Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 761 as the successor of the Apostles, 77, 861‑62 See also Holy Orders, sacrament of: three degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders office of bishop authority to make particular judgments, 919, 1483, 1673 consecrates the sacred chrism, 1297 governs, 816, 873, 894‑96 has care of the particular Church, 1560, 1594 as minister of Confirmation, 1299, 1312‑13 as minister of Holy Orders, 1538, 1569, 1576 as minister of reconciliation, 1462 ( see also Penance and Reconciliation) presides at the Eucharistic celebration, 1142, 1561 responsibility for the Eucharist, 1369 sanctifies, 893 tasks in Christian initiation, in Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, 1120‑21 See Catechism of the Catholic Church Bishop of Rome. See Supreme Pontiff Blasphemy gravity of, 1031, 1756, 1856 Jesus accused of, 574 oaths and, 2149 significance of, 2148, 2162 Blessing baptized persons called to be, 1669 of bread and wine, 1000, 1334‑35, 1347, 1353, 1412 the Church’s, 1082, 1217, 1245, 1624, 1630, 1671‑72 death as, 1009 the Eucharist and, 1328, 1360, 1402 the Father blesses Mary in a singular way, 492, 2676 forms of, 2627 God’s, 1077‑82, 1110, 2627, 2644 grace at meals, 2834 large families and divine, 2373 prayer and, 2589, 2767, 2781, 2803 significance of, 1078, 2626, 2645 Blind prayer of the blind men heard by Jesus, 2616 Blindness doubt of faith and blindness of the spirit, 2088 of Herod and Pilate and the plan of salvation, 600 Blood Baptism of, 1258 of martyrs as the seed of Christians, 852 “This is my blood,” 610, 1365 and water as symbols of Christ’s Church, 766, 1225 See also Eucharist; Transubstantiation Body of Christ, members of the becoming, 1213, 1267 Christians as, 521, 738‑39, 793, 795‑96, 1988 diversity of, 791, 873 divisions between, 821 Holy Spirit as the principle vital to, 798 unity and communion of, 790‑91, 797, 947, 953, 1368, 1396, 1469 See also Church: the Church as the mystical body of Christ Body, human care of body and mind, 2289 charity and, 2447 Christ as physician of the heart, 1421, 1503, 1509 conjugal love and, 1643 death and, 1011, 1016, 1681 degrading injuries to the dignity of, 2355 final judgment and, 1059 Gehenna and, 1034 governing one’s, 908 kingdom of God and, 1042, 1060 modesty and, 2523 nature of the incorruptible, 997, 999, 1016‑17 prayer and, 2702‑03, 2722 redemption of, 1046 respect for, 1004, 2301