United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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Sanctifying grace: see under Grace: sanctifying grace Sanctus : 219 Satan: 55, 62, 157, 296, 489, 494 as the evil we confront: 489 as “father of lies”: 432 as “prince of this world”: 75 see also Demons; specific topics, e.g., Adam and Eve Satanism: 344 Satisfaction: 92, 239-40, 245, 527 Savior, Jesus as: 57, 68, 72, 84-85, 95, 98, 357, 371 see also Jesus Christ Scandal: 397 caused by laws and institutions that legitimize sinful actions: 397 duty to avoid: 401 gravity of: 401 scandalous behavior of some believers driving some seekers of God away: 4-5 Schism: 342 see also Error Schools: see Education Schools of spirituality: see specific Schools, e.g., Benedictine; Franciscan; Ignatian Science: 5 evolutionary theories: 58-61 faith and: 57-61 moral laws and: 58 and religion, no intrinsic conflict between: 58-59 see also Stem-cell research Scripture, Sacred: 23, 527 authors (human), role of: 26-27, 31-32 (see also Inerrancy; Inspiration) Biblical literalism: 29-30 canon of: 24 Christ as fulfillment of: 47 Church, as source of constant

the Lord’s death and Resurrection as the central event of: 221, 224 the means of salvation found in the Church: 128-29, 138 message of salvation preserved in the Deposit of Faith (see Deposit of Faith) necessity of Jesus Christ for: 68 no salvation through anyone else: 84, 132, 357 Old Testament images pointed towards salvation by the Messiah: 18 out of Abraham’s family: 13 “Outside the Church there is no salvation”: 132 Sacred Scripture conserving without error the message of salvation: 27 suicides and possibility of: 393-94 those in purgatory assured of: 154, 161 Virgin Mary cooperated through free faith and obedience in human salvation: 145 acts of sanctification received in Baptism: 196 actual graces aiding us in the course of the work of: 329 all Three Persons of the Trinity working together in: 329 certain elements of sanctification outside the Catholic Church: 128 of God’s name: 485, 493 justification and: 328, 336 Old Testament priest unable to provide definitive sanctification for the people: 264 our acceptance of the holiness of God: 328, 336 of the people and liturgy: 175 priests serving God’s People in the work of: 264, 524 thanksgiving for: 219 Messiah to bring: 18 mystery of: 188, 268 as necessary: 68

Same-sex unions: 280, 286, 411 Sanctification: 338

nourishment and strength for: 29 Church as venerating: 24, 29, 32-33 as divinely inspired: 24, 32