Catechism of the Catholic Church

826 Index extermination of a people must be condemned, 2313 holy, 782, 1268, 2810 justice and solidarity among, 1941, 2241, 2437‑42 teach all, 849 undertakings that compromise peace among, 2316‑17 Nature created nature to be in harmony with, 1676 in God’s plan, 310 laws of, 341 the origin of, 338 divine nature God is one in, 200, 202, 253 of Jesus, 449, 465, 503 man is a partaker of the, 460, 1212, 1265, 1692, 1721, 1812, 1988, 1996 three Persons in one, 245 unity of, 252, 650 human nature all men have one and the same nature, 1934 Christ assumed a, 461 constitution of, 365 as the foundation of authority, 1898 of Jesus, 467‑68, 470, 473, 503, 612 mortal, 1008 natural law and, 1955‑56 requirements of, 1879, 1891 rights and duties pertaining to, 2104, 2106, 2273, 2467 sin and human nature inclined to evil, 404‑05, 407, 419, 978, 1250, 1426, 1707 societies corresponding to, 1882 ultimate disposition of, 412 vocation to marriage written in the very nature of man and woman, 1603 wounds of, 1849 Necessity of Baptism, 1256‑61 of the Church, 846 of faith, 161 of faithful to provide for the material needs of the Church, 2043 help must be given to those in need, 1351, 1883, 2440, 2444, 2447, 2829 of prayer, 2638, 2744 Needy charity towards, 1586, 1932, 2449 and help to be given to, 1351, 1883, 2218, 2315, 2833 See also the Poor Neighbor becoming neighbor to others, 1825, 1932 commandments and love of, 1962, 2052, 2067, 2401, 2464 to consider one’s neighbor as another self, 1931 forms of penance and love of, 1434 justice toward one’s, 1807, 1836 love of God and neighbor as fulfillment of God’s Law, 1706 love of neighbor as inseparable from love for God, 1033, 1878 “Love your neighbor as yourself,” 2055, 2196 offenses and sins against love of, 1459, 1849, 2302‑03, 2409, 2477, 2485, 2539 purity of heart is needed for accepting a person as one’s, 2519 reason for loving and respecting one’s, 678, 2212 respect for and love of neighbor as a demand of charity, 1789, 1822, 1844 respect for creation and love of, 2415 works of mercy toward one’s, 2447 New birth Baptism communicates the grace of, 683, 720, 1215, 1262 baptismal water as a sign of, 694 becoming the People of God through, 782 the Church as mother of our birth, 169 death as fulfillment of, 1682 effects of, 526, 1279 Jesus inaugurates, 505 the Lord’s Prayer signifies new birth into the divine life, 2769 mystery of, 525‑26 necessity of, 1250 the Virgin Mary cooperates in the new birth of Christian believers, 963