### 50. Q. Why the next words: “and sits at the right hand of God”?

**A**. Christ ascended to heaven, there to show that he is head of his church,<sup>1</sup> the one through whom the Father governs all things.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Eph. 1:20-23](/get-passage/Ephesians+1:20-23); [Col. 1:18](/get-passage/Colossians+1:18)
<sup>2</sup> [Matt. 28:18](/get-passage/Matthew+28:18); [John 5:22-23](/get-passage/John+5:22-23)