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"...hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and Resurrection will fulfill the promise made to the fathers.[116] The Spirit of truth, the other Paraclete, will be given by the Father in answer to Jesus' prayer; he..."

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"...of all things,[154] and God permitted such painful upheavals as the angels' fall and man's sin only as occasions and means for displaying all the power of his arm and the whole measure of the love he wanted to give the world: Just as God's will is creation and is called "the..."

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"...The great richness of such diversity is not opposed to the Church's unity. Yet sin and the burden of its consequences constantly threaten the gift of unity. and so the Apostle has to exhort Christians to "maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."[264]"

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"...- here we must distinguish heresy, apostasy, and schism[270] - do not occur without human sin: Where there are sins, there are also divisions, schisms, heresies, and disputes. Where there is virtue, however, there also are harmony and unity, from which arise the one heart..."

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""However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers..."

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"...perfection whereby she exists without spot or wrinkle, the faithful still strive to conquer sin and increase in holiness. and so they turn their eyes to Mary":[306] in her, the Church is already the "all-holy.""

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"To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's Church. the Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation. the Church is "the world reconciled." She is that bark..."

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"...so remedy the institutions and conditions of the world when the latter are an inducement to sin, that these may be conformed to the norms of justice, favoring rather than hindering the practice of virtue. By so doing they will impregnate culture and human works with a moral..."

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"By virtue of their kingly mission, lay people have the power to uproot the rule of sin within themselves and in the world, by their self-denial and holiness of life (cf. LG 36)."

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Paragraph 953

"...of saints, the least of our acts done in charity redounds to the profit of all. Every sin harms this communion."

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"...and complete that there remained in us absolutely nothing left to efface, neither original sin nor offenses committed by our own will, nor was there left any penalty to suffer in order to expiate them.... Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of..."

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"After his Resurrection, Christ sent his apostles "so that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations."[524] The apostles and their successors carry out this "ministry of reconciliation," not only by announcing to men God's forgiveness..."

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Paragraph 982

"...in his Church the gates of forgiveness should always be open to anyone who turns away from sin.[528]"

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Paragraph 1006

"...doubt."[565] In a sense bodily death is natural, but for faith it is in fact "the wages of sin."[566] For those who die in Christ's grace it is a participation in the death of the Lord, so that they can also share his Resurrection.[567]"

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"As a consequence of original sin, man must suffer "bodily death, from which man would have been immune had he not sinned" (GS # 18)."

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"...Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."[607] From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they..."

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"...and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, "eternal fire."[615] The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life..."

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"...predestines no one to go to hell;[618] for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any..."

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"...city" of God, "the Bride, the wife of the Lamb."[635] She will not be wounded any longer by sin, stains, self-love, that destroy or wound the earthly community.[636] The beatific vision, in which God opens himself in an inexhaustible way to the elect, will be the ever-flowing..."

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"...nor the way in which the universe will be transformed. the form of this world, distorted by sin, is passing away, and we are taught that God is preparing a new dwelling and a new earth in which righteousness dwells, in which happiness will fill and surpass all the desires of..."

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"...Lord and in his Spirit, we will find them once again, cleansed this time from the stain of sin, illuminated and transfigured, when Christ presents to his Father an eternal and universal kingdom."[641] God will then be "all in all" in eternal life:[642] True and subsistent..."

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