Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 759 Christ’s Passion and cross as the font of, 1225 the Church and, 846, 866, 1226‑28, 1267 conversion and, 1427‑29 desire for, 1258‑60, 1280 faith and, 172, 1226, 1236, 1253‑55 grace of, 1262‑66, 1308 grace of Christ and, 1255, 1262‑74, 1279, 1997, 1999 Holy Spirit and, 691, 694, 698, 701, 798, 1274, 2017, 2670 of infants, 403, 1231, 1233, 1250‑52, 1282, 1290 infants who have died without, 1261, 1283 of Jesus, 535‑37, 556, 565, 608, 701, 1223‑25, 1286 of John the Baptist, 523, 720 names for, 1214‑16 necessity of, 846, 1257‑61, 1277 Passion of Christ and, 565, 1225 prefigurings of, 117, 527, 1094, 1217‑22 profession of faith and, 14, 167, 189, 1064 religious consecration and, 916, 931, 945 as the sacrament of faith, 1236, 1253 significance of, 628, 950, 1213‑14, 1220, 1227‑28, 1234‑45, 1262, 1617 those who can be baptized, 1246‑47 unity of Christians and, 855, 1271 See also Sacrament(s) administration and rites of Baptism anointing with oil and, 1294 exorcism in the celebration of, 1673 faculty of laypersons for conferring, 903 godfather, godmother, parents, and, 1255, 1311 handing on of the Lord’s Prayer in, 2769 ministers of, 1256, 1284 rite of, 1185, 1229‑45, 1278, 2769 water and its symbolic power in, 694, 1214, 1217 Baptism and sacraments, 1113, 1210, 1535 and Anointing of the Sick, 1523 and Christian initiation, 1212, 1229‑33, 1275, 1285, 1306, 1318, 1321, 1525, 1533 and Confirmation, 1288‑91, 1298, 1304‑06, 1312‑13 and the Eucharist, 1244, 1392, 1396 and Penance, 980, 1425, 1446‑47, 2042 effects of Baptism, 1262 apostolate, offices following from Baptism, 871, 900, 1268 communion with the Church, 838, 846, 1267‑70, 1273, 1277, 1279 consecration to holy priesthood, 119, 1141, 1305, 1546, 1591 entering the Church, the People of God, 782, 784, 804, 846, 950, 1185, 1277 final salvation and Baptism, 1023, 2068 forgiveness of sins, 403, 405, 628, 977‑80, 981, 985, 1213, 1216, 1262‑66, 1279, 1434, 1694, 2520 gift of faith and of new life, 168, 1236, 1253‑55 gift of the theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit as well as the virtue of merit, 1266 justification and Baptism, 1987, 1992, 2020, 2813 life‑giving effect of the Word of God, 1228 makes of us members of Christ’s body, 537, 818, 871, 950, 985, 1003, 1267‑70, 1279, 1694, 2565, 2782, 2791, 2798 a new creature born in the Spirit, 168, 507, 683, 1010, 1227, 1262, 1265‑66, 1277, 1279 participation in the life of the Trinity, 265 rights and duties arising from Baptism, 1269‑70 sacramental character, an indelible spiritual mark, 1272‑74, 1280 sanctification and Baptism, 2813 union in Baptism with Christ who died, 790, 1002, 1010, 1227 Baptistry , 1185 Battle against evil, 409‑10 Baptism, forgiveness of sins and battle against evil, 978‑79, 1264 Christian holiness and the spiritual, 2015 consequences of original sin and spiritual, 405, 407‑09