Paragraph 2. THE FATHER

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calling God “Father”, the language of faith indicates two main
things: that God is the first origin of everything and transcendent authority;
and that he is at the same time goodness and loving care for all his children.
God’s parental tenderness can also be expressed by the image of
motherhood,⁶² which emphasizes God’s immanence, the intimacy between
Creator and creature. the language of faith thus draws on the human experience
of parents, who are in a way the first representatives of God for man. But this
experience also tells us that human parents are fallible and can disfigure the
face of fatherhood and motherhood. We ought therefore to recall that God
transcends the human distinction between the sexes. He is neither man nor
woman: he is God. He also transcends human fatherhood and motherhood, although
he is their origin and standard:⁶³ no one is father as God is Father.

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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