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Chapter 17: The Paschal Mystery
The Paschal Mystery refers to Christs Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, which saved us from sin and death for new life as sons and daughters of God.
The Paschal Mystery refers to Christs Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, which saved us from sin and death for new life as sons and daughters of God.
The Holy Spirit was revealed to the Church at Pentecost and inspired the Apostles to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ.
The Epistles were written to individuals, Church communities, and to the universal Church to communicate, affirm what was good and true, and admonish sinfulness and errors.
The Book of Revelation is the most well-known example of apocalyptic literature and communicates truths about Heaven and the end of time through visions filled with dense and sometimes strange symbolism that can be challenging to interpret.
Sin and death entered the world through the sin of Adam and Eve, but God promised to send a Savior to save us from our sins.
The story of Cain and Abel demonstrates the impact of sin on humanity; but God gives everyone the opportunity to repent of their sins.
God called Abraham, the father of faith, to enter into a covenant with Him and to be the father of His Chosen People.
God called Moses to free His people from bondage in Egypt and bring them to the Promised Land.
Joshua is a type of Christ because he fulfilled all that Moses could not or did not fulfill, just as Jesus fulfilled all that was left to complete in the covenants, bringing about the salvation of the human race.
Divine revelation is Gods communication of Himself to us by which He reveals the mystery of His divine plan.
The authorship of Scripture is both fully the work of man and fully the work of God.
There are different senses of Scripture that must be understood in order to read and comprehend Gods Word.
In both Scripture and in Jesus Christ, the Word of God is present fully in a fully human way: in human language and as a man like us in all things but sin.
An important way to read the Bible is to look for all the ways that something in the Old Testament foreshadows something in the New Testament.