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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› 7.The VirtuesArt. 7› II.The Theological VirtuesII.› Charity

CCC 1822

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Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.

In the Compendium: Q388

Read the full chapter 1. The Dignity of the Human Person ¶1700–1876

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