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the Sacraments and: 203-4
successors of: 24-25, 29-30, 113,
127, 133, 138, 265-66, 268, 330,
337
see also Apostolic Succession;
specific topics and events
Apostles’ Creed:
45-46, 53, 93, 298,
500,
504
see also Creeds
Apostolate:
135, 173
Apostolic Succession:
24-25, 29-30,
113, 127, 133, 138, 265-66, 268,
330, 337,
504
as the bond of the Church’s unity:
25, 133
as safeguarding the communion of
faith: 25, 136
see also Bishops
Apostolic Tradition:
xviii, 25-26,
29,
504
linked to Apostolic Succession: 29
as transmitting Revelation to all
generations: 18, 23, 26, 30, 32
Architecture:
171
Arguments:
435
Arianism:
81-82,
504
as denying the Divinity of Christ: 81
as subject of first Ecumenical
Council at Nicea: 82
Arms
arms race: 395
condition for resorting to: 395-96
nuclear: 396-97
refusal to bear: 396
see also War
Art
likeness to God’s activity in
creation: 433, 437
sacred: 171, 297-98, 300-301, 344
Artificial contraception:
see under
Contraception: artificial
Artificial insemination:
409
Ascension:
46-47, 96-97, 99, 178,
299,
504
Assembly
the Church as an assembly of
people: 37-38, 44, 170
participation of: 119, 170, 174-77,
225, 366-67
prayer and: 45, 174, 465-66
Sunday: 172-73, 175-79, 366-67
Assent
of the faith to the Magisterium’s
definitions: 335, 342, 348
obedience of faith and: 37, 40,
44-45, 348
and the ordinary teaching of the
Magisterium: 106
see also Faith
Associations
providing conditions for: 337
right of association: 381
Assumption:
see under Mary:
Assumption of
Astrology:
344
Atheism:
345-48,
505
Atonement:
92,
505
Augustine, St.:
xxi, 3-4, 69, 195, 209,
233-34, 346-47, 396, 441,
463, 483
Authority; authorities:
383, 420
abuse of civil: 379
of the Apostles: 25, 29, 30
of bishops: 25, 29, 30, 170, 330,
337, 367
Christ’s: 251, 337
of the Church: 133, 314, 320
civil and human: 326, 379
common good and: 326
decision-making, considerations
for: 383
duties of: 326, 379, 383, 394
family and: 379-80, 382-83
God’s: xx, 26, 32
of the Magisterium of the
Church: xviii, 25, 29-30,
133, 330-31, 337
necessary for human society: 326
refusal to obey: 379
of the Supreme Pontiff: 25, 265-66,
330, 336-37, 342
see also Law; Political authority;
specific topics