Catechism of the Catholic Church §583 — excerpt
Like the prophets before him Jesus expressed the deepest respect for the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in the Temple that Joseph and Mary presented him forty days after his birth.
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Whole chapters cited: Luke 2 · John 8
