CCC 476
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD›Paragraph 1. THE SON OF GOD BECAME MAN
Since the Word became flesh in assuming a true humanity, Christ's body was finite. Therefore the human face of Jesus can be portrayed; at the seventh ecumenical council (Nicaea II in 787) the Church recognized its representation in holy images to be legitimate.
Footnotes
- Cf. Council of the Lateran (649): DS 504.
- Cf. Cal 3:1; cf. Council of Nicaea II (787): DS 600-603.
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