Catechism of the Catholic Church
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983 Catechesis strives to awaken and nourish in the faithful faith in the incomparable greatness of the risen Christ's gift to his Church: the mission and the power to forgive sins through the ministry of the apostles and their successors:
The Lord wills that his disciples possess a tremendous power: that his lowly servants accomplish in his name all that he did when he was on earth. 531 Priests have received from God a power that he has given neither to angels nor to archangels .... God above confirms what priests do here below. 532 Were there no forgiveness of sins in the Church, there would be no hope of life to come or eternal liberation. Let us thank God who has given his Church such a gift. 533
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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 THREE: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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ARTICLE 10: "I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS" |
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531 Cf. St. Ambrose, De poenit. I, 15: PL 16, 490.532 John Chrysostom, De sac. 3, 5: PG 48, 643.
533 St. Augustine, Sermo 213, 8: PL 38,1064.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
