Catechism of the Catholic Church

772 Index watching over and interpreting the Word of God, 119 origin of the Church apostles as foundation stones of the Church, 642 beginning of the Church, 124, 763, 766‑67, 1185 Christ as the living stone of the Church, 552 inaugurated by Jesus Christ, 763‑66, 874 Peter, the rock on which the Church is built, 552, 881 in the plan of the Father, 759, 761 prefigured from the world’s beginning, 760 prepared in the Old Covenant, 761‑62 revelation of the Church on the day of Pentecost, 767, 1076 the particular Church and the universal Church, 879, 886 bishop as the head and responsible for the particular Church, 1369, 1560, 1594 each particular Church as the Catholic Church, 832‑35 Eucharist as center of the life of the particular Church, 893 parish and the particular Church, 2179, 2226 priestly ordinations and the particular Church, 1572 priest’s responsibility for the particular Church, 1595 those responsible for, 1594‑95 traditions of the faith and the particular Church, 83, 174, 192, 1202 what the particular Church signifies, 833 See also Church: attributes of the Church symbols and figures of the Church building, 756 figures, 507, 710, 753, 967, 2679 Jerusalem which is above, 757 Mary, figure of the Church, 507, 967, 972 meaning of the word “Church,” 751‑52 Mother, 169, 507, 757 olive tree, 755 sheepfold and flock, 754 teacher of the faith, 169 temple of God, 756 Circumcision Jesus’, 527 Old Covenant and, 1150 Citizens authority and, 1901, 2242 Christians as citizens of heaven, 2796 the Church and, 2245 common good and, 1910 commutative justice and, 2411 country and, 2199 duties and, 1915, 2238‑40, 2255 labor and, 2433 military service and, 2310 public life and, 1915 regulating the growth of the population, the state, and, 2372 religious freedom and, 2107 rights and, 2273 society and health of, 2288 society, relationships, and, 2212‑13 Sunday worship as the right of, 2187 wars and, 2308 City earthly city and atheism, 2124 holy city and the Church, 756, 1198 and consummation of the Kingdom of God, 1045 and hope, 2016 and the liturgy, 1090 Clergy. See Clerics Clerics sacred ministers, 934, 1174 Clothing Baptism as the garment of immortality, 1216, 1243 and modesty, 2522 Cloud significance of, in Jesus’ final apparition, 659 in Jesus’ Transfiguration, 555