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Christ:Lord and Savior

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The Knights ofColumbus presentsThe Veritas Series“Proclaiming the Faith in the Third Millennium”

General EditorFather John A.Farren,O.P.Director of the Catholic Information ServiceKnights of Columbus Supreme Council

Nihil Obstat Most Reverend Robert J.McManus,D.D.,S.T.D.Censor Deputatus Imprimatur:

† Robert E.Mulvee,D.D.,J.C.D.Bishop of ProvidenceNovember 1,2002The

Nihil Obstat

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Imprimatur

are official declarations that a book orpamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error.No implication is containedtherein that those who have granted the

Nihil Obstat

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Imprimatur

agreewith the contents,opinions,or statements expressed.Copyright © 2002 by Knights of Columbus Supreme Council.All rights reserved.Citations from the

Catechism of the Catholic Church

are taken from the

Catechism of the Catholic Church

for the United States of America,copy-right © 1994 by the United States Catholic Conference,Inc.,LibreriaEditrice Vaticana.All rights reserved.Scriptural quotations are taken from

The New Oxford Annotated Bible Withthe Apocrypha (Expanded Edition),Revised Standard Version

copyright ©1973,1977,Oxford University Press.Some citations have been adapted.Cover:Front cover of a Gospel Book with Christ and symbols of theEvangelists.Musée de Cluny,Paris,France.Scala/Art Resource,NY.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or byany means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,orby information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writingfrom the publisher.Write:Catholic Information ServiceKnights of Columbus Supreme CouncilPO Box 1971New Haven,CT 06521-1971Printed in the United States of America

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here is salvation in no one else,for there isno other nameunder heaven given amongmen by which we must be saved”(Acts 4:12).The Catholic Church confesses that Jesus Christ,the man born2,000 years ago in Bethlehem,is himself the eternal Son of Godand the only Savior of mankind.Our belief depends not on nat-ural human investigation but on God’s own words and promis-es,

the faith once delivered to the saints

(Jude 1:3).The wordsabove,taken from the New Testament,express the solemnpraise bursting forth in the hearts of all who have come intocontact with the living Christ and been freed from sin anddeath.Christians cry out:“Jesus is Lord! King of Kings! Lordof Lords! The Son of the living God!”What do we mean bythese titles and praises? How can a man,born in time,be theeternal Son of God? In this booklet we will consider whoChrist is,how the Church knows him,and why we speak of himas we do.This booklet is divided into three parts.Taken together,theseserve as an introduction to the Catholic Church’s faith con-cerning Jesus Christ.

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