Article 6 “HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER”
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This final stage stays closely linked to the first, that is, to his descent
from heaven in the Incarnation. Only the one who “came from the
Father” can return to the Father: Christ Jesus.537 “No one
has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of
man.”538 Left to its own natural powers humanity does not have
access to the “Father’s house”, to God’s life and
happiness.539 Only Christ can open to man such access that we, his
members, might have confidence that we too shall go where he, our Head and our
Source, has preceded us.540
- SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
- Article 6 “HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER”
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1T.HTM