• Our Eternal Destiny (CCC 988-1065) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• Last Things: Resurrection of the Body, Death, Particular Judgement, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Last Judgement, New Heavens, and New Earth God ‘wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of the... [read more]
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• Mary: The Church’s First and Most Perfect Member (CCC 424-507, 963-972, 2673-2677) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mother of God, Mother of the Church Catholic beliefs about Mary and the saints are based on what is believed about Jesus Christ and the Church. Christ Jesus, as the Son of God,... [read more]
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• The Four Marks of the Church (CCC 811-962)

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
•  The Church is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic In the words of the Creed, we profess ‘one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church’. These four characteristics, or ‘marks,’ affirm the essential feature... [read more]
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• The Church: Reflecting the Light of Christ (CCC 748-810)  

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• The Images and Mission of the Church The word ‘Church’ (Latin ecclesia) originally meant a gathering or assembly. In Christian usage, the word ‘church’ refers to the worshipping community, the local ... [read more]
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• Receive the Holy Spirit  (CCC 683-747) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• The Revelation of the Spirit, Joint Mission of Son and Spirit The Holy Spirit is God, the third divine Person of the Trinity, sometimes called the Paraclete, an Advocate and Comforter, the Lord and G... [read more]
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• The Saving Death and Resurrection of Christ (CCC 571-664) 

• Paschal Mystery, Unity of the Saving Deeds The Paschal Mystery is the saving death and resurrection of Jesus for the redemption of the world. It is a core Christian belief that by his death on the cr... [read more]

• The Good News: God Has Sent His Son (CCC 422-570) 

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• Son of God, Son of Mary, Mysteries of Christ’s Life ‘For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life’ (Jn 3:16... [read more]
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• Man and Woman in the Beginning (CCC 355-421) 

• The Creation of Man and Woman, the Fall and the Promise The Bible opens with these words: ‘In the beginning God created heaven and earth’ (Gn 1:1). The first three chapters of the first book of the B... [read more]

• I Believe in God (CCC 199-349) 

• Faith in God as Mystery and Trinity; Belief in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth We begin the Christian Creed by professing belief in God, the ‘Father Almighty, Creator of heaven ... [read more]

• Bring About the Obedience of Faith (CCC 142-196)

• Faith as the Human Response to God’s Revelation God’s revelation of love in Christ Jesus – in the power of the Holy Spirit – for our salvation, offers the possibility of a human response. Faith is th... [read more]

• Proclaim the Gospel to All Creation (CCC 74-133)

• The Transmission of Divine Revelation Christianity is a religion of the ‘Word of God’, a living and Incarnate Word. In Apostolic Tradition and in the books of Sacred Scripture, God speaks to humanity... [read more]

• God Comes to Meet Us (CCC 50-67)

• • Faith Professed
• 7 years ago
• God Reveals a Plan of Loving Goodness  By natural reason, we can know God exists with certainty on the basis of the created world. Revelation is the love and knowledge of God that we cannot possibly ... [read more]
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