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Passion
The suffering and death of Jesus Christ, which together with his Resurrection constitute the Paschal Mystery — the central event of salvation history (CCC 571).
The Suffering of Christ
The suffering and death of Jesus Christ, which together with his Resurrection constitute the Paschal Mystery — the central event of salvation history (CCC 571). Christ's Passion was a free, loving act by which he offered himself once for all to the Father in atonement for the sins of humanity (CCC 613–615). The Church celebrates the mystery of the Passion in the Sacred Triduum, especially on Good Friday.
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Why did Christ undergo his Passion? It was a free, loving act by which he offered himself to the Father in atonement for the sins of humanity.
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