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372 Man and woman were made "for each other" - not that God left them half-made and incomplete: he created them to be a communion of persons, in which each can be "helpmate" to the other, for they are equal as persons ("bone of my bones. . .") and complementary as masculine and feminine. In marriage God unites them in such a way that, by forming "one flesh", ²⁴⁵ they can transmit human life: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth." ²⁴⁶ By transmitting human life to their descendants, man and woman as spouses and parents co-operate in a unique way in the Creator's work. ²⁴⁷

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PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

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SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

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CHAPTER ONE: I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER

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ARTICLE 1: "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH"

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Paragraph 6. Man

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III. "MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM"

Notes for the above paragraph:

245 Gen 2:24

246 Gen 1:28.

247 Cf. GS 50 § 1.

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