Catechism of the Catholic Church
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1816 The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: "All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks." 82 Service of and witness to the faith are necessary for salvation: "So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven." 83
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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST |
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CHAPTER ONE: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON |
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ARTICLE 7: THE VIRTUES |
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II. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES |
Notes for the above paragraph:
82 LG 42; cf. DH 14.83 Mt 10:32-33.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
