United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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Salvation

our participation in Christ’s sacrifice: 134 sacrifice of Christ becomes the sacrifice of all the members of the Church: 221 source and summit of life: 228 fasting and abstinence: 334-35, 410 love as not existing without: 291-92 Mass as the sacrifice of the Church: 220-21, 370-71, 519 offering sacrifices to God: 5, 270, 275 in the Old Testament: 215-16, 264 Passover: 523 sacrifice of Christ: 96, 129, 221, 243, 264, 307 an act of atonement: 92, 505 an act of satisfaction or reparation: 92 on the Cross for the redemption of the world: 85 Jesus offered himself freely on the Cross: 92 merits salvation for us: 92 perfect offering to the Father: 264 uniting our works to: 117 Sacrilege: 348 Sadness: 402, 537 Saints: 106, 129, 138, 153, 174, 176, 219-21, 527 blasphemy: 358 Communion of the: 46, 152, 160 61, 220, 507 devotion to: 378 heritage of prayer: 472 images in sacred art: 268, 297, 344, 347 intercession of the: xix, 147, 471 patron saints: 354-55, 358 sacred images of: 268, 297, 344, 347 veneration of: 173, 178, 297, 344, 347 see also Canonization; Holiness; Holy Days of Obligation; individual Saints Salary: see Wages

“all is ordained for the salvation of man”: 57 angels working for our: 54 the Apostles proclaiming the graces of: 24 Baptism necessary for: 132, 183, 187-88, 197 believing in Jesus Christ and the One who sent him as necessary for: 38 Christ’s humanity the perfect instrument of salvation through his suffering and death: 91 the Church as universal instrument and sacrament of: 112-13, 116 the Church proclaiming salvation to the culture: xxiii as destined for all people: 18, 72 “economy of salvation”: 157 eternal salvation: 132, 145, 154, 161 faith as necessary for: 38, 44 fallen angels wanting to prevent our: 489 flowing from God’s love for us: 98 God opening the way for our: 13 God revealing all that is necessary for our salvation in Christ: xx, 27 gradual unfolding of: 13 Holy Orders and Marriage directed to the salvation of others (see Sacraments at the Service of Communion) the Holy Spirit communicating to us the salvation won for us through the Church and her seven Sacraments: 116 hope of: 13, 18 human effort alone insufficient: 72 the Incarnation and (see Incarnation) Jesus Christ as Savior: 68 Jesus’ sacrifice as meriting salvation for us: 92, 96 kingdom of: 7, 79-80 the Lord as desiring that all come to: 72