816. “The sole Church of Christ [is that] which our Savior, after his Resurrection, entrusted to Peter’s pastoral care, commissioning him and the other apostles to extend and rule it…. This Church, constituted and organized as a society in the present world, subsists in (subsistit in) in) the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him.”267
The Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism explains: “For it is through Christ’s Catholic Church alone, which is the universal help toward salvation, that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It was to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, that we believe that our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant, in order to establish on earth the one Body of Christ into which all those should be fully incorporated who belong in any way to the People of God.”268
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
16. To whom is given the task of authentically interpreting the deposit of faith?
54. How did God create the universe?
8. What are the next stages of God’s Revelation?
1. What is the plan of God for man?
440. Why does the Decalogue enjoin serious obligations?
154. What are the characteristics of the people of God?
168. Who belongs to the Catholic Church?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is Ahijah’s prophecy in 1 Kings 11 and what is its importance in Israel’s history?
What does the Bible say about the need to forgive, according to Colossians 3:13?
What can we learn about divine wrath and protection of the righteous from the book of Nahum?
