Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The Church is born primarily of Christ’s total self-giving for our salvation,
anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross.
“The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water
which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus.”¹⁷¹
“For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon
the cross that there came forth the ‘wondrous sacrament of the whole
Church.'”¹⁷² As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam’s side, so
the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the
cross.¹⁷³

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
  - Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”
    - Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team