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Old age:
see Elderly;
specific topics
Old Testament:
xiv, 24, 32, 56,
522
canon of the Scriptures and the: 24
Christ’s presence in: 104
the Church’s reading of the: 104
communicated to Moses: 328, 336
covenants as preparing for the
Church: 14, 122, 235,
508
full meaning revealed in the Sermon
on the Mount: 328
God revealing himself in: 12
God’s family as formed in: 122, 133
God the Father in: 104, 484
“Golden Rule” as summary of (see
“Golden Rule”)
Holy Spirit’s presence in: 104
Jesus as fulfilling and revealing its
ultimate meaning: 80
Jesus as showing the full meaning
of all that had been revealed in:
92, 321, 328,
526
love of God and love of neighbor
rooted in the Law: 328
not abolished by Jesus: 328
the People of God in the: 120
prayer in: 464-66
preparation for the Church in:
113, 122
prepared the world for the
Gospel: 336
as preparing the world for the
Gospel: 328, 336
priesthood of the: 264
prophecies of the Messiah: 203
revealed law in: 326, 336,
526
reveals God as one, unique, without
equal: 51, 61
revered as holy but in need of God’s
grace for its fulfillment: 328
rituals in: 215-16
salvation and: 18
sin and God’s mercy in: 235
the Son as proclaimed obscurely
in: 104
the Ten Commandments: 326
(see under Commandments)
unity with the New Testament:
24, 30
worship in: 363
see also Scripture, Sacred;
specific topics
Omission:
401
Ordained ministry:
see Orders,
Sacrament of Holy
Orders, Sacrament of Holy:
261-75,
514
bishop as minister of: 267, 274
builds up the common priesthood
of the faithful: 264, 274
call to holiness and attitude of
humility that conforms recipient
to Christ: 265
celibacy and Holy Orders:
270-71, 274
effects of
capacity to act as Christ’s
representative: 265
capacity to act in the name of the
Church: 265
confers a gift of the Holy Spirit
that permits the exercise of a
“sacred power”: 264-65, 273
confers the ministerial priesthood
of Jesus Christ: 263, 265-66,
268, 273-74
goals and significance of:
264-65, 274
God’s call to the ordained
ministry: 269
Holy Spirit guaranteeing that
the minister’s sin does not
impede the effectiveness of the
Sacrament and its graces: 265
indelible character of: 271
power to forgive sins: 236
as not preserving the ordained from
weakness and sin: 265
Old Testament prefiguring of: 264
as one of the Seven Sacraments:
119, 169, 329
presence of Christ as head of the
Church made visible in the midst
of the community of
believers: 265