518. Christ’s whole life is a mystery of recapitulation. All Jesus did, said and suffered had for its aim restoring fallen man to his original vocation:
When Christ became incarnate and was made man, he recapitulated in himself the long history of mankind and procured for us a “short cut” to salvation, so that what we had lost in Adam, that is, being in the image and likeness of God, we might recover in Christ Jesus. For this reason Christ experienced all the stages of life, thereby giving communion with God to all men.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
566. What places are conducive to prayer?
267. What is the essential rite of Confirmation?
182. What is the mission of the Pope?
433. Why is the Christian moral life indispensable for the proclamation of the Gospel?
590. What does the Church ask for when she prays “Thy Kingdom come”?
254. Who brought to fulfillment those prefigurations?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What was the story of King Amon’s violent death and rebellion in 2 Kings 21-22?
What does the Bible say about divine justice in Deuteronomy 32:4?
What can we learn about the desire to always be with a loved one from Songs 3:1-5 and 6:1-3?
What does the statement “God so loved the world that he gave his son” in John 3:16 mean?
