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1003 United with Christ by Baptism, believers already truly participate in the heavenly life of the risen Christ, but this life remains "hidden with Christ in God." ⁵⁶⁰ The Father has already "raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." ⁵⁶¹ Nourished with his body in the Eucharist, we already belong to the Body of Christ. When we rise on the last day we "also will appear with him in glory." ⁵⁶²

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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

Notes for the above paragraph:

560 Col 3:3; cf. Phil 3:20.

561 Eph 2:6.

562 Col 3:4.

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