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of the one faith as the bond of Church
unity, 815
and work, 2230, 2433
Promise(s)
of Baptism, 1185, 1254, 1298
of the Beatitudes, 1716‑17, 1725, 1967
of eternal life, 2002
God’s promises
to Abraham, 705‑06
fidelity to His, 212, 215, 422, 1063
and the prayer of faith, 2570‑74,
2579
and their fulfillment, 484, 652,
1065, 2787
of the Holy Spirit, 715, 729, 1287
hope and trust in Christ’s, 1817
Israel as trustee of God’s, 60
of Jesus’ Resurrection and its
fulfillment, 638, 653
made to God or a vow, 2101‑03
marriage, 1644
the Promised Land, 1222
solemn promise and an oath, 2147,
2150, 2152
spirit of, 705‑06
Promotion, human
, 1929
Property, private
respect for, 2409
right to, 2211, 2401, 2403, 2406, 2411
universal destination and the private
ownership of goods, 2402‑06, 2452
Prophecy
of the destruction of the Temple, 585
as a gift, 2004
of the suffering servant, 601
Prophet(s)
action of the Holy Spirit through, 243
and the announcing of the Messiah,
522, 555, 702
Elias, father of, 2582
John the Baptist, the last of, 523, 719
role and mission of prophets in Israel,
64, 201, 522, 762, 1964, 2581, 2595
significance and importance of the
prayer of, 2584
who denounced, 2100, 2380
as witnesses of God’s justice, 2543
as witnesses of God’s love for Israel,
218
Propitiator
, 433
Prostitution
, 2355
Providence
childlike abandonment to the
providence of God, 305, 322, 2215,
2547, 2830
Christian prayer as cooperation with
God’s, 2738
and the cooperation of creatures,
306‑07, 323
definition of, 302, 321
divine providence as God’s plan
carried out, 302‑05
and evil, 309‑14, 324, 395
leads, 1040
and secondary causes, 306‑08
witness of Sacred Scripture to divine,
303
See also
God
Prudence
as a cardinal virtue, 1805‑06
common good demands, 1906
definition of, 1806, 1835
in moral judgment and in decisions,
1788
Psalms
collection of the five books of, 2585
definition of, 2596
different forms and expressions of,
2588
express the heart of “the poor,” 716
importance of, 2597
institution of, 1176
and the liturgy, 1156, 1177
as a prayer of the assembly, 2585‑89
praying psalms teaches faith and hope
in God, 2657
significance of, 2586‑88
special characteristics of, 2589
Public opinion
, 2286, 2493, 2498,
2499
.
See also
Notoriety
Punishment
commensurate with the gravity of the
crime, 2266
of death, 2267
diversity of punishment in Purgatory
and in Hell, 1031