Catechism index

761 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The gathering together of the People of God began at the moment when sin destroyed the communion of men with God, and that of men among themselves. the gathering together of the …
762 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The remote preparation for this gathering together of the People of God begins when he calls Abraham and promises that he will become the father of a great people. 157 Its immediate …
763 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 It was the Son's task to accomplish the Father's plan of salvation in the fullness of time. Its accomplishment was the reason for his being sent. 160 "The Lord Jesus inaugurated his …
764 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 "This Kingdom shines out before men in the word, in the works and in the presence of Christ." 163 To welcome Jesus' word is to welcome "the Kingdom itself." 164 The seed …
765 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Lord Jesus endowed his community with a structure that will remain until the Kingdom is fully achieved. Before all else there is the choice of the Twelve with Peter as their …
766 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Church is born primarily of Christ's total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. "The origin and growth of the Church are …
767 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 "When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that he might continually sanctify …
768 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 So that she can fulfill her mission, the Holy Spirit "bestows upon [the Church] varied hierarchic and charismatic gifts, and in this way directs her." 177 "Henceforward the Church, endowed with the …
769 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 "The Church . . . will receive its perfection only in the glory of heaven," 179 at the time of Christ's glorious return. Until that day, "the Church progresses on her pilgrimage …
770 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Church is in history, but at the same time she transcends it. It is only "with the eyes of faith" 183 that one can see her in her visible reality and …
771 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 "The one mediator, Christ, established and ever sustains here on earth his holy Church, the community of faith, hope, and charity, as a visible organization through which he communicates truth and grace …
772 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 It is in the Church that Christ fulfills and reveals his own mystery as the purpose of God's plan: "to unite all things in him." 189 St. Paul calls the nuptial union …
773 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 In the Church this communion of men with God, in the "love [that] never ends," is the purpose which governs everything in her that is a sacramental means, tied to this passing …
774 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Greek word mysterion was translated into Latin by two terms: mystenum and sacramentum. In later usage the term sacramentum emphasizes the visible sign of the hidden reality of salvation which was …
775 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 "The Church, in Christ, is like a sacrament - a sign and instrument, that is, of communion with God and of unity among all men." 197 The Church's first purpose is to …
776 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 As sacrament, the Church is Christ's instrument. "She is taken up by him also as the instrument for the salvation of all," "the universal sacrament of salvation," by which Christ is "at …
777 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The word "Church" means "convocation." It designates the assembly of those whom God's Word "convokes," i.e., gathers together to form the People of God, and who themselves, nourished with the Body of …
778 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Church is both the means and the goal of God's plan: prefigured in creation, prepared for in the Old Covenant, founded by the words and actions of Jesus Christ, fulfilled by …
779 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Church is both visible and spiritual, a hierarchical society and the Mystical Body of Christ. She is one, yet formed of two components, human and divine. That is her mystery, which …
780 Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155 The Church in this world is the sacrament of salvation, the sign and the instrument of the communion of God and men.