United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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universal destination of the good of the earth meant for the common good: 420, 426 see also Consumerism; Materialism; Money Prophets; prophecies: 117-18, 346, 465 bishops, prophetic role of: 118 books of the Prophets: 24, 336, 355 fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies in Jesus Christ: 18, 23, 203, 263 God speaking through: 47, 51 Holy Spirit and: 104 as instruments to prepare the covenant people for the coming of the Messiah: 18, 105, 203 Jesus thought to be: 111 reflecting on God’s actions, making Prostitution: 407 the Protestant Reformation: ix, 127, 356 Providence, Divine: 21-22, 56, 62, 510 creation sustained by: 53 definition of: 56, 510 expressing God’s sovereignty over creation: 56 God’s guiding of creation towards its completion or perfection: 56 surrender to the Providence of God: 450, 453, 455 as working through secondary causes: 56 see also under Virtues: Cardinal Virtues Psalms: xiv, 56, 235, 465-66, 546 definition/description and significance of: 465-66 the Good Shepherd Psalm: 258-59 place in worship: 174, 225, 370, 465-66 Prudence: 193, 525 clearer the nature of God: 13 sharing Christ’s role as: 117-18, 134, 138, 187, 193, 197 Prosperity: 450 see also Envy; Greed; Money; Property

spirituality of the priest: 271-72 united to the bishop in priestly dignity and dependent on them in the exercise of pastoral functions: 273 see also Orders, Sacrament of Holy

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confidentiality: 434 modesty (see Modesty) private property (see Property, private) Private revelations: 15, 524 Proclamation of the Gospel: 16 see also Evangelization; Witness, Christian Procreation

marriage as ordered towards: 283, 290, 375, 409, 524 methods for regulating births (see Births, regulation of) sexuality and: 409 in vitro fertilization as contrary to the dignity of the human person: 392 Prodigal son, parable of: 235, 246-47 see also Parables Profaning; profanity: see Name of God: reverence for Profession of faith Full Communion and: 513 see also Creeds; specific Sacraments, e.g., Baptism; Eucharist Professions (work): see Vocation; Work Pro-life stand of Church: 43, 391-92 Promises honoring: 419 see also Vows; specific descriptions, e.g., Beatitudes Proof of God’s existence: 4-5, 7-8, 211 Property, private; possessions: 421, 453 detachment from vs. exaggerated dependence on material goods: 312, 419, 449, 453 respect for: 419, 426 right to: 419, 421, 424, 426 the Seventh Commandment: 417-28