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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"  
*'''firmament'''
*'''dome'''
**in NAB "dome"
**from Genesis, what is above the waters, i.e. "heaven"  
**= 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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