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Magic, 2115-17

 

Magisterium

authority and continuous succession of, 77, 88

of the Church and its pastors, 85-87, 888-92

connection between sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and, 95

infallibility of, 2035

mission and office of, 890

moral life and, 2032, 2036

ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops, 2034

of the pastors of the Church, 2033

 

Man

as the author, center, and goal of economic and social life, 2459

dependent on the Creator, 396

in the earthly paradise, 374-79

happy only in God, 1057

a man and a woman, 369, 371-72, 383, 400, 1605-06

as a moral subject, 1749

mystery of man becomes clear in the mystery of the Word, 359

"new man," 1473, 2475

not abandoned by God after the fall, 410

sin as an offense against human nature, 1849

ultimate end of, 260, 356, 1024

 

consequences from the sin of man, 399-400

        all are implicated in Adam's sin, 402-03

        commonality of destiny of the material world and of man, 1046

        condition of weakness and insignificance, 208, 396, 150, 2448

        death entered the world, 1008

        destroyed harmony of creation, 400

        human nature wounded, 405

        invasion of sin into the world, 401

        man deprived of God's likeness, 705

        man injured by the work of Satan, 395

        man subject to error and inclined to evil, 1714

        original sin and man's abuse of freedom, 396-401

        presence of sin already at our birth, 403

        rupture of the original communion, 1607

        struggle between the spirit and the flesh, 2516

 

dignity

        communion with God as the reason for man's, 27, 357, 1700

        of creatures cooperating with God, 306-08

        equal dignity of a man and a woman, 2393

        manifested in moral life, 1706

        requires man to act out of conscience and free choice, 2339

        right to exercise freedom as a requirement inseparable from, 1738

        as the source of human rights, 1930

        wounded by sin, 1487

 

equality and diversity of men

        all men have the same nature and the same origin and end, 1934

        diversity of talent, 1936-37

        human dignity as the foundation of equality, 1935, 1945

        unjust inequalities, 1938

 

in the image and likeness of God

        before and after Christ's Redemption, 1701

        created in God's image, 225, 356-61, 1702, 2713

        restoration of likeness with God, 705, 2809

 

man and humanity

        mutual need of all men, 361, 1947-48

        origin and common end of humanity, 842

        unity of the human race, 360

 

man and vocation,

        call to

                enter the Kingdom, 543

                eternal life, 1998

                form the new people of God, 804, 831

                God as the common call of all men, 1878

                life in the Holy Spirit, 1699

                love, 1604

                marriage, 1603

                union with Christ, 521, 542

        divine call as the ultimate call, 1260

        See also Vocation

 

man in creation

        creatures' interdependence willed by God, 340

        God creates everything for man, 358

        hierarchy of creatures, 342

        laws of creation must be respected by man, 346

        man as the only creature worthy to receive a law from God, 1951

        man's importance in creation, 343, 355

        man's respect for creatures, 339

        man's responsibility for the world, 373

        original harmony, 374-79, 384

 

man as a creature

        created by God's love, 1, 315, 1604

        created to know and love God and to serve Him, 358

        endowed with intelligence and free will, 311, 396

        endowed with reason, 1704

        made of body and soul, 327, 355, 362-65, 383

        "Male and female he created them," 1605, 2203, 2331, 2334

        was created good, 374

 

man's special features and his ways of acting

        always fighting with evil, 409

        comes to a knowledge of God by knowing nature, 32, 46

        desires happiness, 1718

        gifted with

                freedom as a sign of the divine image, 1705, 1730

                reason and will to seek and love what is true and good, 1704

                a spiritual and immortal soul, 1703

        led naturally toward the truth, 2467

        listens to the voice of conscience, 1706, 1713

        moved to do good, 1706-07

        in need of divine help and salvation, 1949, 2090

        in need of social life, 1879-80

        perfections resonating something of the infinite perfection of God, 370

        as a religious being, 28, 44-45

        tending naturally toward the virtues, 1803-04

        See also Sexuality

 

relations between God and man

        communion with God in the Church, 773

        faith as adherence of the whole man to God, 176

        faith as man's free response, 160, 307

        God has first place in the profession of faith, 199

        inequality between God and man is without measure, 2007

        Jesus the one intercessor with God on behalf of all, 2634

        man rejecting God, 29, 398, 1739

        prayer as relationship between God and man, 2564

        submission of men to God, 143, 154, 341, 2712

 

rights of man

        to act on one's conscience and freely, 1782

        to choose a school, 2229

        to freedom of religion, 2106

        to a good reputation, 2479, 2507

 

seeks God

        always seeking God and His will, 2566, 2826

        difficulty of knowing God by the light of reason alone, 37

        distinctive inquiry of God, 285

        God calls man first, 2567

        God does not cease to call man, 30

        God speaks in human words, 101, 109

        men in the course of history seeking God in many ways, 28, 31, 34, 285

        by reason, 36, 50

        in revelation, 35, 50, 52

        ways of seeking God, 31, 34

 

sexuality (see Marriage (Matrimony); Sexuality)

 

Manifestation

of the coming of God's kingdom, 570

of God and His goodness, power, and beauty, 294, 707, 2519

of the Holy Spirit, 697, 951

of Jesus Christ, 486, 528, 535, 639, 660, 1224

 

Manna, 1094, 1334

 

Many, 605. See also Redemption

 

Marana tha, 451

 

Marriage (Matrimony)

bond is perpetual and exclusive, 1638

conjugal fidelity, 1646, 1648-49, 2364

consummation of, 1640

divorce of separated persons about to remarry civilly, 1650

effects of, 1638-42

freedom to contract, 1625, 1628-29

in God's plan, 1601

goods and requirements of conjugal love, 1643

greatness of, 1603

matrimonial chastity, 2349

mixed marriages and disparity of cult, 1633-37

nullity of, 1629

in the order of creation, 1603-05

in the preaching of the apostle Paul, 1616

in the preaching of Jesus, 1612-15

renouncing, 1618

in Sacred Scripture, 1602

as a sign of the covenant of Christ and the Church, 1617

under the pedagogy of the Law, 1609-11

under the regime of sin, 1606-08

sexuality in marriage and its significance, 2360-62 (see also Sexuality)

See also Divorce; Sacrament(s)

 

fecundity, 2366-72, 2373-779

        and adoption of children, 2379

        children as the gift of, 2378

        as cooperation with the love of God, the Creator, 2367

        openness to, 1652-54

        periodic continence and the regulation of birth, 2370

        and procreation to be regulated, 2368

        sterility

                as a great suffering, 2374

                and medical techniques, 2375-77

                and significance of conjugal life, 1654

 

purposes of marriage

        cooperation with the Creator's work, 372

        directed toward the salvation of others, 1534

        good of the spouses, 1660

        as man's vocation, 372, 1604-05

        procreation and education of offspring, 1652-53, 2366

        transmission of life, 372, 2363

 

indissolubility of marriage, 1644-45

        fidelity of conjugal love, 1646-48

        the marriage bond, 1639-40

        marriage in the words of Jesus, 1614-15

        matrimonial consent, 1625

                as an essential element, 1626

                as the foundation of the indissolubility of marriage, 1601, 1627, 2367

        nullity of marriage, 1629

        as a requirement of conjugal love, 1644

        significance and nature of matrimonial consent, 1627-28

        transmission of faith in the domestic Church, 1656

        unity and marriage in the Old Law, 1610-11

 

as a sacrament, 1601-58

        celebration of, 1621-24, 1627

        as consecration, 1535

        ecclesiastical form of celebrating, 1630-31

        grace of the sacrament of, 1641-42

        main effects of, 1638-40, 2365

        mixed marriage and disparity of cult, 1633-37

        preparation for, 1632

        raised to the dignity of a sacrament, 1601

 

offenses against the dignity of, 2380-91

        adultery, 2380-81

        divorce, 2382-86

        free union and concubinage, 2390

        incest, 2388

        polygamy, 1645, 2387

        sexual relations contracted before marriage, 2391

 

Marriages, trial, 2391

 

Married couple

fidelity and, 2364

harmony of the married couple and physical complementarity, 2333

human sterility and, 2374, 2377

marriage and, 1603, 1624, 1636, 1642, 2363

 

Martyrs

acts of, 2474

behavior of, 2113

significance of martyrdom, 2473

veneration of, 957, 1173

 

Mary

Christ's Mother by the power of the Holy Spirit, 437, 456, 484-86, 723-26

the Church and

        active example and type of the Church, 967

        Church reaches towards perfection in, 829

        place in the mystery of the Church, 773, 963-72

        spiritual motherhood, 501

 

Mary in the economy of salvation

        Annunciation, 484, 490

        assent, 148, 490, 494

        Assumption, 966

        conception by the Holy Spirit, 437, 456, 484-86, 495, 723

        the Immaculate Conception, 490-93

        mediatrix of grace, 969

        predestination of, 488-89, 508

        preserved from sin, 411

        virginity, 496-98, 502-07

        visitation to Elizabeth as God's visitation to His people, 717

        works of the Holy Spirit, 721-26

 

Mary as exemplar

        of holiness, 2030

        of hope, 64

        of obedience of faith, 144, 148-49, 494

        of prayer in the "Fiat" and "Magnificat," 2617, 2619

        of union with the Son, 964

        and witness of faith, 165, 273

 

titles of Mary

        Advocate, Help, Benefactress, Mediatrix, 969

        Assumed into heaven, 966

        Eschatological icon of the Church, 967, 972

        Ever Virgin, 499-501

        Full of grace, 722, 2676

        Handmaid of the Lord, 510

        "Hodigitria" or "She shows the way," 2674

        Immaculate, 491-92

        Mother of Christ, 411

        Mother of the Church, 963-70

        Mother of God, 466, 495, 509

        Mother of the living, 494, 511

        The New Eve, 411

        "Panagia" or All Holy, 493

        Seat of Wisdom, 721

 

veneration of Mary

        faith concerning the veneration of Mary based on faith concerning Christ, 487

        liturgical feasts of, 2043, 2177

        in the liturgical year, 1172, 1370

        not adoration, 971

        prayer to, 2675-79

        respect for the name of, 2146

 

Mass. See Eucharist

 

Mass media

correct use of, 2496

laws against misuse of, 2498

misuse of, 2523

 

Masturbation, 2352

 

Materialism, 285, 2124

 

Matrimony. See Marriage (Matrimony)

 

Maturity (in the Christian faith), 1248, 1308

 

Mediator

Mary mediatrix, 969

See also Christ

 

Meditation, 2705-08

fruits of, 2706, 2708

goals of, 2723

and growth in understanding the faith, 94-95

methods of, 2707

as one of the three major expressions of prayer, 2699

significance of, 2705

times suitable for, 2186

 

Meek, 716, 1716. See also Gentleness

 

Meeting

between God and men, 1153, 2299, 2560, 2563, 2567, 2591, 2626, 2710

with Jesus, 529, 995, 1021

liturgy as meeting between Christ and the Church, 1097

 

Memorial

the Eucharist as memorial of Jesus' death and resurrection, 611, 1167, 1330, 1358, 1362-72, 1382

Jesus institutes the memorial of His free offering, 610, 1323, 1337

liturgy as memorial of the mystery of salvation, 1099

of the saving events of the Old Covenant, 1093, 2170

 

Mentality

Christian, 2105

and the diversity of confession in marriage, 1634

of this world, 2727

 

Mercy

acceptance of God's, 1847, 2840

Christ wills, 2100

the Church bestows God's mercy to man, 2040

the Church implores God's, 1037

as the fruit of charity, 1829

God's, 210-11, 270

Jesus shows the Father's, 545, 589, 1439, 1846

justification as the highest sign of God's, 1994

Mary, "Mother of mercy," 2677

significance and kinds of works of, 2447

sinners refusing God's, 1864, 2091

works of mercy are necessary, 1473

 

Merit, 2006-11

Christ as the source of our, 1476, 2011

definition and significance of, 2006

grace and, 1708, 2008-09, 2011, 2025-27

man as a participator in the merit of Christ, 2008-09

no merit on the part of man before God, 2007

of the saints, 956, 1476

 

Message

the Church's, 2126

family as the place for the first proclamation of faith, 1666

the "Good News" of the Gospel and the "Our Father," 2763

Gospel message and catechesis, 6

Gospel message in the image of icons, 1160

of the Kingdom and the call to conversion, 1427, 1989

single message of salvation throughout the world, 174

spreading the message of salvation, 900, 2044

See also Evangelization

 

Messiah

announcement of the messiah after the fall of man, 410

the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus in Baptism, 1286

expectation of Christians for the return of, 840

expectation of the corning of the messiah in Israel, 702, 711-16

glory of Jesus as the inauguration of the kingdom of, 664

Jesus Christ, the, 436-40, 528-29, 535, 540, 547

significance of the word, 436, 695

See also Christ

 

Messiah

millenarianism, 676

pseudo-messianism, 675

 

Minister(s)

apostles as "God's ministers," 859

choosing ordained, 1579

of Christ and of the Church, 1553

exercise of service by ordained, 1592

ordained minister as "icon" of Christ the Priest, 1142

ordained minister as responsible for formation in prayer, 2686

personal calling of, 878

purposes of the activity of ministering, 874

as "servants of Christ," 876

support of the Church's, 2122

unworthiness of the ordained ministers and the action of Christ, 1584

See also individual sacraments, ministers of

 

Ministry

apostolic, 553, 983, 1536

catechetical ministry, preaching, and the Word, 9, 24, 132, 903

of the Church, 874-79

diversity of, 873, 910

exercise of, 2039

ordained, 1120, 1142 (see also Priest/priesthood)

particular, 1143

public ministry of Jesus, 583

of Reconciliation, 981, 1442, 1461-62

of serving and interpreting the Word, 119

 

Miracle(s)

of Christ, and their significance as signs, 548-49, 1335

of Christ, as a sign of His divinity, 515

of Christ's disciples, 434

gift of working, 2003

significance of Christ's, 156, 547, 1335

 

Mission(s)

of the apostles, 2, 551, 858-60, 1122, 1223

of the bishops, 2068

Christ's, 430, 436, 438, 440, 534, 536, 606, 608

of the Church, 6, 730, 738, 768, 782, 811, 831, 849-56, 873

of consecrated persons, 931-33

of deacons, 1570

of the Holy Spirit, 244, 485, 716, 1108

joint missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit, 689-90, 702, 727, 737, 743, 2655

of the laity, 897-913

of the Magisterium, 890

to all nations, 1122, 1533, 1565, 2044, 2419

of parents, 2226

of Peter, 552

of spouses, 2367

of the Virgin Mary, 489, 969

 

Missionary

endeavor, 854

mandate, 849-50

sources of the missionary impetus, 828, 851

 

Model of life for the faithful

Abraham, 144, 1819

bishops, 893

Christ, 459, 520, 896, 1618, 2348, 2620, 2740

God, 813, 2172

saints, 828

Virgin Mary, 273, 967, 2030

 

Modesty

of the body, 2523

definition of, 2521-22

purity requires, 2521, 2533

as a sign of human dignity, 2524

 

Money

"He who loves money never has enough money," 2536

idolatry and the divinizing of, 2113, 2172, 2424

prohibition of loans at interest, 2449

simony, 2121

 

Moral. See Law: moral law

 

Moral permissiveness, 2526

 

Moral rule(s)

Christ as the moral rule of conduct, 2074

"Golden Rule," 1789, 1970, 2510

moral law as the rule of our activity, 1951

natural law as a rule, 1957, 1959

Sacred Scriptures as the source of all, 75, 141

See also Law; Norm(s)

 

Morality

the Church and, 2420

circumstances, intention, and morality of actions, 1756

judging the morality of human acts, 1756, 1768

love for oneself as a fundamental principle of, 2264

moral conscience and dignity of the person, 1780, 1794

must be respected and safeguarded, 2210, 2294, 2498

of passions, 1762-70

sources of, 1750-54

 

Mortification, 2015

 

Murder (intentional killing)

forgiveness for the sin of, 1447

only God is the Lord of life, 2258

as a grave sin, 1447

haters as murderers, 1033

intentional euthanasia as, 2324

intentional killing as a legitimate defense, 2263-65

origin of, 2517

seriousness and condemnation of intentional, 1756, 2261, 2268

sin that cries to heaven, 1867

unintentional killing, 2263, 2269

 

Muslims, 841

 

Myron. See Chrism

 

Mystagogy, 1075

 

Mystery

of Christ, 280, 512-60, 639, 654, 1067

of the Church, 770-76

of the Church's unity, 813-16

of creation, 287, 295-301

of the existence of evil, 309, 385, 395

of faith, 2558

of God, 42, 206, 234, 1028, 2779

of man, 359

of man's salvation, 122

 

Mystical

life, 2014

See also the Church: the Church as the Mystical Body of

 

Mythology/myth, 285, 498

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