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Catechism of The Catholic Church #2215

2215 Respect for parents (filial piety) derives from gratitude toward those who, by the gift of life, their love and their work, have brought...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #149

149 Throughout her life and until her last ordeal when Jesus her son died on the cross, Mary's faith never wavered. She never ceased...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #159

159 Faith and science: "Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #968

968 Her role in relation to the Church and to all humanity goes still further. "In a wholly singular way she cooperated by...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #108

108 Still, the Christian faith is not a "religion of the book". Christianity is the religion of the "Word" of God, "not a written...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #88

88 The Church's Magisterium exercises the authority it holds from Christ to the fullest extent when it defines dogmas, that is, when it proposes...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #115

115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #151

151 For a Christian, believing in God cannot be separated from believing in the One he sent, his "beloved Son", in whom the Father...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #168

168 It is the Church that believes first, and so bears, nourishes and sustains my faith. Everywhere, it is the Church that first confesses...
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Catechism of The Catholic Church #967

967 By her complete adherence to the Father's will, to his Son's redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin...