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for "Holy Spirit" in The Profession of Faith. Showing 301-325.
Paragraph 641
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE RO...
"Mary Magdalene and the holy women who came to finish anointing the body of Jesus, which had been buried in haste because the Sabbath began on the evening of Good Friday, were the first to encounter the Risen One.[497] Thus the women were the first messengers of Christ's..."
Paragraph 643
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE RO...
"...disciples demoralized ("looking sad"[503]) and frightened. For they had not believed the holy women returning from the tomb and had regarded their words as an "idle tale".[504] When Jesus reveals himself to the Eleven on Easter evening, "he upbraided them for their unbelief..."
Paragraph 674
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LI...
"...heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old."[569] St. Paul echoes him: "For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?"[570] The..."
Paragraph 751
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...assembly on Mount Sinai where Israel received the Law and was established by God as his holy people.[140] By calling itself "Church," the first community of Christian believers recognized itself as heir to that assembly. In the Church, God is "calling together" his people..."
Paragraph 755
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles has been brought about and will be brought about again. That land, like a choice vineyard, has been..."
Paragraph 758
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"We begin our investigation of the Church's mystery by meditating on her origin in the Holy Trinity's plan and her progressive realization in history."
Paragraph 771
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
""The one mediator, Christ, established and ever sustains here on earth his holy Church, the community of faith, hope, and charity, as a visible organization through which he communicates truth and grace to all men."[184] The Church is at the same time:
- a "society structured..."
Paragraph 785
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
""The holy People of God shares also in Christ's prophetic office," above all in the supernatural sense of faith that belongs to the whole People, lay and clergy, when it "unfailingly adheres to this faith . . . once for all delivered to the saints,"[210] and when it deepens its..."
Paragraph 803
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
""You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people" (1 Pet 2:9)."
Paragraph 815
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...worship, especially of the sacraments;
- apostolic succession through the sacrament of Holy Orders, maintaining the fraternal concord of God's family.[266]"
Paragraph 829
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...holiness. and so they turn their eyes to Mary":[306] in her, the Church is already the "all-holy.""
Paragraph 832
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...or existing in the diaspora, Christ is present, through whose power and influence the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church is constituted."[312]"
Paragraph 842
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...saving designs extend to all against the day when the elect are gathered together in the holy city. . .[331]"
Paragraph 870
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
""The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, . . . subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him. Nevertheless, many elements of sanctification and of..."
Paragraph 897
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
""The term 'laity' is here understood to mean all the faithful except those in Holy Orders and those who belong to a religious state approved by the Church. That is, the faithful, who by Baptism are incorporated into Christ and integrated into the People of God, are made sharers..."
Paragraph 903
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...of the word, to preside over liturgical prayers, to confer Baptism, and to distribute Holy Communion in accord with the prescriptions of law."[437]"
Paragraph 908
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...to his disciples the gift of royal freedom, so that they might "by the self-abnegation of a holy life, overcome the reign of sin in themselves":[445]
That man is rightly called a king who makes his own body an obedient subject and, by governing himself with suitable rigor,..."
Paragraph 923
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
""Virgins who, committed to the holy plan of following Christ more closely, are consecrated to God by the diocesan bishop according to the approved liturgical rite, are betrothed mystically to Christ, the Son of God, and are dedicated to the service of the Church."[462] By this..."
Paragraph 946
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"After confessing "the holy catholic Church," the Apostles' Creed adds "the communion of saints." In a certain sense this article is a further explanation of the preceding: "What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints?"[477] The communion of saints is the Church."
Paragraph 958
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and 'because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins' she offers her suffrages for them."[498] Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping..."
Paragraph 959
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...one family of God. "For if we continue to love one another and to join in praising the Most Holy Trinity - all of us who are sons of God and form one family in Christ - we will be faithful to the deepest vocation of the Church."[499]"
Paragraph 960
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
"The Church is a "communion of saints": this expression refers first to the "holy things" (sancta), above all the Eucharist, by which "the unity of believers, who form one body in Christ, is both represented and brought about" (LG 3)."
Paragraph 961
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
"The term "communion of saints" refers also to the communion of "holy persons" (sancti) in Christ who "died for all," so that what each one does or suffers in and for Christ bears fruit for all."
Paragraph 972
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...she will be in the homeland at the end of her journey. There, "in the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity," "in the communion of all the saints,"[516] The Church is awaited by the one she venerates as Mother of her Lord and as her own mother.
In the meantime the..."
Paragraph 975
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
""We believe that the Holy Mother of God, the new Eve, Mother of the Church, continues in heaven to exercise her maternal role on behalf of the members of Christ" (Paul VI, CPG # 15)."