CCC 1701

"Christ, . . . in the very revelation of the mystery of the Father and of his love, makes man fully manifest to himself and brings to light his exalted vocation."² GS 22. It is in Christ, "the image of the invisible God,"³ Col 1:15; cf. 2 Cor 4:4. that man has been created "in the image and likeness" of the Creator. It is in Christ, Redeemer and Savior, that the divine image, disfigured in man by the first sin, has been restored to its original beauty and ennobled by the grace of God.⁴ Cf. GS 22.