Bash Goppee/Ecclesiology Assignment

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Bash Goppee/ Ecclesiology Assignment
03/14/2018
Question: How can one understand the Church to be holy? Christ established His Church and appointed Peter, the leader of His Church. The Church, organized and constituted as a society in this world subsists in the Catholic Church, (LG8). It is in the Church that all the means necessary for salvation is found and it is made available to all mankind. Christ is the Head of the Church; “His Mystical Body” who is forever present, although invisible within the Church; His grace flows out towards all throughout the world. When we profess our faith in God, in the Nicene Creed, we acknowledge that the Church is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. The Word “holy” means “associated with God’ . Consequently, …show more content…

Christ said The Holy Spirit will guide the Church in the way of truth. (LG 4) “and the gates of Hades will not overcome it”. (Matt.16:18) The Church belongs to God, and therefore she maintains God’s truth, and holiness, through her moral, ethical and impeccable teachings of the faith. It is the same teaching which was revealed by God to Her in the very beginning. The Church, in Her profound responsibilities of celebrating the Sacraments, are holy. Through the sacrament of Baptism, mankind is cleansed from their original sin and are reborn as children of God, members of Christ and incorporated into the Church. (CCC. 1213). The members are strengthened with the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Church also has the power to heal and absolves the sins of her members through the Blood of “The Head” – Christ, and His gift of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Penance. The Church takes her members to the summit with the Supreme Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist –The Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. They form a communion with the universal Church to participate in the Lord’s own sacrifice. (CCC.1322) In consequence, God uses Her to save the

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