654. The Paschal mystery has two aspects: by his death, Christ liberates us from sin; by his Resurrection, he opens for us the way to a new life. This new life is above all justification that reinstates us in God’s grace, “so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” Justification consists in both victory over the death caused by sin and a new participation in grace.526 It brings about filial adoption so that men become Christ’s brethren, as Jesus himself called his disciples after his Resurrection: “Go and tell my brethren.”527 We are brethren not by nature, but by the gift of grace, because that adoptive filiation gains us a real share in the life of the only Son, which was fully revealed in his Resurrection.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
242. What is the function of the liturgical year?
454. Why is the civil recognition of Sunday as a feast day important?
163. How are non-Catholic Christians to be considered?
416. In what does the natural moral law consist?
375. What norms must conscience always follow?
124. In what condition was the body of Christ while it lay in the tomb?
194. What is the meaning of the “communion of saints”?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the meaning of David’s song of gratitude to God?
What can we learn about divine justice from the Lord’s vengeance mentioned in Abdias 1:15?
What does Nahum 1:9 say about God’s mercy to those who repent?
David’s old age and death: the end of a life of ups and downs (2 Samuel 23, 24)
What is the story behind the miracle of Elisha’s resurrection of the Shunammite’s son in 2 Kings 4?
What do the passages in Daniel 7 and 11 teach us about the rise of the antichrist?
