United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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Infallibility: 144, 516

removal of as a central focus of the Church’s social teaching: 16, 421, 425, 427 symptoms of: 325, 421, 425, 427 see also Justice

of the Church: 134, 516 in matters of faith and morals: 134, 516 of the Pastors of the Church: 516 role of the Holy Spirit in the infallibility of the Church: 516 see also under Supreme Pontiff: infallibility of (papal infallibility) and age for receiving Confirmation: 205, 210 Baptism of: 185, 188-89, 191, 198, 355, 358 of Jesus: 86 and the reception of the Eucharist: 186 See also Children and confidentiality or privacy: 434 respect for the truth: 435-37 role of the media with respect to: 433-37 see also Education; specific topics Ingratitude to God: 343 Initiation, Christian: xx-xxi, 168, 183, 215, 527 for adults (see Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)) in the Eastern rite: 186, 206 of infants: 186 Sacraments of: xx-xxi, 168, 197, 203, 206, 211, 235 unity of: 183, 203, 206, 210-11 see also Baptism; Catechumenate; Confirmation; Eucharist as cause of war: 395, 397-98 causes of: 325-26, 421, 425, 427 correcting: 325 the Final Judgment and: 157, 161 greed and: 449, 499 making reparations for: 240, 419, 426 to the poor: 367-68 Injustice Infants; infancy Infertility: see under Fertility and infertility, issues regarding Information

Inspiration: 516 God’s: 32

of the Holy Spirit: 26-27, 31 in Sacred Scripture: 27-28, 32

Integrity: 432

see also Truth

Intellect, human

and evolution, theory of: 57-61 faith as requiring submission of the intellect and will: 40-41, 45, 134 and free choice: 56-57 and freedom: 316 God’s use of as a secondary cause for the unfolding of his plan: 56 human virtues as stable dispositions of the: 316, 531 parental responsibilities towards the development of their children’s: 378, 383 perceiving God through: 54 submission of intellect and will to God: 44-45, 56 and truth, coming to know: 57-58 see also Knowledge; Reason bad intentions as corrupting otherwise good acts: 312 definition of: 311 end does not justify the means: 312, 320-21 good intention as not making a bad action good: 312, 320 moral act, constitutive of: 311-12, 320 as needing be good for an act to be morally good: 311-12 of the one administering Baptism: 188, 193 purity of: 443-44 right intention on the part of the minister required for the validity of the Church’s Sacraments: 188, 193

Intention