Pollution, see Impurity.
Pope, authentic interpreter of all ecclesiastical laws, 486; three ways of rejecting papal decisions, 1369.
Positive Method, in Moral Theology, 13.
Possessors, Unlawful, three kinds of, 1770 sqq.; obligations in reference to the property and its fruits, 1771 sqq.
Poverty, vow and virtue, 2612 a.
Power of Jurisdiction, and dominative power, 2356.
Practicality, 1645.
Praise of God, 2269; internal and external praise of God, 2270; excellence of praise of God, 2271; qualities that should be present in the divine praises, 2272.
Prayer, definition, 2153; the psychology of prayer, 2154; the necessity of prayer, 2155; a duty for all adults, 2156; times and frequency of prayer, 2157; corollaries about prayer and confession, 2158; to whom prayer may be offered, 2159; persons for whom prayer is offered, 2160; things that may be prayed for, 2161; qualities of prayer, 2162; confidence requisite for successful prayer, 2163; attention and intention in prayer, 2164; actual, virtual and habitual intention in prayer, 2165 a, b, c; internal or external, verbal or superficial, literal, spiritual, perfect or imperfect attention in prayer, 2166; acts that exclude external attention, 2167; when external attention is sufficient, 2168; kind of internal attention required in prayer, 2169; distractions in prayer, 2170; voluntary and involuntary distractions, 2171; sinfulness of distraction in prayer, 2172; distractions during Divine Office, 2174.
Precepts, axiomatic and inferred, 300; general and particular, 301; ecclesiastical, 515-519.