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Essay / The Church is Holy in three ways - 640
From the Incarnation of the Word, the world received the fullness of divine Revelation in the person of Jesus Christ. Christ entrusted the apostles with the task of transmitting everything he had taught them. In order for them to accomplish this mission, the Father sent the Holy Spirit upon them. The Holy Spirit enabled the apostles to understand the fullness of Christ's teachings and to proclaim them. This definitive Revelation of Christ, which was given to the apostles and which continues today through the Church, is found in Sacred Scripture and in Sacred Tradition, as a deposit of faith. In conclusion "God has entrusted to the Catholic Church all revealed truth" (Theological Flint) If a Christian Church separated itself from the Catholic Church, it would take some of these truths but perhaps not all, therefore "the fullness of "truth" is a term that applies only to the Catholic Church. All religions are the same in a particular way, this is probably due to their unity of faith. Although no religion is truly the same as the Catholic Church, even the churches created during the Protestant movement. As St. Cyprian of Carthage said: “Outside the Church there is no salvation.” Indeed, “all salvation comes from Christ the Head, through the Church which is his body” (CCC). Since Christ, founder of the Catholic Church, is the only path to salvation, it is easily achieved through the Catholic Church, his instrument here on Earth. “Organized religion is a system of faith with a structure in place to define doctrine, standardize worship practices, and administer the organization” (Compelling Truth). We all need organized religion. The Catholic Church being an organized religion, it is guided by the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit keeps the action...... middle of paper ......Christ its founder as head and the Holy Spirit as body. We are united through three aspects These are the unity of faith, the unity of worship and the unity of leadership. The unity of faith is the one faith that has been transmitted by the mystics. apostles. The entire Catholic Church celebrates the same seven sacraments instituted by Christ. The celebration of the Eucharist in a community does not separate that community but brings it closer to all communities under the unity of worship. unified under unity of leadership because “apostolic succession ensures uninterrupted continuity with the teaching and leadership of St. Peter and the apostles.” (The Church: Sacrament of Salvation) The Church continues to cling to the teachings of Christ that the Church is one and unique, even with its unique and diverse members..