Category: Ecclesiology
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You Will Do Greater Works than These
STEWARDSHIP OF GRACE Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.John 14:12 In the biblical passage John 14:12, Jesus delivers an assuring message to His disciples during the…
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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 him who 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…
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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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Children of God
DIVINE ADOPTION See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We…
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Hold Fast to the Traditions
THE DEPOSIT OF FAITH So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditionswe passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.2 Thessalonians 2, 15 The verse from 2 Thessalonians comes from a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the community in Thessalonica around A.D. 50-51. This…
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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
UNITY IN The Body of Christ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond…
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Test the Spirits
The Infallibility of the Church Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this, you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,…
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The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth
The Rule of faith But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.1 Timothy 3:15 The text from 1 Timothy 3:15 highlights essential elements of the Catholic Church’s doctrine regarding the nature and…
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The Spirit Will Guide You to All Truth
The Development of Doctrine “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears and will declare to you the things that are…
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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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