Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Christians of the first centuries said, “The world was created for the
sake of the Church.”¹⁵³ God created the world for the sake of
communion with his divine life, a communion brought about by the “convocation”
of men in Christ, and this “convocation” is the Church. the Church is
the goal of all things,¹⁵⁴ and God permitted such painful upheavals as
the angels’ fall and man’s sin only as occasions and means for displaying all
the power of his arm and the whole measure of the love he wanted to give the
world:

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

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