54 “God, who creates and conserves all things by his Word, provides men with constant evidence of himself in created realities. and furthermore, wishing to open up the way to heavenly salvation – he manifested himself to our first parents from the very beginning.”6 He invited them to intimate communion with himself and clothed them with resplendent grace and justice.
55 This revelation was not broken off by our first parents’ sin. “After the fall, (God) buoyed them up with the hope of salvation, by promising redemption; and he has never ceased to show his solicitude for the human race. For he wishes to give eternal life to all those who seek salvation by patience in well-doing.”7
Even when he disobeyed you and lost your friendship you did not abandon him to the power of death. . . Again and again you offered a covenant to man.8
6 DV 3; cf. John 1:3; Romans 1:19-20
7 DV 3; cf. Genesis 3:15; Romans 2:6-7.
8 Roman Missal, Eucharistic Prayer IV, 118.
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- Does the New Covenant make the Old Covenant obsolete?
- Catechism: The Duties of Children
- Catechism: Beatitudes – The Desire for Happiness
- Litany For Life
- Catechism: Man Created in the Image of God
- Catechism: Moral Life and Missionary Witness
- Catechism: The Church – People of God
- Catechism: Man’s Vocation – Life in the Spirit
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