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Creed: §378 — Tolle Lege

Catechism

§378

Creed › … › Paragraph 6. Man

IV. MAN IN PARADISE

The sign of man's familiarity with God is that God places him in the garden. There he lives "to till it and keep it". Work is not yet a burden, but rather the collaboration of man and woman with God in perfecting the visible creation.

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Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican.va)