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Nature and Mission of The Church 2023
Nature and Mission of The Church 2023
Nature and Mission of The Church 2023
The term church comes from the Greek word ekklesia, meaning “assembly.”
The Church is not simply a building or an institution, but a community of
believers.
What are the three requirements to belong to the Church?
What are the three requirements to belong to
the Church?
1. TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST: The first requirement to join the Church is to
believe that Jesus is the Christ, as professed by St. Peter: “You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). Those who do not believe that
Jesus is God cannot be called Christians.
1. ONE,
2. HOLY,
3. CATHOLIC,
4. APOSTOLIC.
Why is the Church ONE?
The Church is one, as opposite to many, because Jesus wants all his
disciples to be united in one community, under the guidance of the Pope.
As he said: “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church”
(Matthew 16:18).
The true Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church; however, in the
course of two thousand years, many Christian Churches and
Denominations have separated.
Although the Church is holy, some of her members commit serious crimes
and provoke scandals. Jesus allowed Judas Iscariot to join the college of
the Apostles, although he knew he was a traitor, precisely to give us a
warning: that in every twelve shepherds, there might be a bad one.