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Infallibility:
144,
516
of the Church: 134,
516
in matters of faith and morals:
134,
516
of the Pastors of the Church:
516
role of the Holy Spirit in the
infallibility of the Church:
516
see also under Supreme Pontiff:
infallibility of (papal infallibility)
Infants; infancy
and age for receiving Confirmation:
205, 210
Baptism of: 185, 188-89, 191, 198,
355, 358
of Jesus: 86
and the reception of the
Eucharist: 186
See also Children
Infertility:
see under Fertility and
infertility, issues regarding
Information
and confidentiality or privacy: 434
respect for the truth: 435-37
role of the media with respect to:
433-37
see also Education;
specific topics
Ingratitude to God:
343
Initiation, Christian:
xx-xxi, 168, 183,
215,
527
for adults (see Rite of Christian
Initiation for Adults (RCIA))
in the Eastern rite: 186, 206
of infants: 186
Sacraments of: xx-xxi, 168, 197,
203, 206, 211, 235
unity of: 183, 203, 206, 210-11
see also Baptism; Catechumenate;
Confirmation; Eucharist
Injustice
as cause of war: 395, 397-98
causes of: 325-26, 421, 425, 427
correcting: 325
the Final Judgment and: 157, 161
greed and: 449, 499
making reparations for: 240,
419, 426
to the poor: 367-68
removal of as a central focus of
the Church’s social teaching: 16,
421, 425, 427
symptoms of: 325, 421, 425, 427
see also Justice
Inspiration:
516
God’s: 32
of the Holy Spirit: 26-27, 31
in Sacred Scripture: 27-28, 32
Integrity:
432
see also Truth
Intellect, human
and evolution, theory of: 57-61
faith as requiring submission of the
intellect and will: 40-41, 45, 134
and free choice: 56-57
and freedom: 316
God’s use of as a secondary cause
for the unfolding of his plan: 56
human virtues as stable dispositions
of the: 316, 531
parental responsibilities towards the
development of their children’s:
378, 383
perceiving God through: 54
submission of intellect and will to
God: 44-45, 56
and truth, coming to know: 57-58
see also Knowledge; Reason
Intention
bad intentions as corrupting
otherwise good acts: 312
definition of: 311
end does not justify the means: 312,
320-21
good intention as not making a bad
action good: 312, 320
moral act, constitutive of:
311-12, 320
as needing be good for an act to be
morally good: 311-12
of the one administering Baptism:
188, 193
purity of: 443-44
right intention on the part of the
minister required for the validity
of the Church’s Sacraments:
188, 193