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815 What are these bonds of unity? Above all, charity "binds everything together in perfect harmony." ²⁶⁵ But the unity of the pilgrim Church is also assured by visible bonds of communion: - profession of one faith received from the Apostles; -common celebration of divine worship, especially of the sacraments; - apostolic succession through the sacrament of Holy Orders, maintaining the fraternal concord of God's family. ²⁶⁶

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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:

265 Col 3:14.

266 Cf. UR 2; LG 14; CIC, can. 205.

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