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Index · I

IDLENESS

UnlawfulLC 139, 142; SC 72, 75

IDOLATRY

All kinds forbiddenLC 105, 109; SC 47, 51
Monuments to idolatry should be removedLC 108; SC 50

IGNORANT

Not to be admitted to the Lord’s tableCF 29:8; LC 173

IMAGE OF GOD

Fully perfected in heavenCF 32:1; LC 86, 90; SC 37-38
Man made in God’s imageCF 4:2; T 6:2; LC 17; SC 10
Renewed by sanctificationT 13:1; LC 75; SC 35

IMAGE WORSHIP

All kinds forbiddenCF 21:1; T 21:3; LC 109; SC 51

IMPUTATION

Christ’s obedience and satisfaction to all believersCF 11:1; LC 70; SC 33
Christ’s righteousness to all believersLC 71, 77; SC 36
Guilt of Adam’s first sin imputed to all his posterityCF 6:3; LC 26; SC 16

INCARNATION

Of ChristCF 8:2; LC 37, 39; SC 22

INCEST

ForbiddenLC 139; SC 72

INCREASE

Of graceCF 13:1; LC 75, 77; SC 35, 366
printed 366, read as SC 36: printed 'Of grace, CF 13:1; LC 75, 77; SC 35, 366' on page J-20; the Shorter Catechism ends at question 107, and the GRACE OF GOD entry on page J-19 prints the same pair as 'SC 35-36'

INFANTS

Grounds for baptismT 28:4-6
How savedCF 10:3
Infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptizedCF 28:4; LC 166; SC 95
Of unfaithful members not to be baptizedT 28:7

INNOCENCY

State of man inCF 4:2; LC 17, 20; SC 10, 12

INSPIRATION

Apocryphal books not given by itCF 1:3
Old and New Testaments given by itCF 1:2

INSTRUMENTS

Not to be used in worshipT 21:6

INTERCESSION

Believers’ perseverance depends upon His continual intercessionCF 17:2; LC 79
Made by Christ, part of His priestly officeCF 8:8; LC 44, 55; SC 25

INTERMEDIATE STATE

For believers and unbelieversCF 32:1
Rejection of purgatoryT 32:4
Rejection of reincarnationT 32:5
Rejection of “second chance,”T 32:3
Rejection of “soul sleep,”T 32:2