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993 The Pharisees and many of the Lord's contemporaries hoped for the resurrection. Jesus teaches it firmly. To the Sadducees who deny it he answers, "Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God?" ⁵⁴² Faith in the resurrection rests on faith in God who "is not God of the dead, but of the living." ⁵⁴³

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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 11: "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY"

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I. CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND OURS

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542 Mk 12:24; cf. Jn 11:24; Acts 23:6.

543 Mk 12:27.

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