, what 240
Cross of Christ, its value 368
Crown of glory prepared for the just 380
Debts from which we petition to be released, why called ours 368
Decalogue 237: Is an epitome of all laws 237; Its commandments reducible to the two cardinal precepts of charity 237
Decalogue, its emanating from God a strong motive to its observance 238: With what majesty promulgated 339
Delicacies of the table not a fit object of prayer 361
Demon, transforming himself into an angel of light, persuades us to desire as good what is the contrary 354: Why called “the evil one” 384; To him attributable all the evils of which our neighbour is apparently the cause 385; Their assaults 374; Why called the princes and rulers of darkness 374; Against whom they do not level their attacks 375; Their power restrained 375
Descent of Christ to hell 50: Reason of 52
Devil, with what design he tempts us 376: Why called “the tempter” 376; What means he uses to tempt us 376
Doctrine of the Catholic faith, in what contained 18: Christian doctrine, four heads of 18
Enemies, love of, a most exalted exercise of charity 283, 284: Those who love their enemies are the children of God 370; To be forgiven, if we hope for forgiveness 369; To be loved 370; The unforgiving should beg of God the grace to forgive 371; Our invisible enemies 374
Eucharist, those deprived of, suffer a great spiritual loss 164: Its institution 146; Its dignity and excellence 147; Designated by a variety of names 147; Why called communion 147
Eucharist, to be consecrated, and received fasting 148, 169: One of the seven sacraments 148; In it we adore the body and blood of Christ 148, 169; What properly constitutes the sacrament of 148; Difference between it and the other sacraments 148; Its nature as a sacrament constituted by the consecration of the matter 148; Is one sacrament, not many 149; Signifies three things 149; Its matter twofold 150; Why in it a little water is mixed with wine 150, 165; What signified by the bread and wine 152; Its form 153, 180; Form of the consecration of the wine 153; The words of consecration effects three things 156; Contains the real body and blood of Christ 159; Is not merely a sign of the body of Christ 157; Its fruits 164; Contains Christ entire 160; What it contains by “concomitance” 160; The two consecrations, why separately made 160; Christ whole and entire contained in every particle of either species 160; The substance of bread and wine remain not after consecration 161; Why called bread and wine after consecration 162; Wonderful change which takes place in the sacrament of the, called transubstantiation 163; Not to be examined with too curious a scrutiny 163; How Christ is present in the Eucharist 163; The species of bread and wine remain without any subject 164; Administration of, why instituted by Christ under the species of bread and wine 164; The source of all grace 165; How it imparts grace 165; “The first grace” not given to man without having received the Eucharist, at least in desire 165; The end of all the sacraments 165; Prefigured by the manna 166; Its advantages 166; Three ways of receiving 167

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Eucharist, those who, when they are prepared to receive the body of the Lord sacramentally, receive it only in desire, deprive themselves of the greatest blessings 167: Unlawful for any to approach, without sacramental confession, should a priest be accessible, and the conscience be burdened with mortal sin 169; The marriage debt to be abstained from for some days before receiving it 169; To be received often 169; Was received daily by the faithful, in the early ages of the Church 170; Denied to those who have not arrived at the use of reason 171; Denied to infants, and why 171; Denied to the insane 171; Not administered to the laity under both species 171; Why this custom was established by the Church 172; Power of consecrating, given to priests alone 172; The unconsecrated not allowed to touch the sacred vessels 172; A sacrifice 173; A victim most acceptable to God 173; Instituted by Christ for two reasons 173; As a sacrament, has the effect of meriting ; but as a sacrifice, has the effect not only of meriting, but also of satisfying 173; Sacrifice of, when instituted 174; Figures and prophecies of 174; An ineffable pledge of love 363; Why called “our bread” 363; Why called “our daily bread” 363; See sacrifice 174
Evils, when we suffer, we should fly to God for refuge 381: We pray not for deliverance from all evil 383; Some things commonly thought evil, yet very advantageous 383; Those only we deprecate, which are of no spiritual advantage 383; From what evils we should pray to be delivered 383; The evils of which our neighbour is apparently the cause, to be attributed to the devil 385; Exemption from evil to be asked of God 381
Extreme Unction 206: When to be administered 208; How to be administered 209
Faith necessary to salvation 19: Its degrees many 20; What we are first to believe 20; The knowledge derived from Faith much more certain than that which is founded on human reason 23; In God’s Omnipotence how useful and necessary 28; In the redemption was always necessary 32; Of old same as ours 33; Must precede penance 178; Necessary in prayer 228; Firmness of, principal thing in prayer 329
False testimony, what 302: Injuries which it inflicts 302; Forbidden not only in a court of justice but also in every other place 302; Against ourselves unlawful 302; Includes lies 303
Fasting and alms-deeds to be united with prayer.—See Alms-deeds 297
Father, signification of, as applied to God.—See First Article of the Creed 21: Why the first person of the B. Trinity is called “Father” 21; Fathers, who are called 275; Fathers of every description to be honoured 275; God the Father of all 333; Name of Father, as applied to God inspires confidence in prayer 329; See parents 278
Festivals commanded to be observed 268: Why instituted 268; Other festivals besides the Sabbath observed by the Jews 267; The most solemn festivals of the church 267; How to be observed by Christians 269
Figure of Christ’s conception and Nativity 41: Of his cross 44; Of confession 191
Flattery, a detestable vice 304, 305: Flatterers guilty of calumny and detraction 305
Food of the soul, variety of 362
Form of the Sacrament of Baptism 116: Of Confirmation 140; Of the Eucharist 153; Of Penance 181; Of Extreme Unction 207
Form of prayer to God and the Saints different 327
Fornication, evils which it carries with it 289

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Fornication, detestation of 287
Frugality should be practised 298
Fruit of the tree of life 358
Gain, the fruit of honest industry 360
Glory, what 397: Of God, how prayed for 341; Of the Saints incomprehensible 94
God, one only and not more 24: Why called Father 25, 26; Omnipotent 28; The Creator of all 29; Preserves and governs what he created 31; Said figuratively “to repent” 177; The author of the written and unwritten Law 238; Easy to love him 239; Why called jealous 252; Why he menaces punishment to the third and fourth generations 253; His justice yields to his goodness 254; His name, how honoured 255; Many names given to him 255; How to be praised 255; Holds him not guiltless who takes his name in vain 257; To be loved first, and after him our parents 272; His providence over man 333; Forgets not man 334; His benignity and mercy towards man 336; His love manifested in our redemption 336; Is prompted to inflict chastisement, not by a feeling of hostility but of love 336; Why he chastises those whom he loves 336; Is not ignorant of our calamities 337; Is the God of all 337; Is every where, and how 339; Why he is said to be in heaven 339; How loved from the heart 340; The first thing to be asked of him 340; In what manner we pray that his name may be sanctified 341; His name, “holy and terrible,” needs no sanctification 341; How it is sanctified in all 341; God’s name to be sanctified in deed, and not in word only 342; His provident care of man 342; Has not called us to ease and indolence 349; Never forsakes us 349; Lends us his aid to attain the kingdom of heaven 349; Cannot be loved by us as he ought, without the help of his grace 351
God, without his aid and assistance we cannot aspire to Christian wisdom 351: Requires the greatest love in every thing we do in his service 355; All his works good 356; Imparted his goodness to all his works 356; Why in particular we venerate his holy will 356; His ways unsearchable 356; Consults for our interests better than we can desire 356; All things necessary for life to be referred to his glory 356; His infinite power to be adored 361; He is ready to pardon the sins of the penitent 367; Is offended by sin 367; Is a most bountiful Father 368; His justice most rigorous 368; How he tempts his own 376; How he suffers the good to be tempted 376; How said to lead us into temptation 376; Gives us power to trample Satan under foot 379; Gives us power to overcome our enemies 379; His goodness rescues from evil in more ways than one 384; Wishes not that we should be exempt from every inconvenience 384; Administers consolation to those who labour under adversity 384; Employs the devil as an instrument for inflicting punishment on the wicked 385; God-fathers in baptism, (See Baptism) 112
Grace, what 347: How conferred by the Eucharist 146
Hatred, a diabolical crime 285: Remedies against 286
Hebrews, why chosen by God 242: Their deliverance from Egypt 243; Their oppression, why tolerated by God 243; When and where they received the Law from God 246; The promises made to them, why not accomplished until after the lapse of four hundred years 243
Hell, signification of the word 50: How Christ descended into 51; What places designated by the name of 51
Heretics, their insidious artifices to disseminate their impious doctrines 14

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Heretics—who is to be considered a heretic 70
Holy Ghost, we should not be ignorant of 65: Proper signification of the words “Holy Ghost” 66; Why no proper name is given to the Holy Ghost 66; Equal in all things to the Father and the Son 67; God 67; Proceeds from the Father and the Son 68; Gifts of 69; Why called a gift 69
Homicide, what sort of, not prohibited by the fifth commandment 280
Honour 273: The precept of honoring parents 271; Propriety of the word “honour,” as used in the precept 280; Honour to be paid to parents of every description 275; Duties of honour due to them 274; Honour to be paid them after their death 275; Blessings obtained by those who honour their parents 276; An untimely death to be apprehended by such as despise their parents 277
Hope, what devotion to God should be inspired by the hope of obtaining the happiness of heaven 355: Should be based on the love of God 355; We should hope to obtain the pardon of our sins 367; In temptation, what motives to inspire 375; Should rest on the divine protection 375
Husband, duty of, towards his wife 234: Towards his family 234
Hypocrites, pray not from the heart 331
Jealousy, what attributed to God 252
Jesus, the son of God, was alone able to reconcile us to God 32: Great profit reaped by those who believe Jesus Christ to be the son of God 31; Signification of the word Jesus 33; How it comprehends every other name given to the Saviour 33; Jesus Christ, King, High-priest, and Prophet 34
The Son of God, and true God 38
Jews, (see Hebrews) 242
Images of Christ and of his saints, not only lawful but also very useful 250
Images, what should be the sentiments of those who pray before the images of the saints 327
Incarnation of the Word of inestimable value 37: Mystery of, not accomplished by one Person only of the Trinity 38; No confusion of natures caused by 38; Why attributed peculiarly to the Holy Ghost 38; In the mystery of the incarnation, some things above, some according to, the order of nature 39; Wonders accomplished in 39
Inconveniences to be born patiently 385
Industry honest, its fruits 361: Blessed by God 361
Infants (see Baptism) 112
Infidels converted to the faith should adhere to their first wives 231
Ingratitude of man towards God 366
Inhumanity to the poor to be avoided by him who would be heard by God 328
Injuries, every means should be employed to persuade Christians to forget them 370: Should be forgiven by him who would be pardoned by God 328; God demands of us to forget them 370; Advantages obtained by those who forgive them 285; Troubles incidental to those who do not forgive them 285; Remedies against hatred 286; A willingness to forgive sufficient, although corrupt nature may reclaim 370; To forget injuries the best species of charity 283; Those who refuse to forget injuries should say in the Lord’s Prayer, “forgive us our trespasses” 371
Instruction of the Pastor to be accommodated to all 17
Interior joy of the saints 363
The issue of every thing to be left to God 364
Judgment, last 61: Of Christ twofold 61; General, its necessity 62; To be administered in civil courts according to justice and law 306
Judge of all, why Christ will be 58, 63
Judges who are venal, guilty of rapine 396: Cannot reject sworn evidence 302
Jurisdiction, power of, how proved 196
Original justice given to man, not as an appendage of his nature, but as a supernatural gift 29

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Justification of a sinner, the work of God’s infinite power 83: Not to be attained by those who are not prepared to observe all the commandments of God 240
Keys, power of, its necessity 82: Dignity and extensive power of 82; All have not the power of 82
Kings are to be obeyed 276
Kingdom of heaven 343: Its excellence 348; Helps given by God to attain it 349; Those who desire to enter, should pray to God that his will may be accomplished 350; To be prayed for before all other things 343; Prayer for, accompanied with many blessings 344; Of Christ not of this world 346; Why called justice 346; What it is 346; Within us 346; Which is the Church 347; How prayed for 346, 348; Of the grace of God in whom, &c. 346; Of the glory of God, what 397; Of grace, why put before that of glory 347; Of Christ, the Church, its propagation 347; Of God, how it comes to sinners 348
Law, of nature, what 238: Same as the written Law 288; Violated by the unforgiving 370; Not difficult to be observed 239; The law is to be obeyed 240; Of the Decalogue, not a new law, but the law of nature set in a clear light 238; With what majesty promulged 239; Benefit of observing the 241; More readily observed by knowing God to be our Lord 243; Of every description, induces to its observance by hope of reward or fear of punishment 251; Manner of keeping 254; Of God, to be kept in sincerity of soul 311; Is, as it were, a mirror in which we behold our deformities 311; Of divine and human institution, difference between 311
Legitimate teacher necessary 13
Life eternal, what it signifies 93: Expresses the happiness of heaven better than the word “blessedness” 93
Life, man’s, on earth a temptation 378: And salvation depend on God 361
Loquacity to be avoided 308
Lying of every sort, to be avoided, see Eighth Commandment 301
Magistrates, honour due to 276: When to be obeyed, when not 276
Man formed after God’s image and likeness 30: Created last of all, and endowed with immortality, not as the condition of his nature, but by the free gift of God 30; His fall 32; What he owes to the Redeemer 37; What he owes to God 336; His misery 350, 345; The sin of entailed by Adam 358; Though justified, cannot reduce the lusts of the flesh to entire subjection 352; Sentence of condemnation pronounced against him 358; His instability 345; His weakness 364; Should be desirous of God’s honour 252; Compared to sick persons 351; Compared to children 351
Mary, B. Virgin, see third Article of the Creed 38
Mass, sacrifice of, same as that of the cross 175: Not merely commemorative, but also propitiatory 175; Offered in behalf of, and profitable to the dead 176; Its rites and ceremonies not superfluous 176
Matter of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, see Eucharist 146
Of Penance, see Penance 196
Of Extreme Unction, see Extreme Unction 206
Matrimony, derivation of 226: Designated by various names 226; Definition of 226; Its nature, in what it consists 226; Not contracted by words which relate to future time 227; Validly contracted by a nod or other sign, instead of words 227; Requires not consummation in order to its validity ; consent of the parties sufficient 227; May be considered in a twofold light, in its natural relations, and as a Sacrament 228; Indissoluble 228, 232; Advantages of its indissolubility 232

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Matrimony, three advantages arising from marriage 232: Why instituted 228; Its nature as a Sacrament 229; Is one of the seven Sacraments 230; Instituted by God 230; Signifies and communicates grace 230; An excellence communicated to it in the Gospel dispensation which it did not possess before 231; Matrimony of the Jews 231; Matrimony consists in the union of two only 231; Impediments of 235; Dispositions of those who contract it 235; Its use 235; Cannot be contracted by persons legally disqualified 226; Constituted by consent 226; That consent expressed in words relating to the present time 227; Words necessary in order to express mutual consent 227; Consent of one party only insufficient for the validity of 227; The words, “increase and multiply,” impose not a necessity on all of embracing the married state 228; Polygamy opposed to the nature of matrimony 231; Clandestine 235
Members, though dead, do not cease to belong to the body of Christ 80
Murder, forbidden without any exception 281: A grievous sin 282; Law against, to be heard with pleasure 279; Lives of all protected by this law 280; Of one’s self unlawful 281; The law against, stays not only the hand but also the desires of the heart 281; Two things contained in this law 280
Medicine, given by God to man 382: What reliance to be placed on its efficacy 383
Merits our, founded on the passion of Christ 203: Do not derogate from it 203; Possible for us to merit when aided by the grace of God 203
Ministers of Baptism,—(see Baptism) 112: Of Confirmation,—(see Confirmation) 137; Of penance, should be learned and prudent,—(see Penance) 176; Of the Sacrament of Orders,—(see Orders) 216
Misery of man 350
Names given to those who are baptised,—(see Baptism) 112
Name of God, how to be sanctified in all 341: His name, “holy and terrible,” needs not our sanctification 341; How sanctified in all 341; To be sanctified in deed and not in word 342
Our neighbour, who 302
Oaths 256
Obedience to the will of God 355
Observance of the Sabbath, 264: Of festivals, 267
Order, what 215
Orders, seven 216: Holy and Minor Orders 216; Holy Orders, why reckoned amongst the Sacraments of the Church 215; Sacrament of, imprints a character 224; Tonsure 216; Order of Porter 217; Of Reader 217; Of Exorcist 218; Of Acolyte 218; Of Sub-Deacon 218; Of Deacon 219; Of Priest 220; Holy Orders impose an obligation to perpetual continency 218; To whom they should be administered 223; Conferred on certain appointed days 223; Not to be conferred on boys or insane persons 224; Impart grace 224; Age required for the reception of 224; Those who are to be ordained, should first have recourse to the Sacrament of Penance 223
Parents, duty of, towards their children 278: When not to be obeyed 273; Honour due to 271, 274; Should avoid extreme indulgence and extreme severity towards their children 278; Punishment of disobedience to 278
Passion of Christ, a manifestation of the power and goodness of God 364: To be frequently proposed to the consideration of the faithful 44; The time of, why specially recorded 43; Reasons of 47; Bitterness of 48; Benefits of 49; Procures the pardon of sin 364

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Passion—from it emanates all the virtue of our satisfaction 368
Pastors of the Church to be heard, as Christ himself 14: To be obeyed 275
Penance, its necessity 176: Its neglect, the cause of serious injury to our souls 177; Penance considered as a virtue 178; As a Sacrament 179; Various significations of 177; Preceded by faith 178; Why a virtue 178; By what degrees we arrive at 179; The Scriptures propose heaven as a reward of 179; Eternal, a Sacrament 180; Why instituted by God 180; Matter and form of 181; Rites and ceremonies of 182; Fruits of 182; Constituent parts of 184; Public, why enjoined for public transgressions 202; Two things to be observed In 203; Requires restitution 296
Penitent, what he should propose to himself 176
Perjury, what, (see Second and Eighth Commandments) 254, 301: Committed many ways 261; Proneness of man to 262; Visited by punishment in many ways 262
Pride, very offensive to God 328
Peculiar relations of the Divine Persons 26: What belongs to them not a fit object of curious investigation 26
Philosophy, Christian, differs from the wisdom of the world 23
Philosophers, their opinions concerning God 24
Pope, the Head of the Catholic Church 74: His supreme dignity and jurisdiction of divine right 222; Is the Supreme Governor of the Universal Church, the successor of St. Peter, and Christ’s vicar on earth 222
Prayer, we pray first to God and then to the saints 326: Best method of praying 322; For whom we should pray 324; We should pray to the saints 326; In what sense we beg of them to take pity on us 327; We should pray in spirit and in truth 330; Infidels cannot do so 331
Prayer—we should offer up our prayers in the name of Christ 331: The Divine Majesty approaches him who prays 386; To pray is to commune with God 386; To pray is to honour God 318; Christ spent whole nights in 318; Manner of 330; Benefits of 318; Many degrees of, and of thanksgiving 322; Mental 330; Vocal 330; Sinner’s, when heard by God with propitious ear 322; Necessary 317; Its efficacy with God 318; Confidence in 329; A proof of religion 318; An acknowledgment of our subjection to God 318; The key of heaven 319; Its parts 321; Two principal parts of 322; Of such as have not been illumined by the light of faith 323; Of those to whom God refuses to lend a willing ear 323; Should be offered for the wicked 326; For the dead 325; For those who suffer in Purgatory, rests on the authority of the Apostles 325; For those who are in a state of mortal sin, comparatively of little advantage 326; Preparation for 327; Sins to be avoided by such as would have their prayers heard by God 328; Rendered odious by contempt of the Law of God 328; Admits of no wavering 329; Mental, excludes not vocal 330; Mental, of higher excellence than vocal 330; Public and private 330; A weapon against the devil 376; Order to be observed in 382; Preposterous order observed by some in their prayers 382
Lord’s prayer, its exposition 332: Preface of 317
Preaching, that of the divine word never to be interrupted 14
Preachers of the divine word, their authority 14: Their mission 14
Precepts of the Decalogue—(see Decalogue) 237

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Preparation for communion, what it ought to be, how necessary 167
Priests alone have the power of consecrating the Eucharist 172: As Confessors, bound to inviolable secrecy 197; Called gods and angels 202; Priests of the New-Testament superior to those of the Old 202; Their power very great 202, 214; Mercenary, should not be 213; Enter into the church by the door 213; Under every law 214; When the sacerdotal power is given to the Priest by the Bishop 215; Ceremonies used in the ordination of 221; Two duties of 224
Priesthood, functions of, to be confided to no person rashly 212: Order of, though one has different degrees of dignity and power 221; When instituted by Christ 174; Dignity and excellence of 212; Qualities required in the candidate for the 223; Who are said to be called to the 213; Power of, twofold 214; In the Gospel dispensation, has its origin from Christ 215; Twofold 220
Providence of God 344, 346
Purgatory, fire of 51
Rapine 293: A more grievous sin than theft 293; Different sorts of 295; More comprehensive than theft 295
Redemption, its benefit to us 336
Relapse, grievousness of 373
Remedies of a distempered soul, penance and the Eucharist 372
Remission of sin, power of, resides in the church 82: Vested by Christ in the bishops and priests of his Church 82; The faithful should have recourse to the exercise of this power 84; Obtained through the blood of Christ 84; Unattainable, except through penance 183
Restitution necessary to a penitent 294, 296: Who are bound to 296
Resurrection of Christ 52: Accomplished by his own power 53; Its blessings first enjoyed by Christ himself 53; Took place on the third day, how to be understood 54; The mystery of, necessary 55
Resurrection—its end 55: Lessons of instruction which it furnishes 56; Spiritual, proofs of 56; Of the dead, the foundation of our faith 85; Of man, why called the resurrection of the body 85; Of the body proved 86; Different condition of those who shall rise again 88; Before the general, all men without exception shall die 88; Our bodies shall rise again clothed with immortality 90; Qualities of those who shall rise with glorified bodies 90; Fruits to be gathered from a knowledge of the article upon the 90
Rewards eternal 380
Riches, not to be loved 314: The rich, why they should ask for their daily bread 361; Should look upon their wealth as the gift of God 364; Why blessed by God with wealth 364
Sabbath, its signification 266: Its sanctification 266; Its sanctification, why so often commended in Holy Scripture 264; Why consecrated to God 266; A sign 267; Works permitted on 268; Works prohibited on 268; Celestial 267; Transferred to the Lord’s-day, why 267; How observed 267
Sacrament, what 100: Meaning of the word 99; Justice and salvation attained by 100; Definition of 100; “Sacred thing,” in the definition of, means the grace of God 102; To be numbered amongst those things which have been instituted as signs 101; Signify and produce holiness 100; Signs instituted by God 100; Signify various things 102; Of the Gospel dispensation, why instituted 103; Consist of two things, matter and form 105; Of the new law have a prescribed form, a departure from which, renders their administration invalid 106; Ceremonies of, cannot be omitted without sin 106

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Sacraments—their omission does not invalidate the Sacrament 106: The Sacraments, why administered with solemn ceremonies 106; Necessity of 107; Number of 106; Excellence of 108; Difference of 107; Author of, Christ 108; Administration of, why confided to man 108; Ministers of, represent the person of Christ 108; Confer justifying grace 109; How pernicious when administered with an impure conscience 109; Effects of 109; Excellence of, compared with those of the Old Law 110; Three imprint a character 111; Support the Christian edifice 112; Are validly administered by wicked men, if they observe every thing regarding their due administration 108; Difference between a Sacrament and a Sacrifice 173
Sacrifice offered to God alone and not to the Saints 174: Of the Cross and of the Mass, the same 175
Saints, communion of, how useful and what it signifies 79: By the communion of, all Christians made one body 80; Veneration of, derogates not from, but increases, the glory of God 246; Patronage of, not superfluous 247; Patronage of, not opposed to the mediatorship of Christ 247; Images of, not prohibited by the divine law 248
Satan—see devil and demon 354, 376
Satisfaction, its necessity 200: Name of, whence derived 199; Various acceptations of 199; What sort of, reconciles us to God 200; Canonical 200; Of Christ abundant 199; An integral part of the sacrament of penance 200; Undertaken by ourselves 200; Definition of 200; Virtue of 200, 203; Does not obscure, but renders more illustrious the satisfaction of Christ 203; True, conditions of 203; He who offers, should be just 203; Painful works undertaken by way of 203
Satisfaction—every species of, reducible to three heads 204: Inconveniences and labours inflicted by God, if borne with patience, satisfactory 204; Can be offered by one for another 204; Promise of, to be made by the penitent, who has injured his neighbour in property or character, before he receives absolution 205; What to be observed, when imposing punishment by way of 205; To be proportioned to the guilt of the transgressor 205; Works of, should be spontaneously undertaken by the penitent 205
Seal of the Lord’s prayer 386
Sensualists estranged from God 353
Service of God, its dignity 356
Sins, irremissible, how to be understood 183: Punishment of, entailed upon us by Adam 32; Of thought should be confessed 194; Two consequences of 202; So provoke God, that he refuses to bless our labours 358; We are all subject to 365; Our acknowledgment of 365; Baseness of 366; Contagion of 366; Though past in act, remain in guilt 367; Always pursued by the divine wrath 367; A deep sense of, and sorrow for, necessary 367; God ever ready to pardon the sins of the penitent 367; Impossible to be avoided without the divine aid 355
Sponsors—(see baptism) 112
Suicide, unlawful 286
Superfluities to be given to the poor 364
Swearing 254: What he who swears should consider 258
Symbol, apostolic, who so called 20: Divided into three parts 21
Tears of penitential sorrow desirable 187
Temptation, when assailed by, we should have recourse to prayer 375: Should pray to God that we be not led into 373; What 376; Many sorts of 376; Man’s life a temptation 378; To be patiently endured 378; What we should beg of God under 378; He tempts, who does not prevent temptation 377

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Temptation—God tempts, how 376: Man tempted to evil 376
Tempter, the devil, why called 376
Thanksgiving to be united to prayer 332
Theft, the commandment forbidding it gives security to property 292: Why the Seventh Commandment makes mention of theft and not of rapine 293; What is understood by the word theft 292; This commandment a manifestation of God’s goodness towards us 292; Theft, that is the unjust possession and use of another’s property, designated by various names 292; The very intention of committing theft, prohibited by the law of God 293; How grievous the sin of 293; Its enormity, obvious from its consequences 294; Many species of 294; Not excusable 299; Excuses alleged in palliation of 299; Dishonours the name of God 300
Testimony—(see witness) 301
Trinity, what common, what not common, to the Persons of 38
Vessels sacred, not to be touched by unconsecrated hands 172
Vice of the tongue, of great extent 301: From it arises innumerable evils 301
Virginity highly commended 225
Unction—(see extreme unction) 206
Wars, intestine of man 344: Of the sinner with God 366
Watching overcomes temptation 376
Wife, should be subject to her husband 234: Duties of 234; Why the ancient fathers were allowed a plurality of wives 231
Woman, why taken out of the side of man 334
Will of God, why we pray that it be done 351: Sentiments of him who says, “thy will be done” 554
Witness, false, commandment against 301: This commandment mandatory and prohibitory 302; The commandment against bearing false witness bridles the tongue 301; False, what 303; Prohibited not only in, but also out of, courts of justice 303; How many ways a man’s reputation is injured by falsehood 304; To bear witness, is to praise God 306; Is of very great use in society 306; Should be careful not to affirm as true, what he does not know to be true 307
Word of God, food of the soul 362: Famine of 363
Word of the pastor to be heard as the word of God 13: Incarnation of “the Word” 37
Words, the most significant signs 106
Works, good cannot be performed without the grace of God 351: Unacceptable to God without faith and charity 203; Of satisfaction 203, 204
Worship, external due to God 263
Zeal in the service of God 252