Catechism of the Catholic Church

804 Index purification in purgatory for achieving, 1030 state of original holiness and sin, 375, 405 See also Sanctification Holy Orders, sacrament of , 1536 Christ as the Minister of, 1575 and consecration, 1538 degrees of, 1593 goals and significance of, 1120, 1534, 2686 God’s call to the ordained ministry, 1578 manifestation of, 1142 meaning of words, 1537‑38 one of the seven sacraments, 1113, 1210 prefiguring of, 1541 presence of Christ in, 1548‑50 as the way of transmission of apostolic succession, 1087 See also Ministry; Sacrament(s) celebration of the sacrament of Holy Orders bishop as minister of, 1576 place and time of, 1572 rites of celebrations of the three degrees, 1573‑74 signs of consecration, 1538 effects of the sacrament of Holy Orders acting in the person of Christ the Head, 1142, 1548 capacity to act as Christ’s representative, 1581 configuration to Christ the Priest, 1585 deacons strengthened by sacramental grace in the service of the People of God, 1588 grace of strength for the bishop, 1586 grace of strength for the priest, 1587 indelible character of, 1121, 1582‑83 power to forgive sins, 1461 unworthiness of an ordained minister does not prevent Christ from acting, 1584 three degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders, 1536, 1554 diaconate deacon is ordained into the bishop’s ministry, 1569 indelible character of, 1570 only the bishop lays hands, 1569 See also Deacon episcopacy consecration confers the offices of sanctifying, teaching, and governing, 1558 fullness of the sacrament of, 1557 handing on of the mission of the apostles, 1556 intervention of the Bishop of Rome necessary for the legitimate ordination of a bishop, 1559 See also Bishop priesthood anointing, 1563 handing on of the ministry through the bishops, 1562 indelible character, 1563 ordination in the order of priesthood, 1568 of priests presupposes the sacrament of Christian initiation, 1563 priests share in Christ’s universal mission, 1565 significance of the mission of priests, 1564 significance of the promise of obedience to the bishop, 1567 See also Priest who may receive the sacrament of Holy Orders ability of a baptized male, 1577 a celibate baptized man (in the Latin Church), 1579 a man called by God, 1578 discipline in force in the Eastern Churches, 1580 married permanent deacons, 1579 right to receive holy orders given to no one, 1578 Holy Spirit beginning of life in, 1231 blasphemy against, 1864 Christian anointed by, 1241