Catechism of the Catholic Church

846 Index man’s definitive sanctification accomplished only through Christ’s, 1540 in marriage, 1637 parents and their participation in the office of sanctifying, 902 of persons in secular institutes, 928 sacraments for man’s, 1123, 1152, 1668, 1677 sanctifying office of bishops, 893 of Sundays and holy days, 2187 through material things, 1670 as work proper to the Holy Spirit, 703 See also Holiness Sanctuary as preeminent places for prayer, 2691 visits to sanctuary as a form of popular piety, 1674 Sanhedrin , 591, 596 Satan. See Demon Saving events Christ’s glorious events and their effects, 126 divine blessings made manifest in astonishing and, 1081 liturgy, a memorial of, 1093, 1095, 1217 made present in the liturgy, 1104 Psalms and the recollection of, 2586 Revelation in saving events and in words, 53, 1103, 2651 Savior Jesus as the savior of men, 389, 457, 594, 2812 See also Christ: titles of Christ Scandal definition of, 2284 duty of avoiding, 2489 fornication, pornography, and prostitution as, 2353‑55 gravity of, 2284‑85, 2326 provoked by the law or institutions, 2286 of Jesus, 589 social and economic inequalities causing, 1938 suicide as, 2282 those who give, 2287 Schism , 817‑19, 2089. See also Apostasy; Heresy School the right to choose school for one’s children, 2229 Science and faith, 159 as a gift of the Spirit, 1831 and the service of man, 2293‑94 Scientific experiments in animals, 2417 and respect for persons, 2292, 2295 Scientific investigation moral criteria of, 2294 Seal , 698 Baptismal, 1216, 1272‑74, 2769 in Confirmation, 1293, 1295‑96, 1304 in Holy Orders, 1121, 1582 of the Lord by the work of the Spirit marks us for redemption, 1274 sacramental seal of confession, 1467, 2490 See also Sacramental character Search for God , 28, 30, 285, 843, 1501, 2566 Secrecy, professional , 2491 Secrecy of the sacrament of Reconciliation , 1467, 2490 Secular institutes , 928‑29. See also Life: consecrated Seeing God , 707 man’s desire to see God, 2548‑50, 2557 those pure in heart shall see God, 1722, 2519, 2531 See also Theophanies Self‑denial. See Ascesis Self‑mastery as works of enduring determination, 2342