Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward
sinners with God’s own attitude toward them.³⁶⁷ He went so far as to
hint that by sharing the table of sinners he was admitting them to the
messianic banquet.³⁶⁸ But it was most especially by forgiving sins that
Jesus placed the religious authorities of Israel on the horns of a dilemma.
Were they not entitled to demand in consternation, “Who can forgive sins
but God alone?”³⁶⁹ By forgiving sins Jesus either is blaspheming
as a man who made himself God’s equal, or is speaking the truth and his person
really does make present and reveal God’s name.³⁷⁰

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
  - Article 4 “JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED”
    - Paragraph 1. JESUS AND ISRAEL

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team