442. Such is not the case for Simon Peter when he confesses Jesus as “the Christ, the Son of the living God”, for Jesus responds solemnly: “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.” Similarly Paul will write, regarding his conversion on the road to Damascus, “When he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles…” “and in the synagogues immediately [Paul] proclaimed Jesus, saying, ‘He is the Son of God.'” From the beginning this acknowledgment of Christ’s divine sonship will be the centre of the apostolic faith, first professed by Peter as the Church’s foundation.
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91. How did the two wills of the incarnate Word cooperate?
396. When does one commit a venial sin?
98. What does the virginal conception of Jesus mean?
279. What are the essential and necessary elements for celebrating the Eucharist?
273. How did he institute the Eucharist?
231. What is sacramental grace?
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