En la opcion de los redactores del Catecismo late la concepcion catolica de la justificacion, que viene expuesta al filo de la doctrina sobre el Bautismo y la Penitencia: la gracia y las virtudes, que el Catecismo llama con San Pablo "
pignus Spiritus Sancti", constituyen al hombre en nueva criatura.
(2) The concept was not a particularly new one; the Romans had, centuries before, developed the concept of the obligare rem, by which a creditor took an interest in a
pignus (the object of a security interest) to secure a debt.
It embodies the triple time-sign of collective memory, in this case of Eucharistic remembrance: "O sacred banquet in which Christ is received: his suffering is remembered [past], [our] mind is filled with grace [present], and we receive a pledge of glory that is to be ours [future] (O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur, recolitur memoria passionis eius, mens impletur gratia, et futurae gloriae nobis
pignus datur)."
O sacrum convivium in quo Christus sumitur: recolitur memoria passionis ejus, mens implentur gratia, et futurae gloriae, nobis
pignus datur, Alleluya.
Pignus pongola: Wesolowska & Haddad 2009: 73, figs 147-151.
(169) Furthermore, security interests such as pledge (
pignus) and mortgage (hypotheca) are discussed under the heading of obligation, (170) not property.