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Paragraph 494

"...did so in order to serve the mystery of redemption with him and dependent on him, by God's grace:[140] As St. Irenaeus says, "Being obedient she became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race."[141] Hence not a few of the early Fathers gladly assert. ...."

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Paragraph 508

"...the descendants of Eve, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother of his Son. "Full of grace", Mary is "the most excellent fruit of redemption" (SC 103): from the first instant of her conception, she was totally preserved from the stain of original sin and she remained..."

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Paragraph 577

"...in which he presented God's law, given on Sinai during the first covenant, in light of the grace of the New Covenant: Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets: I have come not to abolish but to fulfil. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass..."

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"...a mysterious death to self, for a new "birth from above" under the influence of divine grace.[374] Such a demand for conversion in the face of so surprising a fulfilment of the promises[375] allows one to understand the Sanhedrin's tragic misunderstanding of Jesus: they..."

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"...his eternal plan of "predestination", he includes in it each person's free response to his grace: "In this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, to do..."

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Paragraph 624

""By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one".[459] In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should not only "die for our sins"[460] but should also "taste death", experience the condition of death, the separation of his soul from his body, between the time..."

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"...up. On the contrary their faith in the Resurrection was born, under the action of divine grace, from their direct experience of the reality of the risen Jesus."

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Paragraph 679

"...not come to judge, but to save and to give the life he has in himself.[587] By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love.[588]"

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Paragraph 682

"...render to each man according to his works, and according to his acceptance or refusal of grace."

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Paragraph 683

"...life that originates in the Father and is offered to us in the Son. Baptism gives us the grace of new birth in God the Father, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit. For those who bear God's Spirit are led to the Word, that is, to the Son, and the Son presents them to the..."

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Paragraph 684

"Through his grace, the Holy Spirit is the first to awaken faith in us and to communicate to us the new life, which is to "know the Father and the one whom he has sent, Jesus Christ."[4] But the Spirit is the last of the persons of the Holy Trinity to be revealed. St. Gregory of..."

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Paragraph 736

"...and adopted as children, given confidence to call God "Father" and to share in Christ's grace, called children of light and given a share in eternal glory.[131]"

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Paragraph 737

"...with the Father in the Holy Spirit. the Spirit prepares men and goes out to them with his grace, in order to draw them to Christ. the Spirit manifests the risen Lord to them, recalls his word to them and opens their minds to the understanding of his Death and Resurrection. He..."

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Paragraph 771

"...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 with hierarchical organs and the mystical body of Christ; - the visible society and the spiritual..."

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Paragraph 795

"...not only Christians, but Christ himself. Do you understand and grasp, brethren, God's grace toward us? Marvel and rejoice: we have become Christ. For if he is the head, we are the members; he and we together are the whole man.... the fullness of Christ then is the head..."

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Paragraph 797

"...Church is, there also is God's Spirit; where God's Spirit is, there is the Church and every grace.[246]"

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Paragraph 798

"...Body;[250] by the sacraments, which give growth and healing to Christ's members; by "the grace of the apostles, which holds first place among his gifts";[251] by the virtues, which make us act according to what is good; finally, by the many special graces (called..."

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Paragraph 800

"...who receives them and by all members of the Church as well. They are a wonderfully rich grace for the apostolic vitality and for the holiness of the entire Body of Christ, provided they really are genuine gifts of the Holy Spirit and are used in full conformity with..."

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Paragraph 824

"..."the fullness of the means of salvation"[293] has been deposited. It is in her that "by the grace of God we acquire holiness."[294]"

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Paragraph 827

"...though having sinners in her midst, because she herself has no other life but the life of grace. If they live her life, her members are sanctified; if they move away from her life, they fall into sins and disorders that prevent the radiation of her sanctity. This is why she..."

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Paragraph 828

"...by solemnly pro claiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God's grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to them as models and intercessors.[303] "The..."

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Paragraph 836

"...Catholic faithful, others who believe in Christ, and finally all mankind, called by God's grace to salvation."[320]"

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Paragraph 847

"...of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.[337]"

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Paragraph 856

"...can profit from this dialogue by learning to appreciate better "those elements of truth and grace which are found among peoples, and which are, as it were, a secret presence of God."[360] They proclaim the Good News to those who do not know it, in order to consolidate,..."

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Paragraph 876

"...in the image of him who freely took "the form of a slave" for us.[393] Because the word and grace of which they are ministers are not their own, but are given to them by Christ for the sake of others, they must freely become the slaves of all.[394]"

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