Catechism Paragraph 1540
Part 2:
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 3: THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
Article 6: THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 3: THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
Article 6: THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
Instituted to proclaim the Word of God and to restore communion with God by sacrifices and prayer,[9] this priesthood nevertheless remains powerless to bring about salvation, needing to repeat its sacrifices ceaselessly and being unable to achieve a definitive sanctification, which only the sacrifice of Christ would accomplish.[10]
š Footnotes
[9]
Cf. Mal 2:7-9.
[10]
Cf. Heb 5:3; 7:27; 101-4.