Authority, can supply indirect certitude, 652; kind necessary to make opinion solidly probable, 707.
Avarice, 269; opposed to liberality, 2426; comparison of avarice and prodigality, 2429.
Backbiting, see Defamation.
Bailments, 1749.
Bankruptcy in American Law, 1788.
Baptism, Sacrament of, faith necessary for adult candidate, 791; the most necessary Sacrament, 2686; effect is regeneration, 2686 a; material element of Baptism, 2686 b; formal element, 2686 c; Solemn Baptism, 2637 a; Private Baptism, 2687 b; duties of pastors, 2688; duties of parents and guardians, 2689; sponsors required by Church from very early times, 2690; requirements for validity and lawfulness of sponsors, 2690 a, b; duties of sponsors, 2691; duties of adult recipients of Baptism, 2692; duties of minister of Baptism, 2693.
Barter, 1749 c.
Beatitudes, 159 c, 164, 1662; rewards promised, 165; Third, 811; First, 1058; Seventh, 1619; Sixth, 1662; Fourth and Fifth, 2433; Eighth, 2457; Second, 2571.
Beneficence, external effect of charity, 1211 sqq.; regulated by the order of charity, 1213-15; sins against, 1444 sqq. See Scandal; Obscenity; Seduction; Cooperation.
Benefices, Ecclesiastical, 1758; institution of benefices, 2185 h.