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beauty and: 433, 437
being truthful, admitting sin and:
312
being truthful, conscience and:
314-15
building a society of (see
Civic responsibility)
the Church and: 6-7, 42, 63, 129,
330, 337, 436
the Church’s Magisterium in service
of: 25, 134, 330
confidentiality and: 434
the creed as a summary of the
principle truths of the faith: 309
ecumenism and: 128, 131
the Eighth Commandment: 429-38
eternal truths: 301
every human person as seeking: 4,
8, 16, 48, 67
existence of objective truth: 431, 435
faith and: 37-39, 44-45
God as: 7, 39, 61, 431, 436
of God, sharing in: 62
Gospel as source of: 23, 26
historical truth: 31
Holy Spirit and: 110, 185, 337
ignorance and: 70
inspired books of the Bible as
teaching: 27, 30, 32
Jesus Christ as: 16-17, 29, 43, 85,
87, 176, 270, 431, 436, 492
“Know the truth. Love the truth.
Live the truth”: 436
mass media and: 433-37
of mystery of God: 51
natural law and: 327, 437
“No one is bound to reveal the
truth to someone who does not
have the right to know it”:
434, 437
oath-taking (see Oaths)
offenses against truth: 432-34
of the Old Law, revelation of:
328, 336
openness to: 4, 8, 16, 48, 67, 192
and philosophy: 57-58
prayer as soul of: 463, 491
principles for revealing: 433-34, 437
and proofs for God’s existence: 5
relativism: 431,
525
right to the communication of:
434, 437
science and: 57
skepticism: 436
truths of faith: 6-7, 17, 27, 491 (see
also
specific topics
)
understanding and handing on: 25
understanding, proclaiming, and
defending: 487
when it’s inappropriate to reveal:
433-34, 437
worship in: 365
Twelve Apostles:
see Apostles
Unbelievers:
see Non-believers
Understanding
all the faithful as sharing in: 25
of the Apostles: 26
of created realities: 58
of doctrine: 22, 491
and faith: xvi, xxiv, 38, 58, 115, 500
as gift of the Holy Spirit: 45, 103,
108, 205, 207-9
religion as: 16
Revelation and: 14, 16, 38
of Scripture: xxiii, 28
see also Gifts of the Holy Spirit;
specific topics
Unemployment:
see Work
Union, Church/Christian:
see Ecumenism
Unions (labor unions):
424
Unitarianism:
49
United States:
ix-xii, 361, 397
September 11: 332-33
see also
specific topics,
e.g.,
September 11
Unity, Church/Christian:
see Ecumenism
Universal destination of goods:
420, 426
Universe
seen as evidence of God’s existence: 4
see also Creation; World
Unleavened bread:
229