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God as our: 237, 399
human person destined for
eternal: 453
sin as turning one away from God
and His: 237
see also Beatific vision
the Beatitudes:
308, 500,
505
and the desire for happiness: 308,
331, 449
as foundation for a life of authentic
Christian discipleship: 308
Ten Commandments, relation to:
xxii, 176, 308
Beauty:
3-4, 16, 36, 56, 62, 137, 451
faith and: 342
of the human person: 413
the Liturgy and: 175
truth and: 433, 437
Believers
Abraham as “father in faith”: 39
the Church and: 115, 265
duty of: 42
growth in faith of: 28, 41, 43, 127
Holy Spirit and: 39
life of faith: 41
unity of believers in Christ: 161
see also Christians; Faith;
specific topics
Benedictine Order:
214, 373-74,
472, 476
Bernardin, Joseph Cardinal:
249-50
Bible:
see Scripture, Sacred
Bigotry:
401
see also Discrimination
Births, regulation of:
285-86, 391,
404, 409
see also Natural family planning
Bishop of Rome:
see Supreme Pontiff
Bishops; Episcopate:
505
Apostles, as chosen successors of:
25, 29-30, 113, 133, 138, 265-
66, 337
authoritative teaching, as
inheriting the responsibility of:
25, 29-30, 118
Bishop of Rome (see
Supreme Pontiff)
chief shepherd of his diocese: 133
chief teacher of his diocese: 133
collaborators of: 118
college of (see Episcopal college)
as defending the Church: 271
as governing the Church: 118, 271
as guiding the Church: 118, 271
office of
authority of: 25, 29-30, 118, 134
consecrates the sacred
chrism: 204
governs: 118, 271
minister of Confirmation: 206
minister of Holy Orders: 264-65
minister of Penance and
Reconciliation: 236, 239
presides at the Eucharistic
celebration: 133
ordination of: 264-67, 270-71,
273-74
Pope as head of: 133
priesthood and: 133
in the United States: ix-xii
unity of the Church, sign of: 271
see also Orders, Sacrament of Holy;
specific topics
Blasphemy:
354-55, 358,
505
“Blessed”:
xix
see also Beatification
Blessings
adoration and: 467
Father as source of all: 71, 74, 167,
171, 177, 215
public worship as expressing
gratitude for: 364
sharing with others: 455
see also Thanksgiving
Blessings (sacramentals):
295-96, 299,
302,
505
see also Sacramentals
Boasting:
see Pride
Body, human
care of body and mind: 401
conjugal love and: 283, 292, 408-10
death and: 155-56, 158-59, 161
final judgment and: 156