The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (317 page)

   Paul's teaching on marriage, divorce:
1 Cor 7:10-11

   Remarriage after death of spouse is permitted:
1 Cor 7:8-9
,
39

   Spouses are join heirs of the life of grace:
1 Pet 3:7

   Unbaptized person married to a baptized person:
1 Cor 7:12-16

   Wives are to subject themselves to their husbands for the love of Christ:
Eph 5:22-24
;
Col 3:18
;
1 Pet 3:1

   
See also
Divorce

Mary, Mother of Jesus

   All generations will call Mary blessed:
Lk 1:48

   Annunciation:
Lk 1:26-38

   Asked Jesus to work his first miracle:
Jn 2:3-5
,
7-11

   At the crucifixion of Jesus:
Jn 19:25-27

   Faithful believer of God's Word:
Lk 1:38
,
45

   Full of grace:
Lk 1:28

   Humble:
Lk 1:38
,
48

   Mother of the disciples of the Lord:
Jn 19:26-27
;
Rev 12:1-2
,
4-6
,
13-17

   Mother of God ("the Lord"):
Lk 1:43

   Mother of Sorrows, who suffers along with Jesus:
Lk 2:35

   Overshadowed by the Holy Spirit:
Lk 1:35

   Purified according to the Law:
Lk 2:22

   Saved by God:
Lk 1:47

   Venerated by Spirit-filled Elizabeth:
Lk 1:41-45

   Venerated by the angel Gabriel:
Lk 1:28

   Virgin Mother of Jesus:
Mt 1:18
,
20
,
23
,
25
;
2:13
;
Lk 1:27
,
34-35

   Visitation with her kinswoman Elizabeth:
Lk 1:39-56

   With the apostles and other disciples after the Ascension of Jesus:
Acts 1:14

   Woman Clothed with the Sun:
Rev 12:1-2

   
See also
Motherhood

Mass.
See
Eucharist

Mediator.
See
Covenant; Jesus

Mercy

   Compassion:
Col 3:12

   God desires mercy:
Mt 9:13
;
18:23-35

   Merciful people shall receive a reward:
Mt 10:42

   Those who are merciful will obtain mercy:
Mt 5:7

Merit

   God rewards our works done for the right reason:
Mt 5:12
,
46
;
6:4
,
5
,
18
,
19-21
;
10:41-42
;
19:28
;
Rom 2:5
;
1 Cor 3:8
,
14
;
9:24
;
Col 3:23-24
;
1 Tim 6:17-19
;
2 Tim 4:7
;
Heb 6:10
;
10:35-36
;
2 Jn 8
;
Rev 22:12

   Our works of obedience are themselves the result of God working in us:
Phil 2:13

   
See also
Grace; Salvation; Works

Motherhood

   Church's motherhood:
Gal 4:26
;
Rev 21:2

   Mary's motherhood:
Mt 1:18
,
20
,
23
,
25
;
2:13
;
Lk 1:27
,
34-35
,
43
;
Jn 19:26-27
;
Rev 12:1-2
,
4-6
,
13-17

   Mothers to be honor:
Eph 6:2

   Mothers to rule their households:
1 Tim 5:14

   Older women to be treated as mothers:
1 Tim 5:2

   Paul's use of the mother metaphor:
Gal 4:19

   Salvific value of motherhood:
1 Tim 2:15
;
5:14

   
See also
Family; Woman

Natural Law.
See
Conscience; Law

New Covenant.
See
Covenant

Original sin

   All human beings affected by the sin of the first man:
Rom 5:12-19

   Fallen man's disposition to sin:
Rom 7:13-25

   Universality of sin among humanity:
Rom 3:9-12
,
22-23

   
See also
Sin

Papacy.
See
Peter

Paul

   Apostle to the Gentiles:
Rom 11:13
:
1 Cor 9:1
;
Gal 2:7

   Benjaminite:
Phil 3:5

   Called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ:
Rom 1:1
;
Gal 1:1
,
12
;
1 Cor 1:1
;
9:1
;
15:8
;
Eph 1:1
;
Col 1:1
;
1 Tim 1:1
;
2 Tim 1:1

   Conversion story:
Acts 9:1-19
;
22:6-16
;
26:12-18

   Disagreement with Barnabas regarding Mark:
Acts 15:36-40

   Disagreement with Peter:
Gal 2:11-14

   Former persecutor of the Church:
Acts 7:58
;
8:1-3
;
9:1-2
;
22:4
;
26:9-11
;
1 Cor 15:9
;
Gal 1:13
;
Phil 3:6

   Former Pharisee:
Acts 23:6
;
26:5
;
Phil 3:5

   From Tarsus:
Acts 21:39
;
22:3

   His letters referred to by Peter:
2 Pet 3:15-17

   Knew James the kinsman of Jesus:
Gal 1:19
;
2:9

   Knew John:
Gal 2:9

   Knew Peter (Cephas):
Gal 1:18
;
2:9
,
11-21

   Roman citizen:
Acts 16:37-38
;
22:25-29
;
23:27

   Submitted his teaching to the other apostles, including Peter:
Gal 2:2
,
6-10

   Student of Gamaliel:
Acts 22:3

   Teacher of the Gentiles:
1 Tim 2:7

   
See also
Apostles; Peter

Peace

   Among the fruit of the Spirit:
Gal 5:22

   Christians called to live peaceably with all:
Rom 12:18
;
14:19
;
2 Tim 2:22
;
Heb 12:14

   God of peace:
Rom 15:33
;
1 Cor 14:33
;
Phil 4:9
;
Heb 13:20

   Good news of peace:
Acts 10:36
;
Eph 6:15

   Jesus' call for people to be at peace with one another:
Mk 9:50

   Jesus did not come to establish a worldly peace, but to distinguish those who embrace the Kingdom of God from those who do not:
Mt 10:34-36

   Jesus is the peace of believers:
Eph 2:14-17
;
Col 1:20

   Peace is an aspect of the kingdom of God:
Rom 14:17

   Peacemakers are blessed:
Mt 5:9
;
Jas 3:18

   Peace of Christ:
Jn 14:27
;
16:33
;
Col 3:15

   Peace with God through Jesus Christ:
Rom 5:1

   Son of peace:
Lk 10:6

Penance, Sacrament of

   Authority to forgive sins given by God to men:
Mt 9:8

   Authority to forgive sins given by Jesus to Peter ("binding and loosing"):
Mt 16:18-19

   Authority to forgive sins given to the Twelve ("binding and loosing"):
Mt 18:15-18
;
Jn 20:19-23

   Paul was given a ministry of reconciliation:
2 Cor 5:18

   Satisfaction for sins repented of:
Mt 3:8
;
Lk 3:8
;
Acts 8:22-23

   
See also
Confession of sins; Reconciliation; Salvation

Perseverance.
See
Salvation

Peter

   Authority to bind and loose:
Mt 16:18-19

   Brother of Andrew:
Mt 4:18
;
Lk 6:14
;
Jn 1:40
;
6:8

   "Cephas" was another form of Peter's name:
Jn 1:42
;
1 Cor 15:5

   Commendation of Paul's letters:
2 Pet 3:15-16

   Denied Jesus three times:
Mt 26:69-75
;
Jn 18:15-18
,
25-27

   First to proclaim Christ to the Gentiles:
Acts 10:25-48

   Fisherman by trade:
Mt 4:18-22
;
Mk 1:16-20
;
Lk 5:1-11
;
Jn 1:40-42

   Healing of Peter's mother-in-law by Jesus:
Mt 8:14-15

   Identifies Jesus as the Christ:
Mt 16:16
;
Mk 8:29
;
Lk 9:20

   Jesus changed his name from Simon to Peter (Cephas):
Mt 16:18
;
Mk 3:16
;
Lk 6:14
;
Jn 1:42

   Jesus prays for him that his faith would not fail:
Lk 22:31-32

   Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven were given to Peter by Jesus:
Mt 16:18-19

   Martyrdom prophesied by Jesus:
Jn 21:18-19

   Primacy among the Twelve:
Mt 10:2
;
16:18-19
;
Lk 22:31
;
Jn 21:15-19
;
Acts 1:15-22
;
2:14-36
;
15:7-11

   Rebuked Jesus:
Mt 16:22-23

   Rock on whom the Church of Christ is built:
Mt 16:18

   Simon Bar-Jona/Simon Son of John was his original name:
Mt 16:17
;
Jn 1:42

   Shepherd of Christ's flock:
Jn 21:15-19
; cf.
Jn 10:11
,
14

   Special resurrection appearance of Jesus to Peter:
Lk 24:34
;
1 Cor 15:5

   Spokesman for and leader of the disciples:
Mk 16:7
;
1 Cor 15:5

   Wrote 1 Pet from Rome, cryptically referred to as "Babylon":
1 Pet 5:13

   
See also
Paul

Poor

   Blessedness of the righteous poor:
Lk 6:20-21

   Blessing of detachment from belongs ("poor in spirit"):
Mt 5:3

   Christians should be concerned about the poor:
Mt 19:21
;
Mk 14:7
;
Lk 14:13
;
18:22
;
Rom 15:26
;
Gal 2:10
;
1 Tim 6:18
;
Heb 13:16

   Church's ministry with the poor:
Acts 6:1-3
;
Rom 15:26
;
1 Cor 16:1-4
;
2 Cor 8:1-5
,
11-13
;
Gal 2:10
;
Eph 4:28

   God's concern for the poor:
Mt 11:5
;
Lk 4:18
;
6:20
;
14:13
,
21
;
16:19-31
;
Jas 2:5

   Jesus' identification with the poor:
2 Cor 8:9

   Love of the poor linked to love of God:
1 Jn 3:17

   Not to be oppressed or discriminated against:
Jas 2:2-6

   Poor are people to whom Jesus proclaimed the gospel message:
Lk 4:18
;
7:22

   Righteous poor are blessed because they are heirs of God's kingdom:
Mt 5:3
;
Lk 6:20
;
16:19-25
;
Jas 2:5-6

   
See also
Greed; Wealth

Pope.
See
Peter

Prayer

   Benedictus ("Prayer of Zechariah"):
Lk 1:68-79
)

   Christ's prayer for his disciples ("High Priestly Prayer"):
Jn 17:1-26

   Constant prayer:
Rom 12:12
;
Eph 5:20
;
6:18
;
1 Thess 5:17

   Faith-filled prayer:
Mt 21:22
;
Mk 11:24
;
Jas 1:6-8

   For enemies:
Mt 5:44

   Hail Mary ("Ave Maria"):
Lk 1:28
,
42

   Ineffectiveness of prayer without faith:
Jas 1:6-8

   Intercessory prayer:
Acts 7:60
;
12:5
;
Col 1:9-12
;
4:12
;
Heb 13:18-19
;
Jas 5:16-17

   Jesus' practice of prayer:
Mt 11:25-26
;
14:23
;
26:36-44
;
Mk 1:35
;
6:46
;
14:32-39
;
Lk 3:21
;
5:16
;
6:12
;
9:18
,
28-29
;
11:1
;
22:32
;
22:41-45
;
Jn 11:41-42
;
17:1-26
;
Heb 5:7

   Jesus' teaching on prayer:
Mt 6:5-13
;
7:7-11
;
Lk 11:2-4

   Magnificat ("Prayer of Our Lady"):
Lk 1:46-55

   Non-Christian's prayers:
Acts 10:4

   
Nunc Dimittis
("Prayer of Simeon"):
Lk 2:29-32

   Our Father ("Pater Noster"; "The Lord's Prayer"):
Mt 6:9-13
;
Lk 11:2-4

   Persistence in prayer:
Mt 7:7-8
;
Lk 2:37
;
6:12
;
11:5-13

   Prayers for the dead:
2 Tim 1:16-18

   Repetition in prayer is not wrong in itself:
Mt 26:44
;
Rev 4:8-11

   Warning against verbose or unnecessarily repetitive prayer:
Mt 6:7-8

   
See also
Intercession of the Saints

Predestination

   Election to salvation by the eternal knowledge and plan of God:
Mt 20:23
;
Jn 10:29
;
Acts 4:28
;
Rom 8:28-30
;
Eph 1:3-14
;
2 Tim 1:9

   Mystery of human freedom must be affirmed:
Mt 4:17
;
23:37
;
Jn 1:12-13
;
Phil 2:12-13
;
2 Pet 1:10
;
3:9

   Universal salvific will must be affirmed:
Mt 18:14
;
Jn 3:16
;
2 Cor 5:19
;
1 Tim 2:3-4
;
2 Pet 3:9