Category: Ecclesiology
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A Chosen Race, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation
The Mystical Body of Christ You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of himwho called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.1 Peter 2, 9 1 Peter Chapter 1 is set against the backdrop of the early Christian community…
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A Witness with Us
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.” So they proposed…
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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
The Mystical Body of Christ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were calledto the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith,one baptism, one God and Father of all,who is above all and through all and in all.Ephesians 4, 4-5 In Protestantism, it is believed that anyone who professes faith…
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The Church Is Catholic
Ecclesiology I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world,and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name,the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.John 17, 11 Since the time of the Apostles, the Church has viewed itself as…
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Upon this Rock
Papal Infallibility & Primacy of Authority He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to…
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