CCC 439
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD›II. Christ
Many Jews and even certain Gentiles who shared their hope recognized in Jesus the fundamental attributes of the messianic "Son of David", promised by God to Israel. Jesus accepted his rightful title of Messiah, though with some reserve because it was understood by some of his contemporaries in too human a sense, as essentially political.
Footnotes
- Cf ⇒ Mt 2:2; 9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30; 21:9.15.
- Cf. ⇒ Jn 4:25-26; ⇒ 6:15; ⇒ 11:27; ⇒ Mt 22:41-46; ⇒ Lk 24:21.