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611 The Eucharist that Christ institutes at that moment will be the memorial of his sacrifice. ⁴³¹ Jesus includes the apostles in his own offering and bids them perpetuate it. ⁴³² By doing so, the Lord institutes his apostles as priests of the New Covenant: "For their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth." ⁴³³

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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 TWO: I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD

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ARTICLE 4: "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED"

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Paragraph 2. Jesus Died Crucified

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III. CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF TO HIS FATHER FOR OUR SINS

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431 I Cor 11:25.

432 Cf. Lk 22:19.

433 Jn 17:19; cf. Council of Trent: DS 1752; 1764.

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