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Part Three Life in Christ Section One Man's Vocation: Life in the Spirit 357. How is the Christian moral life bound up with faith and the sacraments? 1691-1698 What the symbol of faith professes, the sacraments communicate. Indeed, through them the faithful receive the grace of Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit which give them the capability of living a new life as children of God in Christ whom they have received in faith. “O Christian, recognize your dignity.” (Saint Leo the Great) CHAPTER ONE The Dignity of the Human Person MAN THE IMAGE OF GOD 358. What is the root of human dignity? 1699-1715 The dignity of the human person is rooted in his or her creation in the image and likeness of God. Endowed with a spiritual and immortal soul, intelligence and free will, the human person is ordered to God and called in soul and in body to eternal beatitude.