The Catechism of the Council of Trent/General Index
GENERAL INDEX.
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
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
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 in sane 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
12
Restores not our nature to its original perfection, and why
129
Its fruits
12
Impresses a character
131
To repeat it a sacrilege
131
Opens heaven
132
The baptismal font, how and when consecrated
131
In baptism, names to be imposed
136
Its ceremonies
13J
Beatitude—see the eleventh and twelfth articles of the Creed
85, 92
Essential happiness, in what it consists
9(
Illustrations of
9G
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, 35S
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
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 bv 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 sig nification
216
Communion, one of the names of the Eucharist
147
Preparation for
167
Obligatory on all, at least at Easter
1 69
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
"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
1 40
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 lor 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
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 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
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
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
16
Unlawful for any to approach, with out sacramental confession, should a priest be accessible, and the conscience be burdened with mortal sin
16
The marriage debt to be abstained from for some days before receiving it
16
To be received often
16
Was received daily by the faithful, in the early ages of the Church
17
Denied to those who have not arrived at the use of reason
17
Denied to infants, and why
17
Denied to the insane
17
Not administered to the laity under both species
17
Why this custom was established by the Church
172
Power of consecrating, given to priests alone
173
The unconsecrated not allowed to touch the sacred vessels
A sacrifice
A victim most acceptable to God
Instituted by Christ for two reasons
17;
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 ill 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
333
The evils of which our neighbour is apparently the cause, to be attributed to the devil
335
Exemption from evil to be asked of God
381
Extreme Unction
200
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
3.3
Must precede penance
] 73
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
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
The Creator of all
29
Preserves and governs what he created
Said figuratively " to repent"
177
The author of the written and un written 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
Many names given to him
How to be praised
Holds him not guiltless who takes his name in vain
To be loved first, and after him our parents
His providence over man
Forgets not man
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
Why he chastises those whom he loves
Is not ignorant of our calamities
Is the God of all
Is every where, and how
Why he is said to be in heaven
How loved from the heart
The first thing to be asked of him
In what manner we pray that his name may be sanctified
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
His provident care of man
Has not called us to ease and indolence
Never forsakes us
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
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
271
Honour to be paid them after their death
275
Blessings obtained by those who honour their parents
276
An untimely death to be apprehend ed 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
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
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 " blessed ness"
93
Life, man s, on earth a temptation
3Y9
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
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
304
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
23
Matrimony, three advantages arising from marriage
23
Why instituted
22
Its nature as a Sacrament
22
Is one of the seven Sacraments
23
Instituted by God
23
Signifies and communicates grace
23
An excellence communicated to it in the Gospel dispensation which it did not possess before ,
23
Matrimony of the Jews
23
Matrimony consists in the union of two only
23
Impediments of
23,
Dispositions of those who contract it
23.
Its use
235
Cannot be contracted by persons legally disqualified
22(
Constituted by consent
226
That consent expressed in words relating to the present time
227
Words necessary in order to express mutual consent
22
Consent of one party only insuf ficient for the validity of
22
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 co 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 a
11 341
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,
2C4
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
21?
To whom they should be administered
223
Conferred on certain appointed days
223
Not to be conferred on boys or in sane 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
43
Benefits of
49
Procures the pardon of sin
364
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 in jury to our souls
177
Penance considered as a virtue
1 78
As a Sacrament
179
Various significations of
177
Preceded by faith
178
Why a virtue
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
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
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
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
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 know ledge 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 in stituted
, . 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
Sacraments their omission does not invalidate the Sacrament
106
The Sacraments, why administered with solemn ceremonies
106
Necessity of
Number of
Excellence of
108
Difference of
107
Author of, Christ
108
Administration of, why confided to man !
08
Ministers of, represent the person of Christ
Confer justifying grace
109
How pernicious when administered with an impure conscience
Effects of
109
Excellence of, compared with those of the Old Law
HO
Three imprint a character
Ill
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
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, be fore 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
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 condider
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
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
Temptation God tempts, how
376
Man tempted to evil
376
Tempter, tho 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, de signated 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
35J
Sentiments of him who says, " thy will be done"
554
Witness, false, commandment against
30
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
35 1
Unacceptable to God without faith and charity
203
Of satisfaction
203, 204
Worship, external due to God
263
Zeal in the service of God