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Catechism of the Catholic Church #1931-1933

1931 Respect for the human...
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Catechism of the Catholic Church #1114

1114 "Adhering to the teaching of the Holy Scriptures, to the apostolic traditions, and to the consensus . . . of the Fathers," we...
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Catechism of the Catholic Church #958

958 Communion with the dead. "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #982

982 There is no offense, however serious, that the Church cannot forgive. "There is no one, however wicked and guilty, who may not confidently...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #460

460 The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature": "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2643

2643 The Eucharist contains and expresses all forms of prayer: it is "the pure offering" of the whole Body of Christ to the glory...
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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 #2729

2729 The habitual difficulty in prayer is distraction. It can affect words and their meaning in vocal prayer; it can concern, more profoundly, him...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #540

540 Jesus' temptation reveals the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, contrary to the way Satan proposes to him and the...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2008

2008 The merit of man before God in the Christian life arises from the fact that God has freely chosen to associate man with...