Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 797 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