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