Index • 561
birth of: 113-15
bishops (see also under Bishops)
bishops as successors to the
Apostles whose head is the
Pope: 113, 133
office of the individual bishop:
133, 271
office of the Supreme Pontiff:
113, 133
pastoral office of Peter, the
Apostles, and bishops as the
foundation of the Church:
132, 138
as Body of Christ (see under
Church: as (Mystical) Body of
Christ, below)
as Bride of Christ: 122
Christ as head: 97, 122
Christ’s salvation, as bringing to the
world: 115-16
Christ’s words, as guarding memory
of: 42
Christ (the Son), as founded by: 114
commandments (precepts) of: 318,
321, 334-35
as communion: 118-19, 122-23,
127, 225
as community of love: 119-20
dioceses (see Dioceses)
disciples, as forming: 114, 451
divine life dispensed to
us through: 177
early: 467
ecclesia
or community: 129
faith, role in handing on: 23, 32,
42, 138
family as the “domestic Church”
(see Domestic Church)
four marks of: 125-39
One: 127-29
diversity in unity: 127
historic divisions: 127
reflects unity of the
Trinity: 127
relations with other Christian
bodies: 127-29
wounds to unity: 127
Holy: 129, 138
Holy Spirit as source of
holiness: 129, 138
living in conformity with the
Gospel: 129
ongoing need for God’s
mercy: 129
sanctified by Christ: 129
Catholic: 129-32, 138
local and particular
Churches: 130
relations with non-Catholic
Christians: 130
relations with non-Christians:
129-31
unity with the Church of
Rome and her bishop, the
pope: 130
universal: 129, 138
Apostolic: 132-34
bishops as successors to
Apostles: 132-33, 138
indefectibility: 132
nature of the Church: 132,
134, 138
God the Father, Church called into
existence by: 113-14
governing ministry of
authority and governing the
Church: 118, 133, 264-65
collegial and pastoral nature:
133, 138
as ministry of service: 118, 171,
265-66
office of the Ecumenical
Council: 133
office of the Episcopal college
(see Episcopal college)
guardian of the faith “delivered
once for all to the saints”: 25, 42
as hierarchical: 115
as holy mystery: 112-13
Holy Spirit and: 115, 120, 170
Holy Spirit as revealing: 114-15
Holy Spirit, Church as Temple of:
116, 120, 122
as human and divine: 112, 122