Catechism of the Catholic Church: Difference between revisions
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****thus includes a sense of "thankfulness", "to be thankful" | ****thus includes a sense of "thankfulness", "to be thankful" | ||
***'''E''ukharistia''''' = "the Lord's Supper" | ***'''E''ukharistia''''' = "the Lord's Supper" | ||
*''' | *'''dome''' | ||
** | **from Genesis, what is above the waters, i.e. "heaven" | ||
** | **in NKJV called "firmament" | ||
*'''Genesis''' | *'''Genesis''' | ||
**origin, birth, creation of the world | **origin, birth, creation of the world | ||
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* God reveals himself through visible creation | * God reveals himself through visible creation | ||
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|'''52''' God, who "dwells in unapproachable light", wants to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to adopt them as his sons in his only-begotten Son.<sup>3</sup> By revealing himself God wishes to make them capable of responding to him, and of knowing him and of loving him far beyond their own natural capacity. | |||
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* "unapproachable light" = God told Moses not to come closer | |||
* God speaks to humans in their own terms, as they cannot fully understand God ("beyond their natural ability") | |||
* therefore, God "reveals himself" in ways beyond their "natural capacity" | |||
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