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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2705

2705 Meditation is above all a quest. the mind seeks to understand the why and how of the Christian life, in order to adhere...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1792

1792 Ignorance of Christ and his Gospel, bad example given by others, enslavement to one's passions, assertion of a mistaken notion of autonomy of...
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Catechism of the Catholic Church #957

957 Communion with the saints. "It is not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven; we...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1166

1166 "By a tradition handed down from the apostles which took its origin from the very day of Christ's Resurrection, the Church celebrates the...
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Catechism of the Catholic Church #2034

2034 The Roman Pontiff and the bishops are "authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1033

1033 We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2132

2132 The Christian veneration of images is not contrary to the first commandment which proscribes idols. Indeed, "the honor rendered to an image passes...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2302

2302 By recalling the commandment, "You shall not kill,"our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral. Anger is...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2617

2617 Mary's prayer is revealed to us at the dawning of the fullness of time. Before the incarnation of the Son of God, and...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #618

618 The cross is the unique sacrifice of Christ, the "one mediator between God and men". But because in his incarnate divine person he...