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INDEX
Italicized numbers indicate location of definition in glossary.
Abortion:
243, 285-86, 374, 387-89,
397,
503
moral precepts and: 391, 400
and respect for life: 389, 391-92,
422-23
those who help obtain: 391-92
Abraham:
131, 215, 264, 464
calling of: 13-14, 130-31
as “father in faith”: 39
God’s covenant with: 14, 18, 113,
149,
508
promises of hope: 37
Absolution:
503
see also under Penance and
Reconciliation: absolution
Abstinence:
334-35
see also Chastity
Abuse
of alcohol and drugs: 381, 401
domestic: 410
emotional: 401
the Fifth Commandment and: 401
physical: 401
sexual: 407
Acedia
(a spiritual depression)
as arising from lax ascetical
behavior: 476
remedy for: 476
Adam and Eve:
53, 114
as created equal in dignity: 68
as created in original holiness
and justice: 67
as created to complement one
another in a communion
of persons: 68
as different from and superior
to all other living creatures
on earth: 67
the Fall: 68-69, 73-74,
512
as first parents: 13, 18, 67-70, 78
free will of: 68-69
as made in image of God: 67-68
their sin and its consequences: 57,
68-75 (see also Original Sin)
Administration
as gift of the Spirit: 121
Adolescents:
see Children; Youth
Adoption
of children: 381
divine filiation: 193, 207, 493,
510
by God through Baptism: 193, 207,
493,
510
Adoration:
223-24, 226-28, 364-65,
370, 469, 489
of the Blessed Sacrament: 152,
462, 477
cult of: 145
of God: 55, 344-45, 357, 465, 493
name of Christ and: 357
sacred art and: 171, 297-98, 300-
301, 344, 477
see also Worship
Adultery:
441
definition of: 414
and divorce: 410
and God’s commandment:
307-8, 410
as injustice: 410
as insult against the dignity of
marriage: 410
lust and: 443-44
Advanced directives:
399
Advent:
238,
503
liturgical season: 173
see also under Liturgy:
liturgical seasons
Advocate:
see Holy Spirit
Age of Reason (Enlightenment):
see Enlightenment
Age of reason (for Confirmation):
205, 210
Agnosticism:
345-46,
503
Alcohol, abuse of:
381, 401
Almsgiving:
244
Lent:
518