United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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Church and state, separation of: 16, 42-43 Citizens authority and: 326 common good and: 326 duties of: 380 freedom of: 326 religious freedom and: 41-43

Beatitudes and: 309 conscience and: 390 and the Covenant: xxii, 325 and everyday life: 176 and moral life: 176, 241, 308, 317, 319, 321, 390, 500 natural law expressed in: 327 as preparing the world for the Gospel: 328 as revealed law: 341, 526 as source of holiness for the Church: 129 the Ten Commandments First: 339-49 Second: 351-59

rights of (see Rights; specific topics ) see also specific topics, e.g., War

Civic responsibility: 507 Civil disobedience: 379

and moral obligation to oppose laws contrary to the moral order: 379-80

Civil law: see under Law: civil law Civil rights: 337 see also Social justice Clairvoyance: 344 Cloning: 392 Clothing Baptismal garment: 187 as essential need: 337 modesty and choice of: 442, 444 Cohabitation: 280, 286, 406, 410-11 College of bishops (collegiality): see Episcopal college Commandments: xxii commandment of love: 87, 309, 321, 325 (see also Charity) love of God: 309, 321, 342-43, 347 love of neighbor: 309, 321 Old Law and: 321, 522 sin and: 79 conscience and: 390 Covenant with God as coming first, and Commandments as the way we live this out: xxii, 325 Decalogue: 509, 522

Third: 361-71 Fourth: 373-85 Fifth: 387-401 Sixth: 403-16 Seventh: 417-28 Eighth: 429-38

Ninth: 439-46 Tenth: 447-57 virtues and: 317, 342, 347

disobeying: 70, 390 God’s love and: 345 keeping: 341, 345 and natural law: 327

our commitment to living them as flowing from our response to the Covenant we have with God: xxii precepts of the Church (see Precepts of the Church) see also Law; Precepts of the Church; specific topics Commitment: see specific topics, e.g., Marriage Common good: 134, 324, 326, 337, 420-23, 426, 507 action, social justice, and the: 326 of the Church: 329 the Church and: 134, 420-21 communication, information, and: 434, 437 conditions of: 326, 396, 422 discretion and: 434 good of each individual and: 326

disobeying and sin: 70 as a gift from God: 325 keeping of: 341-45 natural law and: 327 Old Covenant and: xxii, 325 Ten Commandments: 328, 336, 341, 390, 530