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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1071

1071 As the work of Christ liturgy is also an action of his Church. It makes the Church present and manifests her as the...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #674

674 The glorious Messiah's coming is suspended at every moment of history until his recognition by "all Israel", for "a hardening has come upon...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #464

464 The unique and altogether singular event of the Incarnation of the Son of God does not mean that Jesus Christ is part God...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #120

120 It was by the apostolic Tradition that the Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books. This...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1961

1961 God, our Creator and Redeemer, chose Israel for himself to be his people and revealed his Law to them, thus preparing for the...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #150

150 Faith is first of all a personal adherence of man to God. At the same time, and inseparably, it is a free assent...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1377

1377 The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the consecration and endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist. Christ is...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2261

2261 Scripture specifies the prohibition contained in the fifth commandment: "Do not slay the innocent and the righteous." The deliberate murder of an innocent...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2109

2109 The right to religious liberty can of itself be neither unlimited nor limited only by a "public order" conceived in a positivist or...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #1404

1404 The Church knows that the Lord comes even now in his Eucharist and that he is there in our midst. However, his presence...