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From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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of all visible creatures only man is “able to know and love his
creator”.²¹⁹ He is “the only creature on earth that God has
willed for its own sake”,²²⁰ and he alone is called to share, by
knowledge and love, in God’s own life. It was for this end that he was created,
and this is the fundamental reason for his dignity:
What
made you establish man in so great a dignity? Certainly the incalculable love
by which you have looked on your creature in yourself! You are taken with love
for her; for by love indeed you created her, by love you have given her a being
capable of tasting your eternal Good.²²¹

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
  - Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
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From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team