899. The initiative of lay Christians is necessary especially when the matter involves discovering or inventing the means for permeating social, political, and economic realities with the demands of Christian doctrine and life. This initiative is a normal element of the life of the Church:
Lay believers are in the front line of Church life; for them the Church is the animating principle of human society. Therefore, they in particular ought to have an ever-clearer consciousness not only of belonging to the Church, but of being the Church, that is to say, the community of the faithful on earth under the leadership of the Pope, the common Head, and of the bishops in communion with him. They are the Church.432
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
267. What is the essential rite of Confirmation?
29. Why is there no contradiction between faith and science?
409. Where can one find the most complete realization of the common good?
56. How do we collaborate with divine Providence?
518. How is justice and solidarity among nations brought about?
81. What is the meaning of the name “Jesus”?
321. What are the sacraments at the service of communion and mission?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How important is community in the midst of suffering, according to Job 42:10-11?
How does Lamentations address the issue of human suffering?
What does the Bible say about the need to forgive, according to Colossians 3:13?
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
What is the seventy week prophecy in Daniel 9?
Justification by Faith: What Does the Bible Say? (Romans 1:17)
