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2334 "In creating men 'male and female,' God gives man and woman an equal personal dignity." ¹¹⁹ "Man is a person, man and woman equally so, since both were created in the image and likeness of the personal God." ¹²⁰

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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

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SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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CHAPTER TWO: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF Jesus said to his disciples: "Love one another even as I have loved you." 1

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119 FC 22; Cf. GS 49 § 2.

120 MD 6.

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