II. Ways of Coming to Know God
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For the Lord honored the
father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her
sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and whoever glorifies his
mother is like one who lays up treasure. Whoever honors his father will be
gladdened by his own children, and when he prays he will be heard. Whoever
glorifies his father will have long life, and whoever obeys the Lord will
refresh his mother.24
O son, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he
lives; even if he is lacking in understanding, show forbearance; in all your
strength do not despise him…. Whoever forsakes his father is like a
blasphemer, and whoever angers his mother is cursed by the Lord.25
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They devoted themselves to the
apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers….
Day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes,
they partook of food with glad and generous hearts.166
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“Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one
and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers
to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the
Paschal mystery.”62 Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of
Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in
accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that
such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its
necessity.
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Christ
Jesus
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353 God willed the diversity of
his creatures and their own particular goodness, their interdependence and
their order. He destined all material creatures for the good of the human race.
Man, and through him all creation, is destined for the glory of God.
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1953
The moral law finds its fullness and its unity in Christ. Jesus Christ is in
person the way of perfection. He is the end of the law, for only he teaches and
bestows the justice of God: “For Christ is the end of the law, that every
one who has faith may be justified.”4
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Integration into one of these bodies in the Church was accomplished by a rite
called ordinatio, a religious and liturgical act which was a consecration, a
blessing or a sacrament. Today the word “ordination” is reserved for
the sacramental act which integrates a man into the order of bishops,
presbyters, or deacons, and goes beyond a simple election, designation,
delegation, or institution by the community, for it confers a gift of the Holy
Spirit that permits the exercise of a “sacred power” (sacra
potestas)5 which can come only from Christ himself through his Church.
Ordination is also called consecratio, for it is a setting apart and an
investiture by Christ himself for his Church. the laying on of hands by the
bishop, with the consecratory prayer, constitutes the visible sign of this
ordination.
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“By the grace of God” Jesus tasted death “for every
one”.459 In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son
should not only “die for our sins”460 but should also
“taste death”, experience the condition of death, the separation of
his soul from his body, between the time he expired on the cross and the time
he was raised from the dead. the state of the dead Christ is the mystery of the
tomb and the descent into hell. It is the mystery of Holy Saturday, when
Christ, lying in the tomb,461 reveals God’s great sabbath
rest462 after the fulfilment463 of man’s salvation, which
brings peace to the whole universe.464
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