Paragraph 7. THE FALL

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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God created man in his image and established him in his friendship. A spiritual
creature, man can live this friendship only in free submission to God. the
prohibition against eating “of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil” spells this out: “for in the day that you eat of it, you shall
die.”²⁷⁶ The “tree of the knowledge of good and
evil”²⁷⁷ symbolically evokes the insurmountable limits that man,
being a creature, must freely recognize and respect with trust. Man is
dependent on his Creator, and subject to the laws of creation and to the moral
norms that govern the use of freedom.

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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