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for "Commandments" in The Profession of Faith
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
"...as confessed in the Creed, celebrated in the liturgy and lived in observance of God's commandments and in prayer, we must first ask what "to believe" means. Faith is man's response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"...to God. the other articles of the Creed all depend on the first, just as the remaining Commandments make the first explicit. the other articles help us to know God better as he revealed himself progressively to men. "The faithful first profess their belief in God."[2]"
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"The sabbath is at the heart of Israel's law. To keep the commandments is to correspond to the wisdom and the will of God as expressed in his work of creation."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...institutions of the Chosen People: - submission to the whole of the Law in its written commandments and, for the Pharisees, in the interpretation of oral tradition; - the centrality of the Temple at Jerusalem as the holy place where God's presence dwells in a special way;..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...the law, until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.[329]"
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...it in its all embracing detail - according to his own words, down to "the least of these commandments".[330] He is in fact the only one who could keep it perfectly.[331] On their own admission the Jews were never able to observe the Law in its entirety without violating the..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING"
"...its first words: "I believe." To believe is to say "Amen" to God's words, promises and commandments; to entrust oneself completely to him who is the "Amen" of infinite love and perfect faithfulness. the Christian's everyday life will then be the "Amen" to the "I believe"..."