Catechism of the Catholic Church: Difference between revisions

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*** "For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."
*** "For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."
**** thus early Christian martyrs refused to deny Christ in order to join him in Heaven
**** thus early Christian martyrs refused to deny Christ in order to join him in Heaven
**** and conceived of martyrdom as "baptism in their own blood"
**** and conceived of martyrdom as "baptism in their own blood" which removed any stain of sin
*** see "Reading of the Church Fathers," by James L. Papandrea, p. 7 8-79
***** making martyrdom "the ultimate penitence" (Papandrea, p. 79)
*** see "Reading of the Church Fathers," by James L. Papandrea, p. 78-79
* '''Mass'''
* '''Mass'''
** "Eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist
** "Eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist