CCC 2782

We can adore the Father because he has caused us to be reborn to his life by adopting us as his children in his only Son: by Baptism, he incorporates us into the Body of his Christ; through the anointing of his Spirit who flows from the head to the members, he makes us other "Christs."

God, indeed, who has predestined us to adoption as his sons, has conformed us to the glorious Body of Christ. So then you who have become sharers in Christ are appropriately called "Christs."³⁴ St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catech. myst. 3, 1: PG 33, 1088PG — Patrologia Graeca (Migne)A. The new man, reborn and restored to his God by grace, says first of all, "Father!" because he has now begun to be a son.³⁵ St. Cyprian, De Dom. orat. 9: PL 4, 525PL — Patrologia Latina (Migne)A.