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1875 Venial sin constitutes a moral
disorder that is reparable by charity, which it allows
to subsist in us. 1876 The repetition of sins even venial
ones engenders vices, among which are the capital
sins. 1877 The vocation of humanity is to show forth
the image of God ~ and to be transformed into the image of
the Fathers only Son. This vocation takes a personal
form since each of us is called to enter into the divine
beatitude; it also concerns the human community as a whole.
1878 All men are called to the same end:
God himself. There is a certain resemblance between the
unity of the divine persons and 1702 the
fraternity that men are to establish among themselves in
truth and love. Love of neighbour is inseparable from
love for God. 1879 The human
person needs to live in society. Society is not for 1936
him an extraneous addition but a requirement of his nature.
Through the exchange with others, mutual service and
dialogue with his brethren, man develops his potential; he
thus responds to his vocation.2 i88o
A society is a group of persons bound together
organically by 771 a principle of unity that goes beyond
each one of them. As an assembly that is at once visible and
spiritual, a society endures through time: it gathers up the
past and prepares for the future. By means of society, each
man is established as an heir and receives
certain talents that enrich his identity and
whose fruits he must develop.3 He rightly owes loyalty to
the communities of which he is part, and respect to those in
authority who have charge of the common good. |
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