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| - | ====== | + | ====== The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation ====== |
| The Catholic Church teaches that there is but one God, who is infinite in knowledge, in power, in goodness, and in every other perfection; who created all things by His omnipotence, | The Catholic Church teaches that there is but one God, who is infinite in knowledge, in power, in goodness, and in every other perfection; who created all things by His omnipotence, | ||
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| On Good Friday, He was crucified on Mount Calvary, and by His death He purchased our redemption. Hence, Jesus exclusively bears the titles of //Saviour// and // | On Good Friday, He was crucified on Mount Calvary, and by His death He purchased our redemption. Hence, Jesus exclusively bears the titles of //Saviour// and // | ||
| - | //“He was wounded for our iniquities; He was bruised for our sins... and by His bruises we are healed.”// | + | //“He was wounded for our iniquities; He was bruised for our sins… and by His bruises we are healed.”// |
| We are commanded by Jesus, who suffered and died for us, to imitate Him through the crucifixion of our flesh and acts of daily mortification. //“If anyone, | We are commanded by Jesus, who suffered and died for us, to imitate Him through the crucifixion of our flesh and acts of daily mortification. //“If anyone, | ||
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| We do not, of course, attribute any intrinsic virtue to the Cross; that would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is directed toward Him who died upon it. | We do not, of course, attribute any intrinsic virtue to the Cross; that would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is directed toward Him who died upon it. | ||
| - | It is also a very ancient and pious practice for the faithful to make upon their person the sign of the Cross, saying at the same time: //“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”// Tertullian, who lived in the second century of the Christian era, writes: //“In all our actions, when we come in or go out, when we dress, when we wash, at our meals, before retiring to sleep... we form on our foreheads the sign of the cross. These practices are not commanded by a formal law of Scripture; but tradition teaches them, custom confirms them, faith observes them.”// < | + | It is also a very ancient and pious practice for the faithful to make upon their person the sign of the Cross, saying at the same time: //“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”// Tertullian, who lived in the second century of the Christian era, writes: //“In all our actions, when we come in or go out, when we dress, when we wash, at our meals, before retiring to sleep… we form on our foreheads the sign of the cross. These practices are not commanded by a formal law of Scripture; but tradition teaches them, custom confirms them, faith observes them.”// < |
| By the sign of the Cross, we profess our faith in the Trinity and the Incarnation, | By the sign of the Cross, we profess our faith in the Trinity and the Incarnation, | ||