Catechism of the Catholic Church

790 Index Exegesis office of exegetes, 119 and the right interpretation of Scripture, 116 Exile the Church is aware of her, 769 death as exile of the body, 1005, 1681 earthly life as, 1012 Israel and, 710, 1081, 1093, 2795 Existence. See Life Existence of God. See God Exodus Decalogue in the context of, 2057 liturgy and memory of, 1093, 1363 significance of bread in the context of, 1334 value of the Exodus never lost, 130 Exorcism in the celebration of Baptism, 1237 significance and purposes of exorcism and its modes of performance, 1673 significance of Jesus’, 517, 550 Expectation of Christ’s return, 1619, 2817 coming and expectation of the Messiah, 524 dead in expectation of the Redeemer, 633 hope and, 2090 Incarnation as fulfillment of, 422, 489 Israel and its expectation of the Messiah, 62, 522, 529, 706, 711‑716, 840, 1334 liturgy as, 1096, 2760 Mary and the expectation of God’s promises, 489 new land and, 1049 prayer and, 2772, 2854 present time as the time of, 672 soul awaiting resurrection of the body, 997 See also Advent; Consummation Experience of Christian life, 6, 2038 confessor’s experience of human affairs, 1466 of evil, 272, 1606 of human weakness, 1550 interpretation of the gifts and signs, 1788 spiritual director’s, 2690 Expiation Jesus as victim of expiation for human sins, 457, 604, 615‑16, 1476, 1992 of sins in Israel, 433, 578 value of expiation through punishment, 2266 External expression of the one who prays, 2702‑03 Faith central mysteries of the, 234, 647, 2558 the Church as guardian of the, 171, 181, 507 deposit of the, 84‑95, 173‑75 dogmas of the, 88‑90 education in the, 1656, 2225‑26 education in the faith and catechesis, 4‑6 of the faithful as the faith of the Church, received from the apostles, 949 perseverance in the faith and its defense, 162, 2088 proclamation, institution, and propagation of the, 3‑10, 24, 91, 171, 425, 927, 935, 939 professing the faith as a duty and task, 2145, 2471‑72 witness to the, 1816, 2220, 2473‑74 See also Believing as an act of belief “Analogy of faith,” 114 Baptism and, 1236, 1253‑55 Baptism, Confirmation, and the power to profess, 1270, 1305, 1319 birth of, 683‑84, 875 Catechism of the Catholic Church and the doctrine of, 13‑18, 23 death for the sake of, 1281, 2473‑74 diversity of faith between spouses, 1633‑37 Eucharist as sum and summary of, 1327 evil and the answer of, 309 family as a community of, 2204