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What is the chief teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus Christ?

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Nicola Kanaan
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The chief teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus Christ is that He is the Incarnate Son of God—fully God and fully man—and the central mystery of Christian faith and salvation. Everything in Catholic doctrine revolves around Him as the fullness of God’s revelation, the Redeemer, and the way to the Father.According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), which is the official, authoritative summary of Catholic teaching:

  • CCC 422: “But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons” (Gal 4:4-5). This proclaims the Good News: God has sent His only Son to save humanity.
  • The entire Second Section of the Creed (“I believe in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God”) and Part One, Section Two of the Catechism (CCC 422–682) are dedicated to this truth. Jesus is:
    • The Only Begotten Son of the Father, eternally begotten, not made (consubstantial with the Father, true God from true God).
    • The Incarnate Word: God the Son became man in the womb of the Virgin Mary (CCC 456–460), taking on a complete human nature without ceasing to be divine (the hypostatic union).
    • The Savior and Redeemer: He came “to redeem us from sin and death” through His life, Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension (the Paschal Mystery is the heart of salvation—CCC 571, 1067).
    • The Fullness of Revelation: “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him” (Mt 11:27). In Jesus, we see the Father (CCC 516, 516: “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” – Jn 14:9).

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    Holy Mary, pray for us sinners of the whole world, for all mankind, for all souls, for peace in our hearts and souls, for peace in all families, for peace in all marriages, for peace in all relationships and in all groups, all communities, all towns and cities, in all countries and between all countries, and on all continents,
    for peace on earth, for peace in the whole universe and peace in all of creation in all dimensions of the visible and invisible kinds, especially for my family in all generations of the past, present and future, especially for these generations alive TODAY and for all of our direct descendants in all future generation until the end of time and in eternity! AMEN.

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