CCC 649
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD›Paragraph 2. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD
As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. Jesus announces that the Son of man will have to suffer much, die, and then rise. Elsewhere he affirms explicitly: "I lay down my life, that I may take it again. . . I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." "We believe that Jesus died and rose again."
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ Mk 8:31; ⇒ 9:9-31; ⇒ 10:34.
- ⇒ Jn 10:17-18.
- ⇒ I Th 4:14.