CCC 55
Profession of Faith›SECTION ONE "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE"›CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN›II. The Stages of Revelation
This revelation was not broken off by our first parents' sin. "After the fall, (God) buoyed them up with the hope of salvation, by promising redemption; and he has never ceased to show his solicitude for the human race. For he wishes to give eternal life to all those who seek salvation by patience in well-doing." Even when he disobeyed you and lost your friendship you did not abandon him to the power of death. . . Again and again you offered a covenant to man. The covenant with Noah
Footnotes
- DV 3; cf. ⇒ Gen 3:15; ⇒ Rom 2:6-7.
- Roman Missal, Eucharistic Prayer IV, 118.
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