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using discreet language to preserve
personal safety, respect for
privacy, and the common good:
434, 437
Last Judgment:
see Final Judgment
Last Supper:
21, 52, 216-17, 436, 481
bread, wine, and: 219-20
“Do this in memory of me,” as a
command to the Apostles and
their successors: 366
institution of the Eucharistic
Sacrifice: 215-17, 219-21, 228
Jesus’ discourse at the: 80, 105,
217, 329
Jesus shown to be High Priest of
the New Covenant and perfect
sacrifice to the Father: 216
Jesus transformed the bread and
wine into his Body and Blood
(Mass as sacred meal):
519
linked to Christ’s sacrifice on the
Cross: 221
Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne (Mother
Alphonsa):
65-67, 278
Law:
332,
517
Church law/canon law:
524
(see
also Precepts of the Church;
specific topics
)
civil law:
517
(see also Political
authority)
the Church’s mission and
obligation to critique and
challenge those that offend
against fundamental rights:
379-80
and civic responsibility:
507
moral obligation to oppose laws
contrary to the moral order:
379-80
natural law should be reflected
in: 383
to promote social justice: 326
to reflect and protect proper
moral order: 379-80
divine wisdom as leading us to
various types of laws: 336
eternal law as wisdom ordering all
things rightly: 327
love as at the heart of all: 309
moral law:
517
(see also
specific topics
)
in accord with reason and divine
law: 327
acts gravely contrary to: 391,
396-97, 400, 427
during armed conflict, validity
of: 396-97
assist us in determining good
from bad: 320
crimes against life and: 391, 396-
97, 400
following, divine assistance
with: 330
freedom and: 310-11
as given to us for our
happiness: 310
information and: 434, 437
love as the foundation for: 318
as not arbitrary: 310
reproduction and: 410, 415
salvation as leading us to: 330
and scientific research: 38, 58
sin as an act contrary to: 312
natural law: 327-28, 335,
521
(see under
specific topics,
e.g., Marriage)
acts contrary to: 280, 407, 410
as applying to all people at all
times: 327
in the Church’s social
doctrine: 420
and civil law: 283
coming to know natural law
through human reason: 327
confirmed in Divine
Revelation: 327
consequence of being made in
the image of God: 327, 335
as at the core of what makes us
human: 327
definition:
521
detectable because we are made
in the image of God: 335, 437
as expressing our human dignity:
327, 335