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BIBLICAL ASPECTS
- 488.
- “Before being God’s gift to man and a human project in conformity with the divine plan, peace is in the first place a basic attribute of God.”
- 489.
- “In biblical revelation, peace is much more than the simple absence of war; it represents the fullness of life.”
- 490.
- “Peace is the goal of life in society, as is made extraordinarily clear in the messianic vision of peace: when all peoples will go up to the Lord’s house, and he will teach them his ways and they will walk along the ways of peace.”
- 491.
- “The promise of peace that runs through the entire Old Testament finds its fulfillment in the very person of Jesus.”
- 492.
- “The peace of Christ is in the first place reconciliation with the Father, which is brought about by the ministry Jesus entrusted to his disciples and which beings with the proclamation of peace.”
- “Peace is then reconciliation with one’s brothers and sisters.”
- 493.
- “Working for peace can never be separated from announcing the Gospel, which is in fact the ‘good news of peace’ addressed to all men and women.”
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