Article 6 “HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER”
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“and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to
myself.”541 The lifting up of Jesus on the cross signifies and
announces his lifting up by his Ascension into heaven, and indeed begins it.
Jesus Christ, the one priest of the new and eternal Covenant, “entered,
not into a sanctuary made by human hands. . . but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God on our behalf.”542 There Christ
permanently exercises his priesthood, for he “always lives to make
intercession” for “those who draw near to God through him”.543
As “high priest of the good things to come” he is the centre and the
principal actor of the liturgy that honours the Father in heaven.544
- 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
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