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- The Catholic Church is holy because it was founded by Jesus Christ, who is all-holy, and because it teaches, according to the will of Christ, holy doctrines, and provides the means of leading a holy life, thereby giving holy members to every age.
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That the church is holy has never been a guarantee that all its members would be holy. To imply otherwise is to do a great disservice to those who are by aligning them with those who are not. Christ is holy but not all Christians are holy. Why? The answer is very simple: Christ is Holiness in perfection.
- The Church is Apostolic
The list of churches in the world that are “One”, “Holy” and...
- The Church is Catholic
Catholics have sometimes been heard to speak of the four...
- The Church is One
That the Catholic Church’s authority binds the flock in...
- The Real Presence
In the Church the Eucharist occupies a unique place as the...
- Nicene Creed
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,...
- The Church is Apostolic
867 The Church is holy: the Most Holy God is her author; Christ, her bridegroom, gave himself up to make her holy; the Spirit of holiness gives her life. Since she still includes sinners, she is "the sinless one made up of sinners."
The Church is holy because the Holy Spirit (the Sanctifier) lives and dwells in her. On the Feast of Pentecost, Jesus poured out the promise of his Holy Spirit upon the Church and filled her with supernatural life (Acts 2:1-4).
Why is the Catholic Church holy? The Catholic Church is holy because it was founded by Jesus Christ, who is all-holy, and because it teaches, according to the will of Christ, holy doctrines, and provides the means of leading a holy life, thereby giving holy members to every age.
The Catechism notes that the Church is one for three reasons: first, because of its source, which is the Holy Trinity, a perfect unity of three divine persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; second, because of its founder, Jesus Christ, who came to reconcile all mankind through the blood of the cross; and third, because of its “soul,” the ...
He has, however, willed to make men holy and save them, not as individuals without any bond or link between them, but rather to make them into a people who might acknowledge him and serve him in holiness. He therefore chose the Israelite race to be his own people and established a covenant with it.
Aug 8, 2019 · No one English term captures that dual sense of this ancient Greek term quite as well as "catholic." So when the creed states, "I believe in the holy catholic church," it refers to the wholeness of the whole church in all times and places rather than to any specific branch of Christianity.
