Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 859 false, 2464, 2476 importance of, 2044 martyrdom as the supreme, 2473 of members of secular institutes, 929 of the Risen One in the first community of believers, 642 of the saints, 688 “the testimony” as the name for the tables of the Law, 2058 of those consecrated, 932‑33 Witnesses apostles as, 857 Confirmation, the sacrament that makes witnesses of Christ, 1285, 1303 of faith, 165 intercession of witnesses who precede us into the Kingdom, 2683 lay people as witnesses of Christ, 904‑05, 913, 942, 2242 in marriage, 1631 of the Resurrection of Jesus, 642 spouses as witnesses of God’s love, 1647‑48 what it means to be a witness of Christ, 995 Woman adultery of, 2384 complementarity, union, and collaboration of man and woman, 378, 1605, 1614, 1616, 2333 consecrated, 918, 924 creation of woman in God’s image, 355, 369‑70, 2335 defense of, 1610 dignity of, 1645, 2334, 2393 harmony between man and woman in the earthly paradise, 376, 384 illegitimate union of man and, 2353, 2390‑91 as the image of the Church, 1368, 2853 judgment of the Catholic Church on the ordination of women, 1577‑78 looking at a woman lustfully, 2336 man and, 369, 371‑72, 383, 400 obligations of love on the part of the man and, 2363 polygamy and, 2387 relations between man and, 400, 1606‑07 sexuality ordained to the conjugal love of man and, 2337, 2353, 2360‑61, 2522 vocation of man and, 373, 1603, 2207, 2331 Word (Christ) God preserves what He created, 320 “In the beginning was the Word,” 291 made flesh, 151, 241, 477 mystery of the Incarnation of, 461‑63, 479 “The Word was made flesh,” 423, 456‑60 See also Christ Word of God at the beginning of existence and the life of every creature, 703 Christ as, 65, 101‑04 Christian iconography and, 1160 Christianity as the religion of, 108 imperishability of the seed of, 1228 importance of the Word of God in the liturgy, 1100, 1153, 1184 interpreting, 85‑86, 113, 1101 liturgy of, 1154, 1349 nourishment from, 2835 one and only, 102 proclaiming, 1102 receiving, 543, 764 Sacred Scripture and, 81, 104, 124 as the source of prayer, 2587, 2653‑54, 2716, 2769 as truth, 2465 understanding, 108, 119, 1155 works of, 131, 162, 338, 1177, 1454, 1785 See also Catechesis; Sacred Scripture Word of man truth of, 2500 truth of human speech and oath‑taking, 2151 Work conflicts in labor, 2430 Jesus’ manual labor, 531, 533, 564 just wage, 2434 pastoral or apostolic, 893, 924 remuneration for work as solidarity, 1940 responsibility of the state in economic action, 2431 rest from, 1193, 2172, 2184‑88