16 September 2020
On the Church
The
Church of Christ is One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic. She is herself a single
spiritual body, whose head is Christ, and who has the one Holy Spirit abiding
in her. The local parts of the Church are members of a single body of the
Universal Church, and they, like branches of a single tree, are nourished by
one and same sap from a single root. She is called holy because she is
sanctified by the holy word, deeds, sacrifice and suffering of her founder,
Jesus Christ, to which end He came in order to save human beings and lead them
to holiness. The Church is called universal because she is not confined by
place, not by time, nor by nation nor language. The Church communicates with
all humanity. The Orthodox Church is called apostolic because the spirit, teaching
and labors of the Apostles of Christ are entirely preserved in her.
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