Catechism of the Catholic Church
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813 The Church is one because of her source: "the highest exemplar and source of this mystery is the unity, in the Trinity of Persons, of one God, the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit." 259 The Church is one because of her founder: for "the Word made flesh, the prince of peace, reconciled all men to God by the cross, . . . restoring the unity of all in one people and one body." 260 The Church is one because of her "soul": "It is the Holy Spirit, dwelling in those who believe and pervading and ruling over the entire Church, who brings about that wonderful communion of the faithful and joins them together so intimately in Christ that he is the principle of the Church's unity." 261 Unity is of the essence of the Church:
What an astonishing mystery! There is one Father of the universe, one Logos of the universe, and also one Holy Spirit, everywhere one and the same; there is also one virgin become mother, and I should like to call her "Church." 262
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PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH |
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SECTION TWO: THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH |
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CHAPTER THREE: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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ARTICLE 9: "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH" |
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Paragraph 3. The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic |
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I. THE CHURCH IS ONE |
Notes for the above paragraph:
259 UR 2 § 5.260 GS 78 § 3.
261 UR 2 § 2.
262 St. Clement Of Alexandria, Paed. 1, 6, 42: PG 8,300.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
