United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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Human act

as summit of God’s creation: 55-56, 67 unity, human race as forming: 73 as unity of body and soul: 68 see also under Life: human life; Man and woman; specific topics, e.g., Intellect and human dignity: 423-26 protection of: 423-26 see also Basic needs; Social justice countering envy with: 450, 455-56 the ordained and: 265 prayer and: 468, 475-76, 479, 482 84, 492-93 repentance and: 235, 247 and service: 217 “Give us this day our daily bread”: 487, 494 hunger for God planted in every human heart: 3, 6-8, 109, 346 for righteousness: 308 world hunger: 427 see also Poverty singing as a form of active participation in the liturgy: 218, 225, 370 see also Music aid in meditation: 347 holy images: 344 making present the mystery of salvation or the saint it depicts: 344 priest as an “icon of Christ”: 268 as a support for prayer: 347 veneration of: 344, 347 see also Art

faith as a: 38, 44, 512 human acts of Jesus: 82 see also Freedom Human dignity: see Dignity, human Human experience: 69 see also specific topics, e.g., Death Human nature: 66-67 Christ as assuming: 63, 82, 86, 91, 301, 344 as the foundation for authority in society: 326 God’s created plan as implanted in: 327 Mary’s yes at the incarnation as spoken for all of: 145, 148 natural law and: 327 as wounded: 74 see also Human persons; specific topics, e.g., Sin Human persons as both body and soul: 68 capabilities for knowing and loving: 67 consequences of Adam’s sin for (see Original Sin) as created in God’s image: 66-68 defense of the good of each human being: 379 desire for God: 3, 6-7, 67, 109, 271 72, 464 desire for happiness: 4, 8, 319, 453 dignity of (see Dignity, human) and free will (see Free will) image of God, as made in (see Image of God) Jesus Christ as Divine Person with both divine and human natures (see Incarnation) Original Sin, as suffering effects of (see Original Sin) others, treatment of (see Neighbor) as redeemed by Christ in the Paschal Mystery: 165-79 as religious beings: 5 as seeking to know truth and experience goodness: 67

Human rights

Humility: 75, 104, 196, 457, 501 and Communion: 222

Hunger

Hymns: 27, 174, 179, 472

Hypocrisy: 431, 438, 481

Icons: 344, 515

Idolatry: 343-44

ancient forms: 343 definition of: 343, 347