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The mediation of his passion obtains the pardon of our sins
368
Christian philosophy superior to human wisdom
23
The spiritual origin of all Christians the same
338
The science of a Christian comprehended in one thing
16, 19
What should engage the labours of a Christian teacher
16
Church, its proper acceptation
71
How it differs from the synagogue
71
Designated by a variety of names
71
Militant and triumphant
72
Figures and comparisons of
73
Who excluded from
73
Distinctive marks of
74
Visible head of
74
Unity
74
Sanctity
76
Catholicity
77
Apostolicity
77
Infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from a false Church
77
Cannot err
78
True worship of God only in the true Church
78
God, her founder
78
That she possesses the keys of the kingdom of heaven, known bv faith
78
Why we say "I believe the Church," not in the Church
79
Cleric, derivation and meaning of the word
216
Clerical tonsure, its origin and sig nification
216
Communion, one of the names of the Eucharist
147
Preparation for
167
Obligatory on all, at least at Easter
1 69
Under one kind
171
Concupiscence, what, and why prohibited
312
Remains in baptized persons, but does not constitute sin
127
Assails even the just
352
The root of all evil
309
Not always sinful
311
Implanted in us by God as a natural propensity
311
Depraved by primeval prevarication
311
When well-regulated, attended with certain advantages
311
Why called "sin" by St. Paul
312
Who are most enslaved to it
315
Antidotes against
315
How known to be sinful
312
To covet a neighbour's property and to covet his wife, how they differ
310
"Thou shalt not covet," meaning of
313
"Thy neighbour's wife"
314
Danger of such criminal thoughts
314
Confession, its importance
189
Why instituted
191
Its necessity
192
Its nature and efficacy
191
Its definition
191
Its rites and ceremonies
192
Called "an accusation," and why
191
Confession, judgment pronounced in its tribunal different from that pronounced in courts of civil law
191
Instituted by the goodness and mercy of Christ ,
191
Figures of
191
Law of, who bound by
193
When obligatory on children
193
When to be repeated
193, 195
Its minister
196
Not to be profaned by idle excuses
198
Guilt of those who, through false shame, conceal sins in confession
198
Requires diligent examination of conscience
199
Confessor, when he should dismiss the penitent without absolution
199
Confidence in prayer, motives to
329
Confirmation, sacrament of
137
Name of
137
A sacrament
137
Difference between it and baptism
138
Instituted by Christ
139
Why called the sacrament of chrism
1 40
Chrism, its matter
139
Consecrated by a bishop
140
Why made of oil and balsam
140
The ceremonies and time of its consecration
140
Accompanied with prayer
141
Form of
141
Three things to be observed in
141
Its proper minister
141
Why it requires a sponsor
142
Affinity contracted with the sponsor
142
At what age to be received
142
Appertains equally to all Christians
143
Adults who receive it should be pierced with sorrow lor their sins
143
Should, before receiving it, have recourse to confession
143
Imparts a new grace
143
Its effects
143
Cannot be reiterated
145
Its rites and ceremonies
145
At what time in particular to be administered
145
Contrition, what
184
Its efficacy
188
