United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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Francis of Assisi, St.: 102, 117, 135, 242, 340, 402, 456-57, 537 Francis Seelos, Blessed: 262, 267 Fraternity: 379 fraternal charity: 427 Fraud: 419, 449, 455 Freedom: 4, 310-11, 319-20 Church and: 119-20 civic responsibility and: 507 definition of: 310, 316

more than a capacity to choose: 310-11 protection of personal freedom by state: 326, 421, 426 religious: x, 16, 41-43, 42, 316, 367, 420, 501 right to exercise: 326 self-mastery and: 315, 405 subsidiarity, principle of: 326 violation of personal: 407 will and: 316 see also Free will; specific topics, e.g., Marriage: free consent in as consequence of being made in the image of God: 68 intellect and: 56-57 role in sin: 71, 194, 310 temptation and: 68 see also Freedom chastity as developed and expressed in: 406 between Christ and man: 91, 223, 225, 292, 445 between God and man: 13, 36, 67, 73, 154, 236, 242-43, 328, 336 and making disciples: 137 in marriage: 381 solidarity, principle of: 337, 529 Fruits of the Holy Spirit: 108, 209-10, 513 Full Communion (reception into): 188, 190, 193, 206, 513 Fundamentalism: 30, 61 being born-again, Catholics and: 195 Funerals: 159, 162, 187, 266, 271, 273 Catholic: 153 and Catholic cemeteries: 159-60 Christian: 159 the Church as preferring burial of the body: 160 and cremation: 159-60, 508-9 Jesus’ presence at: 159 see also Death Friendship: 316, 406 Free will: 68, 194, 310, 319, 332 conscience, according to (see Conscience)

faith as free human act: 38-39 false understandings of: 310-11, 316, 422 the family and: 379, 383 foundation and essentials for: 379, 383 freedom and responsibility: 310-11 and the possibility of choosing between good and evil: 311, 320 freedom in the work of salvation: 155, 310-11 Christ as secret of: 445 of faith: 38-39 gift of: 69 God’s respect for human freedom: 57 grace as protecting our freedom: 329 grace does not rival human freedom: 329 limits of: 316 and Original Sin: 69-75 and sin: 311, 313, 329 of the Virgin Mary: 145, 148, 470, 479 God as giver of: 57, 451 growth in: 311 guaranteeing, conditions for: 326 of information and communication: 433-34 internal: 405 lies in our free decision to say, “yes” to God: 310-11 may be limited but still real: 311 and morality: 310-11 moral life and: 310-11, 316, 320, 389