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Romans 10
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1 Brethren, the will of my heart, indeed and my prayer to God is for them unto salvation. CCC
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. CCC
3 For they, not knowing the justice of God and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God. Fathers
4 For the end of the law is Christ: unto justice to everyone that believeth. CCC · Fathers
5 For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.
6 But the justice which is of faith, speaketh thus: Say not in thy heart: Who shall ascend into heaven? That is to bring Christ down; CCC · Fathers
7 Or who shall descend into the deep? That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead. CCC · Fathers
8 But what saith the scripture? The word is nigh thee; even in thy mouth and in thy heart. This is the word of faith, which we preach. CCC
9 For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 1 CCC · Fathers
10 For, with the heart, we believe unto justice: but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. CCC
11 For the scripture saith: Whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded. CCC
12 For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him. CCC
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. CCC
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 2 CCC
15 And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things? Fathers
16 But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaias saith: Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ. 3 CCC
18 But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the whole world.
19 But I say: Hath not Israel known? First, Moses saith: I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation: by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Isaias is bold, and saith: I was found by them that did not seek me. I appeared openly to them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith: All the day long have I spread my hands to a people that believeth not and contradicteth me. Fathers
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- CCC 579 “This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving…”
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“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 1953 “The moral law finds its fullness and its unity in Christ. Jesus Christ is in person the way of perfection. He is…”
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
“that is, to liberate Christ again from the dead.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
- CCC 635 “Christ went down into the depths of death so that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and…”
“that is, to liberate Christ again from the dead.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
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- CCC 186 “From the beginning, the apostolic Church expressed and handed on her faith in brief formulae normative for all. But already very early…”
- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
- CCC 449 “By attributing to Jesus the divine title "Lord", the first confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the beginning that the power,…”
- CCC 14 “Those who belong to Christ through faith and Baptism must confess their baptismal faith before men. First therefore the Catechism expounds revelation,…”
“that is, to liberate Christ again from the dead." Then he continues, "If thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
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- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
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- CCC 432 “The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the…”
- CCC 2666 “But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. the divine…”
- CCC 2739 “For St. Paul, this trust is bold, founded on the prayer of the Spirit in us and on the faithful love of…”
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- CCC 875 “How are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? and how are they to hear without a preacher?…”
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“And again, when Paul says, "How beautiful are the feet of those bringing glad tidings of good things, and preaching the Gospel of peace,”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 875 “How are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? and how are they to hear without a preacher?…”
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“… down, and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.' And Isaiah likewise mentions concerning Him the manner in which He would die, thus: I have spread out My hands unto a people disobedient, and gainsaying, that walk in a way which is not good.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter XCVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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