Paragraph 3. THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST’S LIFE
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The Gospels were written by men who were among the first to have the
faith174 and wanted to share it with others. Having known in faith who
Jesus is, they could see and make others see the traces of his mystery in all
his earthly life. From the swaddling clothes of his birth to the vinegar of his
Passion and the shroud of his Resurrection, everything in Jesus’ life was a
sign of his mystery.175 His deeds, miracles and words all revealed that
“in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”176 His
humanity appeared as “sacrament”, that is, the sign and instrument,
of his divinity and of the salvation he brings: what was visible in his earthly
life leads to the invisible mystery of his divine sonship and redemptive
mission
- SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
- Article 3 “HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY”
- Paragraph 3. THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST’S LIFE
- Article 3 “HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY”
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
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