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602 • United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

Revelation and: 13-15, 36

as stronger than death: 157

as greatest gift of the Holy Spirit:

115, 121, 127

as at the heart of all law: 309

and heaven, entrance into: 153

Holy Spirit as: 103

love for God: 61

with all one’s heart: 61, 309,

343, 347

call to love God: 5, 7, 57, 68, 73

cause of perfect contrition: 508

embracing celibacy for: 413

the faithful as to witness: 17, 23

first of the two greatest

commandments: 343, 345

giving birth and raising children

as a cooperation in the: 415

growing in holiness: 139

imparted to sinners in the

Sacrament of Reconciliation

(see Penance and Reconciliation,

Sacrament of)

and implications of being made

in God’s image: 71

moral guidance protects the

values that foster: 318

love for neighbor: 117, 139, 176,

307, 309, 321, 325, 349

as a foundation for the Ten

Commandments: 345

as including love of enemies: 321

the second of the two greatest

commandments: 87, 321

solidarity with the human

community and commitment

to social justice: 325, 424

suicide as an offense against: 398

marital love (see under Marriage)

as not existing without sacrifice:

318, 321, 491

of parents for children: 377-79

for the poor: 425, 427

prayer as response of: 478

prayer, love as source and destiny

of: 469

romanticization of: 318

and sentimentality: 318

as Theological Virtue (see

Theological Virtues)

see also Charity;

specific topics

and descriptions,

e.g., Children:

parents’ love for

Luigi Quattrocchi, Blessed:

278, 373-75

Lukewarmness:

343

Lust:

287, 317,

519

as Capital Sin: 317,

519

as carnal concupiscence: 443-44

chastity as excluding:

506

definition and consequences of:

406,

519

the Ninth Commandment and:

443-44

as obscuring nuptial meaning of the

body and its capacity to witness

to the divine image: 412-13

purity of heart and temperance as

antidotes to: 443

see also Capital Sins; Concupiscence

Lying

calumny: 431-32

definition and consequences of:

431-32

and the Eighth Commandment:

429-38

as most direct offense against the

truth: 431

perjury: 432

relation to skepticism: 436

see also Truth

Magic:

344

Magisterium of the Church:

xvii-xviii,

25, 32, 133, 348,

519

authentic interpretation of the Word

of God: 25, 27-28, 32, 133

authority of: xviii, 25, 29-30, 133,

330-31, 337

as composed of the pope and the

bishops in communion with him:

25, 32, 133, 330,

519

as guided by the Holy Spirit: 25,

106, 330, 337,

519

as guiding the faithful to preserve

the truth of the Gospel: 25-26