Systematic Index

bers and of material powers 1760, but a right given by God 1849, 1851, as a principle of order 2207.

Obedience is not always to be offered in externals only 1285, but can be shown even without charity 1016, and shown to human laws also even by the perfect 473.

XI k The family does not receive its reason for existence from civil law 1694, but from the natural law 2203, 2207, especially with regard to the power of parents over children 1694, 1938a, 2207.

The family is an imperfect society 2203, 2209, in which the man is the head, the woman the heart 2233.

Spouses owe one another fidelity 2231, and love in affection and effect 2232, preserving the rights and dignity of the person 2233, 2248.

The economic emancipation of women, physiological, is to be rejected completely; the social (civil) is to be admitted only very cautiously 2247 f.

Parents are to be loved by their children 1164 f. But the children are free to choose marriage or virginity 2226.

XI l In the Church a man through baptism is constituted a person with all the rights and duties of Christians, unless, so far as the rights are concerned, an impeding obstacle stands in the way of the bond of ecclesiastical communion, or a censure imposed by the Church C87, 1936a; cf. XIIc.

A member of the Church has the right to receive from a cleric spiritual goods C682, especially the helps necessary for salvation C682, such as participation in the sacrifice of the Mass C1248, reception of the sacraments cf. C785, C853, C886, C892, C939, instruction in Christian doctrine C1331 ff.

XI m Obligations: The love of piety toward the Church is greater than toward the fatherland 1881, 1936b.

Subjection to the jurisdiction of the Church, even on the part of kings and princes 469, 1322, 1688, 1754, and recognition of the Church and its authority not only in private but also in public life 1885;

observance of the universal law of Christ 200, 411, 829 f., 863, 1881, and of the precepts of the Church 200, 411, 830, 864, 1881 (even on the part of those baptized in infancy 869 f.), according to the expressed authority of Sacred Scripture 641; reception of instruction in religion 2138, 2142;

reception of the sacraments 2137 ff.; cf. XIIc ff.;

support of the clergy according to the precept of the Lord 427, 598;

apostolate (lay) 1819, 1881 f., 1884, 1888, 1936c, 1974, especially on the part of editors of magazines 1887.

XI n The law of ecclesiastical fast binds under pain of grave sin 1123;

it is broken by frequently eating a little bit, if a notable quantity is reached 1129.

All officials doing physical work in the state are not absolutely excused 1130, or those making an unnecessary journey of one day by horseback 1131.

In the selection of foods custom can create an obligation 1132, cf. C1251 sec. 1.

A bishop of his own right cannot transfer the day of fast of the universal Church 1574.

There is to be no fast on the Nativity of our Lord, nor on Sunday 234.

Feast days: see XI h.

XI o The State is a perfect society 1869, 2203, with its own laws recognized by the Church 161*, 469, 1841 f., 1851, 1858, 1866; its end is the common good of this earthly life 1841, 2203, 2208 f., in human things (not divine) 1866, so that, nevertheless, it should promote the true religion 1615, 1688 ff., 1757, 1777 ff., 2197 (without however forcing anyone who is unwilling to join the Catholic faith 1875), and to repress the unregulated liberty of feeling and the sense of propagandizing publicly 1868, 1876, 1932 (preserving the admission of a moderate freedom for just causes 1932). Likewise it cannot proclaim freedom of worship as the