Catechism of the Catholic Church

760 Index conversion and, 1426 faith and, 162, 2573 flesh, spirit and, 2516, 2819, 2846 human life as, 409, 1707 human nature and the spiritual, 2516 prayer as, 2612, 2725‑51, 2846, 2849 purity and the battle to attain it, 2520‑27 Beatitude attaining divine beatitude through Baptism, 1257 and the desire for happiness, 1718, 2548 effects of, 1721 free gift of God, 1720‑22, 1727 God as our, 257, 1731, 1855 hope and eternal, 1818 human person destined for eternal, 1700, 1703, 1711, 1769, 1818, 1934, 2548 man’s vocation to, 1700, 1934 sin turns man away from God and from His, 1855, 1863, 1874, 1949 Beauty , 2500 art and, 2501‑03, 2513 contemplation of God’s, 319, 2784 God as the author of, 2129, 2500 of holy icons imprinted in the life of the faithful, 1162 human body as the manifestation of divine, 2519 perfection of God and beauty of creatures, 41, 341 prayer and its expressive, 1157, 1191 prayer as love of God’s, 2727 of the world as a way of coming to God, 32, 33 Behavior attitude of selfishness and charity, 1931, 2831 Christian behavior and scandal, 2284, 2286 law as a rule of, 1951, 1958 morality of, 1753 religious behavior of men, 28, 844 Believer(s) Abraham, “father of all who believe,” 145‑47, 1080 atheism and, 2125 the Church and, 181, 752, 759, 836 duties of, 904‑05 growth in the faith of, 94, 166, 1102 Mary, the mother of, 2676 priesthood of, 1546 unity of believers in Christ, 790, 805, 813, 817, 947 witness of, 2471 Believing articles signified in the Apostles’ Creed, 184, 190‑1 consequences of believing in God, 222‑27 Creed ( see Creed/symbols of faith; Faith: creeds and formulas of belief) doubts of faith, 2088 ecclesial act of belief, 181 firm knowledge of divine omnipotence, 274 gift of, 153, 179, 1266 human act of, 154‑55, 166, 180 motive for, 156 necessity of faith to obtain salvation, 161 references to the act of, 177 refusal to believe, 1034 significance of, 26, 155, 1064 See also Faith Belonging to Christ, 1272, 1296, 2182 sense of belonging to the Church, 1309 Benevolence charity and, 1829 God’s plan of loving goodness, 50‑51, 257, 315, 2807, 2823 Holy Spirit gives kindness, 736, 1832 human communities and, 2213, 2540, 2554 kindness proper of God, 214 man’s kindness toward animals, 2416 Bible. See Sacred Scripture Bishop Bishop of Rome ( see Supreme Pontiff) chair of, 1184 collaborators of, 927, 1562‑68, 1570 episcopal college, 857, 877, 879‑87, 1577 episcopal ordination, 1555‑61, 1572 as the living image of God the Father, 1549 and the priesthood, 1567