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1. 748 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" "Christ is the light of humanity; and it is, accordingly, the heart-felt desire of this sacred Council, being gathered together in the Holy Spirit, that, by proclaiming his Gospel to every creature, … →
2. 749 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" The article concerning the Church also depends entirely on the article about the Holy Spirit, which immediately precedes it. "Indeed, having shown that the Spirit is the source and giver of all … →
3. 750 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" To believe that the Church is "holy" and "catholic," and that she is "one" and "apostolic" (as the Nicene Creed adds), is inseparable from belief in God, the Father, the Son, and … →
4. 751 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN The word "Church" (Latin ecclesia, from the Greek ek-ka-lein, to "call out of") means a convocation or an assembly. It designates the assemblies of the people, usually for a religious purpose. 139 … →
5. 752 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN In Christian usage, the word "church" designates the liturgical assembly, 141 but also the local community 142 or the whole universal community of believers. 143 These three meanings are inseparable. "The Church" … →
6. 753 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN In Scripture, we find a host of interrelated images and figures through which Revelation speaks of the inexhaustible mystery of the Church. the images taken from the Old Testament are variations on … →
7. 754 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN "The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and … →
8. 755 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN "The Church is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconciliation of Jews and … →
9. 756 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN "Often, too, the Church is called the building of God. the Lord compared himself to the stone which the builders rejected, but which was made into the comer-stone. On this foundation the … →
10. 757 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN "The Church, further, which is called 'that Jerusalem which is above' and 'our mother', is described as the spotless spouse of the spotless lamb. It is she whom Christ 'loved and for … →
11. 758 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN We begin our investigation of the Church's mystery by meditating on her origin in the Holy Trinity's plan and her progressive realization in history. A plan born in the Father's heart →
12. 759 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN "The eternal Father, in accordance with the utterly gratuitous and mysterious design of his wisdom and goodness, created the whole universe and chose to raise up men to share in his own … →
13. 760 Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN Christians of the first centuries said, "The world was created for the sake of the Church." 153 God created the world for the sake of communion with his divine life, a communion … →
14. 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 … →
15. 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 … →
16. 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 … →
17. 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 … →
18. 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 … →
19. 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 … →
20. 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 … →
21. 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 … →
22. 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 … →
23. 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 … →
24. 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 … →
25. 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 … →
26. 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 … →
27. 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 … →
28. 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 … →
29. 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 … →
30. 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 … →