Article 10 – The Holy Catholic Church and the Communion of Saints (9/3)

“I believe in the holy catholic Church, the communion of the saints.”

“The church is what God is building in the world…God’s divine work built on the foundation of Christ.”¹ (See Matthew 16:15-18)

Holy means to be set apart. Read 1 Peter 2:9 and reflect on the ways the apostle describes the nature of the Church.

Catholic means universal. We have a shared fellowship. 

Because we have a shared fellowship:

We share a common confession. (1 John 2:22-23)

We are the “Body of Christ,” joined in mystical communion with Christ and one another. (1 Corinthians 12:27-31; Galatians 3:26-29)

We are a community, not an institution. (Hebrews 10:24-25)

Additional Scripture References: Acts 13:1-3; 14:21-23

1. Timothy C. Tennent, Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Resource for Catechesis and Disciple-Making, 48. ↩︎