Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 787 Good News, 2527 Law, 1956 Revelation, 38 as the cause of the obscured and disfigured knowledge of God, 286 consequences of man’s, 844 inclination to error and its origin, 1707, 1714 Jesus’ atonement for our faults, 615 in judgment, 1786, 1790‑94, 1799, 1801 lying in order to lead into, 2483, 2485 purification from, 856, 2825 teaching of the faith and defense of it against, 250 Eschatology , 676, 1186, 2771, 2776 . See also Death; Life: eternal life; Fullness; Hell; Judgment; Paradise Eternity , 33, 488, 679 Ethics. See Education Eucharist , 1322‑1419 as an act of thanksgiving, 1359 as a memorial, 1357, 1362 as presence, 1373‑75 as sacrifice, 1362‑72 as source and summit of Church life, 1324 See also Consecration; Sacrament(s); Transubstantiation effects of the Eucharist cleanses and separates us from sin, 1393‑95, 1436, 1846 commits us to the poor, 1397 communicates the mystery of the communion of the Holy Trinity, 950, 2845 establishes the community of believers, 805, 1396, 2637 as a foretaste of the future life, 1000, 1326, 1402‑05, 1419 as growth in Christian life, 1392, 1397, 1644 as an increase of the grace received in Baptism, 1392 as the source of conversion and penance, 1436 as spiritual food, 1212, 1275, 1436, 2837 transforms man through Christ, 1074 unites with Christ, 790, 1003, 1391 unites Christians, 1398 unites with the heavenly liturgy, 1370 we participate in Christ’s sacrifice, 1322 Eucharistic celebration commanded by Jesus, 1341‑44, 1356 elements in the Mass anaphora, 1352‑54 collection, 1351 communion, 1355, 1382, 1570 epiclesis, 1105, 1353 fundamental structures, 1346 gathering of the Christian faithful, 1348 Liturgy of the Word, 1349 presentation of the gifts, 1350 Eucharistic communion access to Eucharist prohibited, 1650 first Holy Communion, 1244 frequency of, 1388‑89 minister of, 1411 necessary preparation for receiving, 1385‑87 requirements for receiving, 1355, 1415 sacrilege against, 2120 under two species, 1390 Eucharistic signs altar, 1383 bread and wine, 1333‑35 Liturgy of the Word because of the impossibility of celebrating the Eucharist, 2183 necessity of the Eucharist and receiving Communion, 1384 participation in, 2042, 2181‑82 place for celebration of, 1180‑81 places reserved for, 1181, 1379 Sunday, 2177, 2181 and the unity of Christians, 838, 1398‑1401 history of the Eucharist ancient celebration of the Lord’s Day, 1342‑43, 2178 Mass of all ages, 1345 origins of the Eucharistic celebration, 2176 prefigurings of the Eucharist, 1094, 1335