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as living body: 115
Magisterium of the Church (see
Magisterium of the Church)
makeup of
Apostles: 132-34
Christ as head and origin:
97, 122
Christian faithful: 134-35
hierarchical structure: 115
religious and consecrated
life: 135
Marian dimension of: 138, 141-69
missionary nature of: 501
moral principles, right of Church to
announce: 330-31
motherly role of: 330
as mystery, holy: 112-13
as (Mystical) Body of Christ:
44, 115, 119, 122, 146, 167,
226,
505
building up the Church: 254, 376
catechesis and the Church: 38,
190-91, 205, 208, 210,
506
charisms and the Church: 133-
34, 252, 329
Christians as members of the
Church: 70, 80, 113, 115-16,
122, 193, 197, 328, 500-501
consecrated men and women and
the Church: 135, 139, 144,
413, 472, 479,
525
the Holy Spirit and the Church:
114-16, 120, 122, 170
liturgy and the Church: 165-79,
218, 371, 469, 477,
518
Sacraments and the Church: 165-
79, 218, 371, 469, 477,
518
offices of (see also Apostolic
Succession (preserving);
Catechesis; Common good
(concern for temporal
aspects of); Deposit of Faith
(guarding); Evangelization; Faith
(professing); Paschal Mystery
(proclaiming); People of God;
Trinity (professing faith in)
Church’s mission in the world,
accomplishing: 452
forgiving sins: 236
as People of God: 116-17
sanctifying people: 117, 138, 452
teaching
authority of an Ecumenical
Council (see Ecumenical
Councils)
authority of the Episcopal
college and the Supreme
Pontiff (see Episcopal
college; Supreme Pontiff
)
Magisterium of the Church
(see Magisterium)
origin of: 113-15
the particular and the universal
Church: 130, 136
People of God: 116-17
as pillar and foundation of truth: 42
as priestly people: 117
as prophetic people: 117-18
exercised with guidance of the
bishops: 118
as to remain until the Kingdom is
fulfilled: 114
as royal people: 118
as Sacrament of Salvation: 116-17,
122,
526
sanctifying ministry of: 117, 122,
138, 264, 271, 273, 452
Society and (see Social doctrine of
the Church)
as spiritual reality: 115
as Temple of the Holy Spirit:
120, 122
Trinity as abiding in: 112-13
Trinity, Church as
manifesting: 115
truth, Church as pillar and
foundation of: 42
as visible institution: 115
the word Church, meaning of: 113,
122, 128-29
see also Body of Christ; Eastern
Churches; Western Churches;
specific topics