Paragraph 3: Jesus Christ Was Buried

Catechism of the Catholic Church · Part One › Section Two › Chapter Two › Article 4 · Paragraph 3 (§§624–630)

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§624 — "By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one". In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should not only "die for our sins" but should also "taste death", experience the condition of death, the separation of his soul from his…vatican.va
§625 — Christ's stay in the tomb constitutes the real link between his passible state before Easter and his glorious and risen state today. the same person of the "Living One" can say, "I died, and behold I am alive for evermore":vatican.va
§626 — Since the "Author of life" who was killed is the same "living one [who has] risen", The divine person of the Son of God necessarily continued to possess his human soul and body, separated from each other by death:vatican.va
§627 — Christ's death was a real death in that it put an end to his earthly human existence. But because of the union his body retained with the person of the Son, his was not a mortal corpse like others, for "divine power preserved Christ's body from corruption."vatican.va
§628 — Baptism, the original and full sign of which is immersion, efficaciously signifies the descent into the tomb by the Christian who dies to sin with Christ in order to live a new life.vatican.va

§629 — To the benefit of every man, Jesus Christ tasted death (cf Heb 2:9). It is truly the Son of God made man who died and was buried.vatican.va
§630 — During Christ's period in the tomb, his divine person continued to assume both his soul and his body, although they were separated from each other by death.vatican.va