CCC 1988
Life in Christ›SECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT›CHAPTER THREE GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE›I. Justification
Through the power of the Holy Spirit we take part in Christ's Passion by dying to sin, and in his Resurrection by being born to a new life; we are members of his Body which is the Church, branches grafted onto the vine which is himself: (God) gave himself to us through his Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit, we become communicants in the divine nature.... For this reason, those in whom the Spirit dwells are divinized.
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ 1 Cor 12; ⇒ Jn 15:1 4.
- St. Athanasius, Ep. Serap. 1, 24: PG 26, 585 and 588.
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