Systematic Index

mon good 1851, 2254, and for the good of the family 1851, 1938a, 2254, and for the individual good 1851, 1938a, joined to the most grave precept of charity of giving superfluities to the poor 1852, 1938b, 2257.

A distinction is to be made between dominion and use 1938a, 2255, that (dominion) is not lost by abuse 2255, this (use) can be determined by laws for the necessary good of the community 1938c, 2256.

Property is acquired by inheritance 1938a, 2256, by occupation of a thing belonging to no one 2258, by prescription (presupposing continuing good faith) 439, C1512, by industry 2258, not only by work 2260.

Labor can be allocated justly 1938b, 2261; its just reward according to the individual and social nature of the work should be adequate for the sustenance of the worker and his family 1038c, 2263, and to his official status 2264, and the necessity of the common good 2264.

Dominion is injured by theft 1851, for to take a thing belonging to another against the will of the owner is a mortal sin 717h, 1851, nor is it licit in grave necessity 1186. Occult compensation is held as illicit, if domestic servants pilfer secretly from their masters, if they judge their work to be greater than the salary which they receive 1187.

But in extreme need to take another's things is just 1938b.

A contract of sale can be illicit 394, as fictitious and real exchange 1081 f., exchange of money 403, 448, 716, 739, 1142, 1191 f., 1475 ff., although it can become licit 1609 f., 1611 f. A contract which is called usurious is illicit 1190.

Agreements entered upon according to the law of nations are to be preserved 2281 f.

It is a matter of social justice "to exact from each all that is necessary for the common good" 2277, and hence it governs the allocation of the fruits from capital and labor 2260, 2265, and offers the opportunity to work 2265, and to receive a just wage 2263, 2277, that the order may become juridical and social 2269.

The Eighth Precept of the Decalogue

[XI t]

A calumnious lie concerning a man of great authority can be mortal 1193, and mortal it certainly is to impose a false charge upon another to defend justice and honor 1194. Purely mental restriction is illicit 1176-1178.

THE SACRAMENTS

The Sacraments in General

[XII a]

Essence: The sacraments are means of grace 139, 844 ff., C731, sec. 1 or "the symbols of a sacred thing and the visible forms of invisible grace" 876, 1963, 2237.

The sacraments of the Old Law differed from the sacraments of the New Law 845, 857, in that they did not cause grace but symbolized it 695; they foretold the Messias 711, at whose coming they ceased 712.

The sacraments of the New Law "through which all true justice either begins, or begun is increased, or lost is regained" 843a, contain and confer the grace signified: see Effect; they differ among themselves in dignity 846; they are not contemned without sin 424, 484, 669, nor condemned without heresy 367.

They are instituted by Christ 570m, 844, 996 f., 1470, 2039 ff., 2088, 2096, C731 sec. 1, or perfect 969, 2237, not only to nourish faith alone 848, 2041, nor as mere signs of justice received 849; they are neither more nor fewer than seven 402, 424, 449 ff., 465, 695, 844, 996 f., 1470.

They are accomplished with due matter and form 98, 672, 695, 895, 959, 1489, 1963, C742 sec. 1, "with the intention on the part of the minister of doing what the Church does" 672, 695, 854, 860, 1318, 3004; the cere-