Taken from Article I
"I Believe In God The Father Almighty, Creator Of Heaven And Earth"
I. The Angels
Christ "with all his angels"
331 Christ is the center of the angelic world. They are his angels: "When
the Son
of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels
with him. . "They belong to him because they were created through
and for him: "for in him all things were created in heaven and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or authorities - all things were created through him and for him." They
belong to him still more because he has made them messengers of his saving
plan: "Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve,
for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?"
Taken from Article 2
"And In Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"
II. Christ
440 Jesus accepted Peter's profession of faith, which acknowledged him
to be the Messiah, by announcing the imminent Passion of the Son
of Man. He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship
both in the transcendent identity of the Son
of Man "who
came down from heaven", and in his redemptive mission as the suffering
Servant: "The Son
of Man came not to be served
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Hence the true meaning of his kingship is revealed only when he is raised
high on the cross. Only after his Resurrection will Peter be able to
proclaim Jesus' messianic kingship to the People of God: "Let all
the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both
Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
Taken from Article 3
"He Was Conceived By The Power Of The Holy Spirit, And Born Of The Virgin Mary"
I. Why Did The Word Become Flesh?
460 The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature": "For
this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son
of Man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word
and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God." "For
the Son of God became man so that we might become God." "The
only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity,
assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods."
Taken from Article 5
"He Descended Into Hell. On The Third Day He Rose Again"
II. The Resurrection - A Work Of The Holy Trinity
649 As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his
divine power. Jesus announces that the Son
of Man will
have to suffer much, die, and then rise. Elsewhere he affirms explicitly: "I
lay down my life, that I may take it again. . . I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again." "We believe that
Jesus died and rose again."
III. The Meaning And Saving Significance Of The Resurrection
653 The truth of Jesus' divinity is confirmed by his Resurrection. He
had said: "When you have lifted up the Son
of Man,
then you will know that I am he." The Resurrection of the crucified
one shows that he was truly I AM, the Son of God and God
himself. So St. Paul could declare to the Jews: "What God promised
to the fathers, this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising
Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son, today
I have begotten you.'" Christ's Resurrection is closely linked to
the Incarnation of God's Son, and is its fulfillment in accordance with
God's eternal plan. |
