“This is the one Church of Christ which in the Creed is professed as
one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, which our Savior, after his
Resurrection, commissioned Peter to shepherd, and him and the other
apostles to extend and direct with authority, which he erected for all
ages as ‘the pillar and mainstay of the truth.’ This Church,
constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the
Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the
Bishops in communion with him, although many elements of sanctification
and of truth are found outside of its visible structure. These
elements, as gifts belonging to the Church of Christ, are forces
impelling toward catholic unity.”
Catholic unity.
Catholic unity around the pillar and mainstay of the truth. That's pretty heavy. I like it.
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