Catechism of the Catholic Church (original) (raw)

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
SECOND EDITION

PART THREE LIFE IN CHRIST

SECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

CHAPTER THREE
GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE

1949 Called to beatitude but wounded by sin, man stands in need of salvation from God. Divine help comes to him in Christ through the law that guides him and the grace that sustains him:

Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.1

1 Phil 2:12-13.

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