CCC 2204
Life in Christ›SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS›CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF›I. The Family in God's Plan
"The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church." It is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.
Footnotes
- FC 21; cf. LG 11.
- Cf. ⇒ Eph 5:21b: 4; ⇒ Col 3:18-21; ⇒ 1 Pet 3:1-7.
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