Catechism Paragraph 699
Part 1:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
Section 2: THE CREEDS
Chapter 3: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
Article 8: "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
Section 2: THE CREEDS
Chapter 3: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
Article 8: "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
The hand. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them.[51] In his name the apostles will do the same.[52] Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given.[53] The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching.[54] The Church has kept this sign of the all-powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit in its sacramental epicleses.
š Footnotes
[51]
Cf. Mk 6:5; 8:23; 10:16.
[52]
Cf. Mk 16:18; Acts 5:12; 14:3.
[53]
Cf. Acts 8:17-19; 13:3; 19:6.
[54]
Cf. Heb 6:2.