Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 821 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; 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 Maranatha , 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, 2373‑79 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