Catechism Research – Section C
Section C
CALUMNY: A false statement which harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them (2477). See Slander.
CANON LAW: The rules (canons or laws) which provide the norms for good order in the visible society of the Church. Those canon laws that apply universally are contained in the Codes of Canon Law. The most recent Code of Canon Law was promulgated in 1983 for the Latin (Western) Church and in 1991 for the Eastern Church (The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches).
CANON OF THE MASS: The central part of the Mass, also known as the Eucharistic Prayer or “anaphora,” which contains the prayer of thanksgiving and consecration (1352).
CANON OF SCRIPTURE: The Church’s complete list of sacred books of the Bible (120).
CANONIZATION: The solemn declaration by the Pope that a deceased member of the faithful may be proposed as a model and intercessor to the Christian faithful and venerated as a saint on the basis of the fact that the person lived a life of heroic virtue or remained faithful to God through martyrdom (828; cf. 957).
CAPITAL SINS: Sins which engender other sins and vices. They are traditionally numbered as seven: pride, covetousness, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth (1866).
CARDINAL VIRTUES: Four pivotal human virtues (from the Latin carbo, “pivot”): prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. The human virtues are stable dispositions of the intellect and will that govern our acts, order our passions, and guide our conduct in accordance with reason and faith (1805, 1834). See Virtue.
CATECHESIS: An education of children, young people, and adults in the faith of the Church through the teaching of Christian doctrine in an organic and systematic way to make them disciples of Jesus Christ. Those who perform the ministry of catechists in the Church are called “catechists”.
Christ as the living center of, 426-27, 1697-98, 2145 and Christian initiation, 1233, 1248 and the commandments, 2065 and creation, 282 and the Creed, 188 and the liturgy, 1074-75, 1095, 1135 and the Magisterium of the Church, 2033, 2049 and popular piety, 1674 and prayer, 2688, 2695 moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, 1971 nature and purpose of, 4-7, 426, 983, 1095, 2688 and Sacred Scripture, 132 See also Doctrine: Christian doctrine
CATECHISM: A popular summary or compendium of Catholic doctrine about faith and morals and designed for use in catechists.
adaptation to different cultures, 24 as the organic presentation of the faith in its entirety, 18 pastoral principle of, 25 preparation of, 10 principal sources of, 11 purpose of, 11 structure of, 13-17 to whom it is addressed, 12
CATECHUMEN: A person who is preparing for Baptism. The catechumenate is the formation of these catechumens in preparation for their Christian Initiation, and aims at bringing their conversion and their faith to maturity within the occlusal community (1248). The candidates are anointed with oil of catechumens by which they are strengthened in their conversion from sin and renunciation of Satan.
and charity, 1248-49 the Church and, 1249, 1537 instruction of, 281 Lord s Prayer and, 2769 oil of, 1294 and the profession of faith, 168, 256, 1253 salvation of, 1259, 1281
CATHEDRAL: The official church of the bishop of a diocese. The Greek word cathedra means chair or throne; the bishop’s “chair” symbolizes his teaching and governing authority, and is located in the principal church or “cathedral” of the local diocese of which he is the chief pastor (cf. 1572).
CATHOLIC: One of the four marks or notes of the Church, taken from the Nicene Creed. The Church is catholic or universal both because she possesses the fullness of Christ’s presence and the means of salvation, and because she has been sent out by Christ on a mission to the whole of the human race (750, 830).
CATHOLIC CHURCH: The Church established by Christ on the foundation of the Apostles, possessing the fullness of the means of salvation which he has willed: correct and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic succession (830).
CELIBACY: The state or condition of those who have chosen to remain unmarried for the sake of the kingdom of heaven in order to give themselves entirely to God and to the service of his people. In the Latin Church, celibacy is obligatory for bishops and priests. In some Eastern Churches, celibacy is a prerequisite for the ordination only of bishops; priests may not marry after they have been ordained.
and chastity, 2349 consecrated life and, 915 Eastern Churches and, 1580 Latin Church and the celibacy of priests, 1579, 1599 single persons and pastoral care, 1658
CHARACTER, SACRAMENTAL: An indelible spiritual mark which is the permanent effect of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, by which a person is given a new permanent configuration to Christ and a specific standing in the Church; the reception of these sacraments is never repeated (1272, 1304, 1582).
CHARISM: A specific gift or grace of the Holy Spirit which directly or indirectly benefits the Church, given in order to help a person live out the Christian life, or to serve the common good in building up the Church.
communion of, 951 of consecrated life, 924, 1175 discernment of, 801 Holy Spirit and, 688, 798, 800, 809, 1508, 2003, 2024, 2684 of infallibility, 890, 2035 of the laity, 910 significance and purpose of, 799, 800, 2003 of truth and growth in faith, 94 See also Holy Spirit
CHARITY: The theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.
apathy and indifference contrary to, 2094 call to, 1694, 2013 catechesis and, 25, 1967, 1971 communion in, 953, 1475 destroyed by mortal sin, 1855-56, 1861, 1874 heart as the seat of, 1853 indulgence and, 1478 information and, 2489, 2494-95, 2497 as loving one s neighbor, 1822-29 “never ends,” 25 offended and wounded by venial sin, 1855, 1863, 1875 wipes away venial sins, 1394, 1472 See also Love
charity and sacraments
Baptism and, 1269, 1273, 1997, 2156, 2165 catechumens and, 1248-49 Eucharist as the sacrament of, 1323, 1394-95, 1416 marriage and, 1570, 1654 sacrament of Reconciliation and, 1434, 1466 sacramental life and growth in, 1134 sacraments of initiation and advancement in, 1212
charity as Christian moral life
charisms and, 800, 2003 chastity and, 2346 as the form of the virtues, 826, 1827, 1841, 1844 freedom and, 1740 fruit of, 1825, 1829 as the goal of our actions, 1829 peace as the fruit of, 2304 as the perfection of Christian life, 1844, 1973 prayer and, 2098, 2662, 2806 virtue of religion and, 2095
charity as witness and service
among the members of the Mystical Body, 791 the Church as the community of, 771, 815, 834 deacons and the service of, 1570, 1588, 1596 family as the school of Christian, 1657, 1666, 2204-05 love of country and the order of, 2239 Mary as the model of, 967-68 material goods and the order of, 2401, 2439, 2451, 2459, 2545 parish as a place of, 2179 religious life and, 915-16, 926 renunciation of violent action and the witness of, 2306 saints as a model of, 2156, 2165 secular institutes and, 928 as a social commandment, 1889 society of apostolic life and, 930 solidarity and, 1939, 1942 as the soul of the apostolate, 864 towards neighbor, 1789, 1878, 1931-32, 2447, 2462
theological virtues of charity, 1813, 1822, 1826, 1841, 1844
faith and, 162, 1794, 1814, 2093 and the freedom of the children of God, 1828 grace of Christ as the source of, 2011 hope and, 1818, 2090 as love of God and neighbor, 1822, 1840, 1844, 2055, 2086, 2093 as loving according to Christ’s love, 1823, 1825 new Law and, 1965-66, 1968, 1972-74 perseverance in, 1824 as the soul of holiness, 826 as the source of merits, 2011, 2026
CHASTITY: The moral virtue which, under the cardinal virtue of temperance, provides for the successful integration of sexuality within the person leading to the inner unity of the bodily and spiritual being. Chastity is called one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
and Baptism, 2345, 2348, 2355 call to, 2337, 2348, 2394 and charity, 2346 conjugal chastity and marriage, 2365, 2368 consecrated life and, 915, 944 following Christ and, 2053 friendship and, 2347 Holy Spirit at the origin of the virtue of, 1832, 2345 and homosexuality, 2357-59 increase in, 2343 meaning of, 2395 offenses against, 2351-56, 2396 pure hearts and, 2518, 2520, 2532 stages of growth in, 2339, 2341, 2344, 2346, 2395 and states of life, 2348-50 temperance, the virtue that directs, 2341 of those engaged to marry, 1632, 2350
CHOIR: A group of persons trained to lead in the singing at liturgical celebrations (1143).
CHRISM: Perfumed oil, consecrated by the bishop, which signifies the gift of the Holy Spirit. Chrism is used for consecration in the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders.
anointing with sacred, 1241, 1289, 1291, 1294, 1312, 1574 Confirmation and, 1289, 1297, 1300, 1312, 1320 consecration of, 1297 reservation of the sacred, 1183
CHRISMATION: The name used in the Eastern Churches for the Sacrament of Confirmation, from the “chrism” or “myron” used in the anointing (1289).
CHRIST: From the Greek translation of the Hebrew Messiah, which means “anointed.” It became the name proper to Jesus because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission of priest, prophet, and King, signified by his anointing as Messiah, “Christ”.
Body of Christ
change of the bread into, 1106, 1333, 1353, 1376, 1411, 1413 communion and, 1385 communion of Christian faithful in Christ and, 948, 960 daily bread and, 2835, 2837, 2861 death of Christ and of His body, 627, 630 Eucharist and the, 1323, 1331, 1339, 1374-75, 1382, 1391, 1393, 1416 glorification of Christ’s body, 659 Holy Spirit and, 797-98, 1084, 1108 Mary and the, 466, 488, 973 offering the sacrifice of Christ’s body, 606, 610, 621 resurrection of, 640, 645-46, 648, 657 true humanity of, 476 veneration of, 103, 141
Christ and the Church
Christ
beginning, foundation and Head of the Church, 2, 424, 551-53, 771, 778, 807, 864, 874 bestows qualities on the Church, 811, 889-90 leads the Church, 551, 852, 1547 only gateway, 754 origin of the Church, 424, 763-67 origin of the Church’s Magisterium, 88 pillar of the Church, 820, 822-24, 830, 837, 869, 1076, 1547 presence in the Church, 775, 779, 1119 priesthood, 941, 1544-45
the Church
Baptism and Christ, 1261 Body of Christ, 787-96, 805 bride of Christ, 757, 772-73, 796, 808, 823, 867, 926, 1617 communion with Christ, 787-89 guardian of God’s Word, 171 sacrament of Christ’s action, 118 coming of Christ and perfection of the Church, 769 liturgy and the mystery of Christ, 1164-65, 1201, 1204 (see also Liturgy) memorial sacrifice of Christ, 1341, 1358, 1362-72, 1409 (see also Sacrifice)
Christ’s mystery made actual
being witnesses to Christ, 942, 995, 1816 believing in Christ, 161, 1709, 1715, 2074 catechesis and the mystery of Christ, 90, 1075 Christ’s love, 478, 609 Christ’s mystery celebrated in the liturgy, 1174 Christ’s mystery considered in prayer, 2708 common features of Christ’s mysteries, 516-18 communion with Christ, 957, 977, 985, 989, 1025, 1196, 1303, 1309, 1331, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1395-96, 2014, 2182 conversion to Christ, 1426-28, 1470 dying in Christ, 1005-14, 1681 following Christ, 916, 918, 923, 932, 1435, 1697, 2053, 2232-33, 2253, 2466, 2708 imitating Christ, 1694 living according to Christ, 2046 living in Christ, 2038 to love Christ, 166 man’s communion with Christ, 519, 521, 562 to be members of Christ, 1213, 1241, 1265, 1271-72, 1279 new Covenant of Christ, 762, 781 rising with Christ, 1002-04
mysteries of Christ’s life, 512-18
Christ’s Incarnation
born of the Virgin Mary, 487-507 Christ, 436-40, 453 Christ, Person of the Trinity, 249, 258-59 Christ, the visible image of God, 241, 477, 1559 conceived of the Holy Spirit, 437, 484-86, 490-93, 496, 498-99, 502, 504-05 “God sent his own Son,” 422 Incarnation of the Word, 456, 461-63 Jesus, 430-35, 452 Lord, 446-51, 455 only begotten Son, 441-45, 454 preparation for the coming of Christ, 522-24
infancy
announcement to the shepherds, 437 birth, 525-26 childhood, 527-30 circumcision, 527 Epiphany, 528 flight into Egypt and its significance, 530 life in Nazareth, 531, 534 presentation in the temple and its significance, 529
public life
accusations against Jesus, 574-76 ascent to Jerusalem, 557-58, 569 baptism, 535-37, 1223-25 beginning of, 535 Christ and the fulfillment of the Law, 577-82, 592 entrance into Jerusalem, 559-60, 570 exorcisms, 550, 1673 healings, 517, 582, 695, 1151, 1503-05, 2616 Jesus brothers and sisters, 500 Last Supper, 610-11, 1339-40 mission of the apostles, 553, 858-60, 862, 873, 877, 935, 981, 1122, 1536, 1575 proclamation of the Kingdom, 543-46 temptations, 538-40, 566 Transfiguration, 554-56, 568
Christ’s submission
effects of, 517 to the Father, 1009, 1019 to His parents, 532, 564 to the Law, 527
prayer
Christ hears our prayers, 2616 Christ teaches us how to pray, 2607-15, 2621 Jesus as the perfect example of prayer, 2620 Jesus prays, 2599-2606, 2701, 2741 the Lord’s Prayer, 2759-2865 (see also “Our Father,” the prayer) prayer of the Hour of Jesus, 2746-51, 2758 priestly Prayer of Jesus, 2604
preaching and its main subjects
Beatitudes, 1716-17, 1820 call to conversion, 1427, 1430, 1439, 1989, 2608 charity, 1823, 2055 Commandments, 2054, 2076, 2083 duties to one’s family, 2218 eternal life, 2052 forgiveness, 1933, 2262, 2842 Gehenna (eternal damnation), 1034 idolatry, 2113 Jesus revealed by the Holy Spirit, 728 kingdom of God, 541-46, 2826 the “Last Day,” 678 love of God, 2055, 2083, 2093, 2133-34 (see also Love) love of neighbor, 1970, 2196 love the poor, 2443, 2449, 2463 marital fidelity, 2380 matrimony, 1614-15, 2382 oath-taking, 2153-54 Penance and Reconciliation, 1441, 1443 poverty, 2544, 2546 purity, 2336 respect for the goods of another, 2412 resurrection, 993 scandal, 2285 sin, 1858 vigilance of heart, 2730
the Passion
agony in Gethsemani, 612 crucifixion and sacrifice of, 616-17 effects of Christ s Passion, 1708, 1992, 2020 hour of, 730 meaning of, 713 necessity of Christ’s Passion, 607 offering of, 621 trial, 595-98 union with, 1521-22, 1532
death
burial of Christ, 624-30 of Christ as an offering, 606-18 of Christ as Redemption, 573, 599-605, 619 Christ s descent into hell, 631-37 death of Christ and Baptism as death with Christ to sin, 628, 790, 1214 effects and significance of, 634, 636-37 God’s saving plan and, 571-72