CCC 622
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD›Paragraph 2. JESUS DIED CRUCIFIED
The redemption won by Christ consists in this, that he came "to give his life as a ransom for many" ( Mt 20:28), that is, he "loved [his own] to the end" ( Jn 13:1), so that they might be "ransomed from the futile ways inherited from [their] fathers" ( I Pt 1:18).