Index, with Links to the Referenced Items
Often, one or more items immediately following the one linked here continue the topic.
This index is meant to be helpful, not exhaustive. It does not provide a complete listing of all references to a given subject, nor does it reference every single subject mentioned in OTHCC.
Finally, since OTHCC first focuses on Old Testament themes held 'in the heart of the Catholic Church,' and only then treats the books of the Old Testament as entities, the link to a specific book of the Old Testament will often not uncover all the teaching appearing in OTHCC regarding that book. See 'Genesis, book of' (below) for an extreme example.
Abraham
and Isaac 378
Call of 372
Sacrifice of Isaac 425
Amos, Book of 771
Angels 688
Ark of the Covenant 450
Babel 357
Possible Implications for Technologically-Advanced
Societies 369
Baruch, Book of 751
Biblical Scholarship
and 'Bible-Studying Club' 228
and Crazes 74
Confusion In When Reality of Sacraments Not 'Professional'
505
Imprecision of 254 785
Bishops of the Catholic Church, and Holy Father
Teaching authority 51 57 63 76 165 264
Blood, and the New Covenant 597
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Bona Fides 16
Chronicles, Books of 660
Covenant 346 381 416
Are Specific, not Generic, and Necessary for Union With
God 354
No Further Covenants after New Covenant 353
Crazes 74
Creation 292 322 324
Contradictory Accounts of Origins 314
Gen 1 - 3 Compiled from Diverse Traditions 318
Daniel, Book of 759
David 458
and Covenantal Kingship 642
Deborah 630
Deuteronomy, Book of 604
'Deuteronomistic History' 646
Disagreement about the Bible 49
50 98
108
Ecclesiastes, Book of 718
Elijah 490
Esther, Book of 691
Exile in Babylon 476
Date of 484
Exodus, Book of 391
Crossing of Red Sea 429 407
God Appears in Burning Bush and Gives His Name to Moses 394
Probably Combines Several Traditions
Ezekiel, Book of 753
Ezra and Nehemiah, Books of 672
Faithfulness 650
Fall of Adam and Eve as Real Event 258 325 335
'Father' 544
Forty Years in the Desert 456
589
Freedom to Move Toward or Away From Christ 96 107 117
Genesis, Book of
see Creation, Fall, Abraham, Noah, etc.
'Generic Human Being' 22
Gideon 631
'Golden Calf' 446
Habakkuk, Book of 783
Haggai, Book of 787
'Heart' 500
Heresies 29 43 88
and Imaginary Bishop's Imaginary Telephone Call 91
and Sincerity of Belief 109
Can Exist, and Do Matter 101
Holiness
In Christ, Not Beyond Man's Capacity 616
Intimacy With God Can Not Be 'Generic' 602
Leviticus and 596
Moses and God's Holiness 400
Hosea, Book of 765
'House of Israel' 418
Humility, Humiliation 554
Isaiah, Book of 738
'Inspired' 215
Interpretation of the Bible 54 55 56 78 262
265 275 276 665
Free Reception of Bible vs. 'Puppet of Rome' 79
Mistakes vs. Moving Farther from Christ 127 137 266
Reality of the Sacraments as the Foundation of
Interpretation 184 191 248
Jacob
Named 'Israel' 390
Jeremiah, Book of 743
Prophecy of New Covenant 746
Jerusalem 475 485
Jesus Christ
'God Saves' 538
Is One Person 209
Is the Word of God and the Meaning of the Bible 198
Jewish People, the
Catholic Church Retains Certain Elements of Worship 501
Link of Catholic Faith to 162
New Covenant Must Be Contrasted With Old 156
Nomadic Existence 457
Old Covenant Never Revoked 152
Trustees of the Promise 379
Wicked Treatment of by Catholics 148
Joan of Arc, Saint 28
Job, Book of 700
Joel, Book of 769
Jonah, Book of 777
Joshua, Book of 620
Judges, Book of 625
Judith, Book of 689
Kings, Books of 646
Lamentations, Book of 747
Law, the
Giving of on Mount Sinai 412
In Christ, Holiness Not Beyond Man's Capacity 616
in Ezra and Nehemiah 678
Only Jesus Keeps Perfectly 515
Leviticus, Book of 591
'Literal Sense' of Sacred Scripture 249
Beyond the Literal 260
Maccabees, Books of 692
Malachi, Book of 791
'Man,' 'He' 22
Marcion 29 95
Why Not Prevail 45
Massah and Meribah 442
Melchizedek 420
'Messiah' 519
Micah, Book of 778
Miracles 304
Mount Carmel 491
Nahum, Book of 781
Nehemiah and Ezra, Books of 672
Noah 345
Northern and Southern Kingdoms 482 650
Numbers, Book of 581
Obadiah, Book of 775
'Obedience' 607
Old Testament
As Specifically Catholic Book 143
'Hebrew Scriptures' Inaccurate Name for 153
List of Books in 561
Meaning is Inexhaustible 274
Read in the Light of the New Testament 236 247 533
Oral Tradition 306
Passover 411
Patriarchs, the 383
Prayer
and Moses 445 448
of David 643
of Solomon at Dedication of Temple 468
Revelation of 427
Problem of Evil and Suffering
in Ezekiel 757
in Job 708
Prophets, the 384
Completion of Search of the Prophets is Christ 497
'Protoevangelium' 344 352
Proverbs, Book of 710
Psalms 574
Read When It Says 'Read' 123
Reality of the Invisible 218
Revelation of God to Man 337
Ruth, Book of 635
Sacred Scripture
Later Writings Frequently Refer to Earlier 486
Samson 633
Samuel, Books of 638
Saul 640
Sin 539
Sirach, Book of 732
Solomon 466 648
Date of, and David 467
Prayer of at Dedication of Temple 468
Song of Songs 723
Temple 466 480 679
Ten Commandments 609
Theophany 405 444
Tobit, Book of 681
'Twelve Tribes of Israel,' the 482
Typology 278 413 436
Mistakes and Sins When Attempted 285
'Vineyard,' 'Vine' 502
Wisdom, Book of 727
Zechariah, Book of 788
Zephaniah, Book of 786