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BALEN, Hendrick vanHoly Trinity

1620sOil on panel

Sint-aco!skerk, Ant"erp



Compendium of the Catechism

44. What is the centralmystery of Christian

faith

and life?

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(%ristian 'ait% and li'e ist%e &ystery o' t%e )ostBlessed Trinity* (%ristiansare !apti+ed in t%e na&eo' t%e at%er and o' t%e

Son and o' t%e Holy Spirit*



Introduction

T%e &ost i&portant divinesecret o' t%e 'ait% t%at ess(%rist revealed to s. t%e&ystery o' t%e Holy Trinity*

T%e 'act t%at /od is one in

essence and t%ree in personsis t%e revelation o' His inti&ateli'e*

e &st try to 'ind ot a!ot itand eperience it*

T%e (reed is t%e eplanation o't%e &ystery o' t%e Holy Trinity*

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171#

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Main ideasMain ideas



1. The Trinity, the mystery of one God and three truly different

Persons

)isteries are !eyond s, "e&st try to 'ind ot &ore and&ore a!ot t%e& so t%at or'ait% &ay !e stron9 andoperative*

T%e &ystery o' t%e Holy Trinity. in /od t%ere is only one

essence and t%ree distinct8ersons. at%er, Son and HolySpirit, eac% o' "%ic% is /od,"it%ot !ein9 t%ree /ods !trat%er t%e one and tre /od*

e &ay co&pare t%is &ystery"it% t%e sn. t%e sn is in t%e sky and

prodces li9%t and %eat. li9%tand %eat are not distinct 'ro&t%e sn*



2. Salvation, wor of the Trinity

(reation is attri!ted to t%eat%er: ;ede&ption, to t%eSon, and sancti'ication to t%eHoly Spirit. "e attri!tedistinctive "orks to eac%

8erson o' t%e Holy Trinity, !tall T%eir "orks are &ade !y/od, !ot% One and T%ree*

T%at is "%y, "%en "e t%ank/od 'or everyt%in9 He %as

done 'or s, "e &st t%ank/od t%e at%er, /od t%e Sonand /od t%e Holy Spirit*

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!. Inha"itation of the Trinity in the soul in #race

T%e &an "%o lives in t%e stateo' 9race is a livin9 te&ple o' t%e)ost Holy Trinity 5c'* o%n1>.2#*

ro& t%e day "e are !apti+ed,

i' "e do not re?ect Hi& !y&ortal sin, it is /od "%o is inor %eart. /od t%e at%er, /odt%e Son and /od t%e HolySpirit*

e %ave /od inside s tosancti'y s, to %elp s, to !e"it% s, !ecase He loves s*

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$. In heaven we shall see the Holy Trinity

T%e 9reat pri+e o' %eavenconsists o' seein9 /od,conte&platin9, praisin9, lovin9and en?oyin9 t%e )ost HolyTrinity 'or all eternity.

All t%e 9reatness, all t%e!eaty, all t%e 9oodness o'/od devoted to s His poorcreatres*

3n %eaven t%e sol s%all %avet%e c%ance to see "%at )oses"is%ed to see on Eart%. t%e&a?esty o' /od*

L@8E 8O;TANA, =incente Adoration o' t%e Trinity

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%. &e must praise the Holy Trinity

/od loves s in an incredi!le"ay* So &c% love &st !eretrned !y continally praisin9t%e Trinity*

e pro'ess 'ait% in t%e HolyTrinity "%en "e &ake t%e si9n o' t%e

(ross, sayin9 Din t%e na&e o' t%eat%er, and o' t%e Son and o' t%eHoly Spirit,

"%en prayin9 D/lory Be to t%e

at%er, and to t%e Son and to t%eHoly Spirit:

"%en "e recite t%e Glory Be to

the Father or t%e Creed drin9Holy )ass*

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Resolutions forResolutions for

Christian lifeChristian life



'esolutions to move forward

To learn t%e (reed and to prayit "it% devotion* To consider t%at t%e Holy Trinity

F/od Hi&sel'- in%a!its in t%esol in t%e state o' 9race, and

t%at livin9 in 9race is t%e onlyt%in9 t%at really &atters*

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