What is the chief teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus Christ?
The chief teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus Christ is that He is God made man. 80. Why is Jesus Christ God? Jesus Christ is God because He is the only Son of God, having the same divine nature as His Father. (a) Jesus Christ is the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, who from eternity proceeds by true spiritual generation from the Father. (b) We believe Jesus Christ is God because God Himself revealed this truth: first, through the Prophets of the Old Testament who foretold that the promised Redeemer would be God; second, through Christ Himself, who claimed to be God and confirmed His own testimony by the holiness of His life, by the fulfillment of His prophecies, and by the miracles He worked in His own name and by His own power, especially His Resurrection. (c) A miracle is something that is not according to the usual course of created nature, surpasses the power of all creatures, and consequently can be produced only by the power of God. (d) The senses must be able to ob
