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Catechism› 3.Life in ChristPart 3› 1.Man’s Vocation Life in the SpiritSection 1› 1.The Dignity of the Human PersonChapter 1› 3.Man’s FreedomArt. 3› I.Freedom and ResponsibilityI.

CCC 1733

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The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. the choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin." Cf. Rom 6:17.

In the Compendium: Q363

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