CCC 708
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT›III. God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises
This divine pedagogy appears especially in the gift of the Law. God gave the letter of the Law as a "pedagogue" to lead his people towards Christ. But the Law's powerlessness to save man deprived of the divine "likeness," along with the growing awareness of sin that it imparts, enkindles a desire for the Holy Spirit. the lamentations of the Psalms bear witness to this. In the Kingdom and the Exile
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ Ex 19- ⇒ 20; ⇒ Deut 1-11; ⇒ 29-30.
- ⇒ Gal 3:24.
- Cf. ⇒ Rom 3:20.