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as forbidden by First
Commandment: 343, 347
modern forms: 344
perversion of man’s innate religious
sense: 345
prohibition against: 343
sin of: 343
Ignatian Order:
472, 476
Ignorance
consequence of Original Sin: 70, 74
and the formation of one’s
conscience: 315, 320
of God, as consequence of Original
Sin (see Original Sin)
in moral decision-making: 315, 320
responsibility and: 311, 319
of Sacred Scripture: 32
unintentional: 315
Illig, Fr. Alvin:
136-37
Illness:
see Sickness
Image of God:
66-68, 71, 73-74,
515
dynamic source of inner spiritual
energy as pushing our minds and
hearts towards truth and love, to
God himself: 67
each human being as created in the
image of God: 66-68, 73
specific qualities: 71
capability of entering into
communion with other
persons through self-giving: 67
capability of self-knowledge: 67
see also Likeness of God
Images, Sacred:
see Art; Icons
Immaculate Conception:
143-44, 147,
515
feast day of the (see Holy Days
of Obligation)
see also Mary, Blessed Virgin
Immigrants
the Church’s advocacy for: 43
contributions of immigrants to the
life of the Church in America: 476
employment, access to: 422
Immortality:
515
of angels: 54,
503
in the Kingdom of Heaven: 154
of the soul: 60, 73, 97, 153, 161,
310, 319,
529
Impurity:
see Purity
Imputability:
311, 319
Incarnation:
56, 81-83, 85-86,
515
affirmed by Ecumenical Councils: 82
endowed with true human
knowledge: 86
faith in Christ’s: 85
as the foundation for Christian
artistic images: 344, 347
heresies denying Christ’s humanity:
81-82
human soul assumed by the Son of
God: 81
Jesus’ knowledge always united
with divine wisdom: 81, 86
the Joyful Mysteries: 298
mystery of the: 83, 86
a real human body: 81, 86
a real human will, which always
cooperated with his divine will:
81, 86
role of the Holy Spirit at: 81
role of the Virgin Mary in: 81-82,
86, 148
Second Person of the Trinity taking
on human nature: 81
significance of: 83, 86-87
a sign of God’s love for us: 86
Son of God has united himself with
every person through: 427
true God and true man and not a
confused mixture: 81-83
Incense:
171-72, 353
Incest:
407
Inculturation:
129
Indefectibility:
132,
515
Indifference
religious: 47, 343
societal: 399
Indissolubility of marriage:
see under
Marriage: indissolubility of
Individualism:
16, 325
self-help: 72
see also Autonomy
Individual judgment:
153, 161
Indulgences:
244-45,
516
Inerrancy:
516