CCC 717
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT›IV. The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time
"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John." John was "filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb" by Christ himself, whom the Virgin Mary had just conceived by the Holy Spirit. Mary's visitation to Elizabeth thus became a visit from God to his people.
Footnotes
- ⇒ Jn 1:6[ETML:C/].
- ⇒ Lk 1:15, ⇒ 41.
- Cf. ⇒ Lk 1:68.