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- Page 25 and 26: The unity of the Old and New Testam
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9 EX 3:6. 10 EX 3:13-15. 11 Cf. Is
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59 Cf. Dt 32:6; Mal 2:10. 60 Ex 4:2
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109 2 Cor 6:18; cf. Mt 6:32. 110 St
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159 St. Augustine, Conf: 3, 6, 11:
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Tob 12:12. 203 St. Basil, Adv. Euno
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250 Cf. Council of Trent (1546): DS
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301 Cf. John Paul II, RP 16. 302 I
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430 Jesus means in Hebrew: "God sav
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orn, and had called me through his
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I. WHY DID THE WORD BECOME FLESH? 4
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Following the holy Fathers, we unan
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The heart of the Incarnate Word 478
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491 Through the centuries the Churc
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501 Jesus is Mary's only son, but h
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everything in Jesus' life was a sig
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when Christ is formed in us will th
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he consents to this baptism of deat
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The signs of the kingdom of God 547
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exhausted on his journey; the Sprin
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572 The Church remains faithful to
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ecalls, often with rabbinical argum
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Paragraph 2. Jesus Died Crucified I
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"For our sake God made him to be si
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612 The cup of the New Covenant, wh
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ody, between the time he expired on
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destroyed "him who has the power of
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the Eleven on Easter evening, "he u
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closely linked to the Incarnation o
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665 Christ's Ascension marks the de
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676 The Antichrist's deception alre
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25 Cf. Ex 25:22; Lev 16:2,15-16; Nu
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75 Mk 9:7; cf. Dt 6:4-5. 76 Jn 15:1
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124 Acts 10:38. 125 Gal 4:4; Heb 10
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173 Jn 20:31. 174 Cf. Mk 1:1; Jn 21
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222 Lk 2:51-52. 223 Lk 22:42. 224 C
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273 Cf. Jn 11:47-48; Mk 3:22. 274 C
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324 Cf Lk 13:31. 325 Cf. Lk 7:36; 1
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376 Cf. Mk 3:6; Mt 26:64-66. 377 Cf
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427 Jn 10:18. 428 Cf. Jn 18:4-6; Mt
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478 Cf. I Pt 3:18-19. 479 Cf. Phil
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526 Cf. Eph 2:4-5; I Pt 1:3. 527 Mt
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575 Cf. 2 Th 2:4-12; I Th 5:2-3; 2
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- in the Tradition, to which the Ch
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who raised Jesus from the dead.[35]
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himself will assume that "image"[67
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IV. THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THE FUL
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teach us everything, remind us of a
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IN BRIEF 742 "Because you are sons,
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and Gentiles has been brought about
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open side of the crucified Jesus."[
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775 "The Church, in Christ, is like
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785 "The holy People of God shares
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A reply of St. Joan of Arc to her j
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809 The Church is the Temple of the
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818 "However, one cannot charge wit
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The Church is therefore holy, thoug
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"who believe in Christ and have bee
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850 The origin and purpose of missi
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860 In the office of the apostles t
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872 "In virtue of their rebirth in
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the faithful."[402] "For the Roman
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on the contrary confirms and defend
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to make their opinion known to the
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Consecrated virgins and widows 922
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934 "Among the Christian faithful b
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Church.[482] Now, "to each is given
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I. MARY'S MOTHERHOOD WITH REGARD TO
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973 By pronouncing her "fiat" at th
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985 Baptism is the first and chief
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again with their own bodies which t
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It is better for me to die in (eis)
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1021 Death puts an end to human lif
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IV. HELL 1033 We cannot be united w
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1043 Sacred Scripture calls this my
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1060 At the end of time, the Kingdo
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29 Cf. Jn 4:10-14; 738; Ex 17:1-6;
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76 Cf. 2 Sam 7; Ps 89; Lk 1:32-33.
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126 2 Cor 13:14. 127 1 Jn 4: 12; cf
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172 SC 5. 173 Cf. St. Ambrose, In L
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224 Gal 3:27-28. 225 Col 1:18. 226
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275 Cf. UR 3. 276 Cf. LG 8. 277 UR
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324 Paul VI, Discourse, December 14
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291-300. 375 LG 20 # 2. 376 LG 20 #
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426 LG 27; cf. Lk 22:26-27. 427 LG
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474 CIC, can. 783; cf. RM 69. 475 L
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523 Council Of Trent (1551): DS 167
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574 Phil 1:21. 575 2 Tim 2:11. 576
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619 2 Pet 3:9. 620 Roman Missal, EP
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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CH
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"Catechesis is intrinsically linked
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1081 The divine blessings were made
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1091 In the liturgy the Holy Spirit
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the Father, so that they can live o
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I. THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRIST 1114 "A
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1127 Celebrated worthily in faith,
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20 SC 24. 21 PO 4. 22 DV 2. 23 Cf.
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- How is the liturgy celebrated? -
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through physical signs and symbols.
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1159 The sacred image, the liturgic
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egotten them again, by the resurrec
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1179 The worship "in Spirit and in
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1194 The Church, "in the course of
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1209 The criterion that assures uni
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47 SC 84; 1 Thess 5:17; Eph 6:18. 4
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I. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED? 1
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1226 From the very day of Pentecost
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times it has also been able to be c
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1255 For the grace of Baptism to un
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Incorporated into the Church, the B
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1282 Since the earliest times, Bapt
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1293 In treating the rite of Confir
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1304 Like Baptism which it complete
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initiation. In the Latin Church thi
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saints" in the Apostles' Creed - th
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They devoted themselves to the apos
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1351 From the very beginning Christ
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liturgical celebration of these eve
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The presence of Christ by the power
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Truth himself speaks truly or there
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often as we eat this bread and drin
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"awaiting the blessed hope and the
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11 Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 42: B
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59 Cf. Jn 3:5. 60 Cf. Mt 28:19-20;
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109 Cf. Rev 7:2-3; 9:4; Ezek 9:4-6.
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158 Jn 6:60. 159 Jn 6:67. 160 In 6:
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207 Jn 13:1. 208 Cf. Gal 2:20. 209
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CHAPTER TWO - THE SACRAMENTS OF HEA
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1430 Jesus' call to conversion and
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1442 Christ has willed that in her
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stirring of conscience can initiate
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1463 Certain particularly grave sin
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1473 The forgiveness of sin and res
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1484 "Individual, integral confessi
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I. ITS FOUNDATIONS IN THE ECONOMY O
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This sacred anointing of the sick w
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1523 A preparation for the final jo
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13 Eph 1:4; 5:27. 14 Cf. Council of
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61 St. Augustine, In Jo. ev. 12, 13
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111 Mt 8:17; cf. Isa 53:4. 112 Jn 1
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sacrament of apostolic ministry. It
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the sacraments of Baptism and Confi
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1556 To fulfil their exalted missio
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they form one priestly body in the
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intend to remain celibate "for the
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IN BRIEF 1590 St. Paul said to his
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1604 God who created man out of lov
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joined to his wife, and the two sha
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case the contracting parties are fr
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1640 Thus the marriage bond has bee
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esponsibilities. Reconciliation thr
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1663 Since marriage establishes the
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Christian people has always found e
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1688 The liturgy of the Word during
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37 LG 21. 38 CD 2 # 2. 39 LG 22. 40
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82 St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio
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130 Cf. CIC, cann. 1095-1107. 131 C
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(tr. NCCB, 1979); cf. Paul VI, EN 4
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-a catechesis of grace, for it is b
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SECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN
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1715 He who believes in Christ has
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1723 The beatitude we are promised
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II. HUMAN FREEDOM IN THE ECONOMY OF
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ultimate end of all our actions. On
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the good and to beatitude; an evil
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conformity with the true good wille
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1801 Conscience can remain in ignor
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II. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES 1812 Th
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1825 Christ died out of love for us
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1844 By charity, we love God above
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1856 Mortal sin, by attacking the v
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1869 Thus sin makes men accomplices
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32 Cf. DH 2 # 7. 33 CDF, instructio
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80 Cf. Council of Trent (1547): DS
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130 St. Thomas Aquinas, STh I-II, 8
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II. CONVERSION AND SOCIETY 1886 Soc
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The diversity of political regimes
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1916 As with any ethical obligation
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II. EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCES AMONG
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ENDNOTES 1 Cf. GS 24 # 3. 2 Cf. GS
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1949 Called to beatitude but wounde
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1960 The precepts of natural law ar
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1981 The Law of Moses contains many
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II. GRACE 1996 Our justification co
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2007 With regard to God, there is n
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2021 Grace is the help God gives us
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have the duty of observing the cons
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2049 The Magisterium of the Pastors
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25 Cf. Mt 6:9-13; Lk 11:2-4. 26 Cf.
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75 CIC, can. 747 # 2. 76 LG 25. 77
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This liberating power of the Decalo
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2070 The Ten Commandments belong to
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14 Cf. Ex 20:1-17. 15 Cf. Deut 5:6-
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and acknowledge his authority. He i
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adoration of God: prayer of praise
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III. "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS
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people ought to contribute to the s
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2138 Superstition is a departure fr
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what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No
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2171 God entrusted the sabbath to I
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The Sunday obligation 2180 The prec
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2195 Every Christian should avoid m
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49 Cf. Lk 4:9. 50 Deut 6:16. 51 Cf.
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98 Cf. Mk 1:21; Jn 9:16. 99 Mk 2:27
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2197 The fourth commandment opens t
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2211 The political community has a
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friends. "I am reminded of your sin
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2234 God's fourth commandment also
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Societies not recognizing this visi
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2261 Scripture specifies the prohib
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Before I formed you in the womb I k
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The error of judgment into which on
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Concern for the health of its citiz
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2301 Autopsies can be morally permi
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to excuse those who carry them out.
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"God created man in his own image .
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him who practices it to become a wi
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genuine affective and sexual comple
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2368 A particular aspect of this re
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Adultery 2380 Adultery refers to ma
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IN BRIEF 2392 "Love is the fundamen
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if refusal is contrary to reason an
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2420 The Church makes a moral judgm
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human rights in the economic sector
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Come now, you rich, weep and howl f
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2460 The primordial value of labor
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2474 The Church has painstakingly c
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IV. RESPECT FOR THE TRUTH 2488 The
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of his wisdom: the order and harmon
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But in fact this struggle belongs t
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qualities and endowments of every a
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2540 Envy represents a form of sadn
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2556 Detachment from riches is nece
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48 Mt 22:21. 49 Acts 5:29. 50 GS 74
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98 Cf. Isa 32:17; cf. GS 78 ## 1-2.
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150 FC 30. 151 HV 11. 152 HV 12; cf
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202 Cf. CA 24. 203 Cf. GS 63 # 3; L
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254 PS 119:90; Cf. Prov 8:7; 2 Sam
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305 Pastor Hermae, Mandate 2, 1: PG
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2558 PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER SE
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8 Cf. St. Augustine De diversis qua
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2574 Once the promise begins to be
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attentiveness to The Word of God. A
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2599 The Son of God who became Son
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seeking the Kingdom before all else
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2619 That is why the Canticle of Ma
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that of the Church, is the object o
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2646 Forgiveness, the quest for the
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44 Cf. Lk 6:12; 9:18-20; 22:32. 45
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2653 The Church "forcefully and spe
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Son, Son of the Virgin, Good Shephe
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. . . with men."[32] Full of grace,
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prayer; it is one of the living sou
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I. VOCAL PRAYER 2700 Through his Wo
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communion in which the Holy Trinity
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2728 Finally, our battle has to con
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Resurrection of his Son. Christian
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IN BRIEF 2752 Prayer presupposes an
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30 St. Augustine, Ep. 130, 8, 17: P
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2763 All the Scriptures - the Law,
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2775 It is called "the Lord's Praye
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2784 The free gift of adoption requ
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2795 The symbol of the heavens refe
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known clearly before the eyes of th
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2821 This petition is taken up and
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personal and social, economic and i
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from the depths of the heart, in th
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We know that we are of God, and the
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4 Didache 8, 2: SCh 248, 174. 5 Apo
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56 Cf. Gen 3. 57 Jer 3:19-4:1a; Lk
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107 St. John Chrysostom, Hom. in Mt
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158 1 Cor 10:13. 159 Cf. Mt 4:1-11;