Paragraph 7. THE FALL

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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But why did God not prevent the first man from sinning? St. Leo the Great
responds, “Christ’s inexpressible grace gave us blessings better than
those the demon’s envy had taken away.”³⁰⁷ and St. Thomas Aquinas
wrote, “There is nothing to prevent human nature’s being raised up to
something greater, even after sin; God permits evil in order to draw forth some
greater good. Thus St. Paul says, ‘Where sin increased, grace abounded all the
more’; and the Exsultet sings, ‘O happy fault,. . . which gained for us so
great a Redeemer!'”³⁰⁸

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”
    - Paragraph 7. THE FALL

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