Tag: Jesus Christ
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Test the Spirits
The Infallibility of the Church Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this, you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,…
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That We Might Be Justified by His Grace
SANCTIFICATION & JUSTIFICATION But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared,not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy,he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so thatwe might…
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The Holy Spirit Shall Come Upon You
the divine maternity And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holywhich shall be born of thee shall be called the…
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The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth
The Rule of faith But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.1 Timothy 3:15 The text from 1 Timothy 3:15 highlights essential elements of the Catholic Church’s doctrine regarding the nature and…
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The Prayers of the Saints
The Intercession of the Saints And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.Revelation 5, 8 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the…
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The Spirit Will Guide You to All Truth
The Development of Doctrine “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears and will declare to you the things that are…
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The Two Shall Become One Flesh
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY MATRIMONY Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its…
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There Is No Partiality with God
JUSTIFICATION … There is no partiality with God. Judgment by the Interior Law. All who sin outside the law will also perish without reference to it, and all who sin under the law will be judged in accordance with it. For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight…
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There Is Sin that Is Mortal
MORTAL & VENIAL SINS If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a mortal sin, you will ask, and God will give life to such a one—to those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin that is mortal; I do not say that you should pray about that. All wrongdoing is…
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The Virgin Will Conceive and Give Birth to a Son
THE DIVINE MATERNITY Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign:The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,and will call him Immanuel.Isaiah 7, 14 Isaiah was a prophet who lived during a tumultuous time in the kingdom of Judah, around the 8th century BCE. The context of Isaiah 7 involves a political…
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