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1204 The celebration of the liturgy, therefore, should correspond to the genius and culture of the different peoples. ⁷⁰ In order that the mystery of Christ be "made known to all the nations . . . to bring about the obedience of faith," ⁷¹ it must be proclaimed, celebrated, and lived in all cultures in such a way that they themselves are not abolished by it, but redeemed and fulfilled: ⁷² It is with and through their own human culture, assumed and transfigured by Christ, that the multitude of God's children has access to the Father, in order to glorify him in the one Spirit.

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ARTICLE 2: LITURGICAL DIVERSITY AND THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERY

Notes for the above paragraph:

70 Cf. SC 37-40.

71 Rom 16:26.

72 Cf. CT 53.

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