United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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work and: 451-52

spouses to bear each other’s burdens with: 285 see also Fruits of the Holy Spirit Kingdom of God: 79-80, 486, 517 already here in Jesus, the Gospel, and the Eucharist: 7 Baptism as door to: 80, 183, 187, 192, 195 the Beatitudes and the Kingdom of heaven: 308-9 celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven: 270 Christ’s final transformation of individuals and society not yet here: 157-58, 486 the Church and: 80, 114, 117 conditions for entering: 80, 157, 183, 187, 195, 241 exclusion from the Kingdom of God and its causes: 157, 313 forgiveness of sinners: 486 freeing of captives: 486 fully present in Christ’s passion, death, and Resurrection: 80, 486 Good News that results in love, justice, and mercy for the whole world: 79 Jesus preceding us into: 97 Jesus’ proclamation of: 79-80, 91-92 the laity called to seek the Kingdom of God in temporal affairs: 136 the Law and: 80, 328 needs of the poor are met: 486 in our hearts: 494 poverty of spirit: 449, 456 and the preferential option for the poor: 427 realized partially on earth and permanently in heaven: 79-80 reconciliation of enemies: 486 salvation from sin: 79 sharing in divine life: 79 sheep and goats, parable of: 156-57 the sick are made whole: 486 signs of the arrival of: 80, 251-52 “Thy kingdom come”: 482, 485-86, 494

Knowledge: 208-9

coming to know Christ: 29, 32, 79, 103, 469, 484 coming to know God: 5, 7-8, 12, 15, 37-38, 58-60, 68, 70-72, 105, 491 as gift of the Holy Spirit: 108 of good and evil: 68 the soul as at the core of our spiritual powers of knowing: 68 of the truth: 6, 29, 70, 434-37 see also Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Intellect; Reason; specific topics evangelization, role in: 117-18, 134 36, 182 participation in Christ’s role as priest, prophet, and king: 117, 134 role in the Church: 116-18 vocation of: 134-36 Book of Revelation and the: 187 “Feed my lambs”: 12 the Good Shepherd Psalm: 258-59 Lamb of God: 220, 469, 495 as members of the Church: 112 sacrifice of the: 215-16 sheep and goats parable: 156-57 wedding feast of the Lamb: 279, 285 blasphemous: 354-55, 358, 505 diversity of languages in the Church: 127, 129 of faith: 52 figurative and symbolic language in Sacred Scripture: 27-28, 55-56, 67, 69, 73 human language does not exhaust the mystery of God: 8

Labor: see Work Labor strikes: 422 Labor unions: 424 Laity: 134-35, 214, 274, 472, 517

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