United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

Index • 603

couples without children: 285 as covenant: 279, 281, 283-85, 290 cultural changes, negative consequences of: 280, 285-86 divorce and pastoral care: 287-88, 290, 410 domestic abuse: 410 as exclusive and permanent union: 279, 281, 290 faults of spouses, accepting: 408 fidelity obliged by: 279, 282-83, 285, 287-88, 381, 403-16 forgiveness in: 285 as foundation of the domestic Church: 285, 290 free consent to: 282, 284-85, 288, 290 God as author: 279, 290 growth of spousal relationship in: 286, 292, 381, 405, 408 indissolubility of: 279-80, 283, 410 11, 415, 516 interfaith marriages: 289 Jesus’ teaching on marriage: 280 liturgical act: 281, 290 love of husband and wife: 279, 281, 283, 292, 408-10 and maturity of judgment: 288 ministers of the sacrament: 282, 289-90 mixed marriages: 289 as ordered to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of children: 281, 283, 290, 375, 404-5, 408, 412 origin and purpose found in Scripture: 279 polygamy and divorce in the Old Testament: 279 preparation for: 284-87, 291-92 procreative aspect and purpose: 281, 283, 290, 404, 524 purposes of: 283-85, 290, 404 raised by Christ to the dignity of a Sacrament: 281 as reflecting God’s fidelity to us: 4, 279, 283

Holy Spirit as guiding: 25, 330, 337, 519 infallibility: 133 as moral teacher: 330-31, 337 obedience to teachings of: 25, 106, 133 responsibility to teach authoritatively handed down by the Apostles to their successors: 330 teaching office of the Church: 25, 133: see also Apostolic Succession; Doctrine; Episcopal college; specific topics as complementing each other in a communion of persons: 73 as equal in dignity: 68, 73, 279, 404, 411 marriage of (see Marriage) mystery and dignity of: 43 see also Human persons; specific topics, e.g., Sexuality Manichaeism: 233 Man (the human race): see Human persons; specific topics Maria (Corsini) Quattrocchi, Blessed: 278, 373-75 the Magnificat : 148-49 Malice: 72 see also Anger; Hatred Man and woman: 363

Maria Goretti, St.: 439-40 Marks of the Church: 519

see also under Church: four marks of the Church

Marriage: 277-92, 408-10

annulments: 288-89, 503-4 attitudes towards marriage that contradict the natural law: 280 chastity and: 284, 405-7 and children, acceptance of and openness to: 285-86, 290, 404, 408-9, 415 as communion of man and woman: 73, 283, 287 and contemporary society: 280, 285-86