The Holy Spirit and the Church

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The Holy Spirit and the Church

• Paraclete
• Counsellor
• Indweller

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The Revelation of the Spirit

• Old Testament
• intermittent manifestation
• raising up prophets, wise men, heroes
• New Testament 692, 733-5
• anointing of Christ with the Spirit
• sending of the Spirit as Advocate
• Life of the Church 687, 797
• intimately present in each person
• Temples of the Holy Spirit - Indwelling

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The Role of the Spirit

• Recall to the minds of the apostles the teachings
  of Christ
• to insure the deposit of faith
• to guide the founding of the Church
• Preserve
• the Church in its integrity as the Body of Christ
  
• the liturgical worship of the Church
• Help interpret the Faith and apply it to daily
  life and needs of the faithful
• Show Christ to all and lead to the Trinity
• direct each Christian in personal vocation and
  purpose
• help each in weakness and teach to pray

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The Church

• Body 792, 793
• Oneness with and dependence upon Christ
• Christ the Sun Church the moon
• Medium of encounter with Christ her Head
• Bride 796, 772, 773
• Distinct in her person from Person of Christ
• Called to work in complement in Mission
• Redeemed, restored, recreated by Christ
• born from the side of Christ sleeping on Cross
• New Eve Mother of New Creation

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The Church

• The Church is the community, local and universal,
  of those people who have adhered to Christ by
  faith and baptism, and who desire to persevere in
  a life nourished by the Word of God and the
  sacraments, consecrated to the witness and
  service of the Gospel in charity.
• The Church is the sign and instrument of unity
  775, 776

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The Church

• Foundation 763, 766
• Jesus constituted the Twelve Apostles as the
  Foundation Stones of the one Church
• On the Cross, Church is born of Spirit of the
  Crucified
• At Pentecost, Church is given universal mission
  to proclaim the Gospel
• Purpose Sanctified in order to sanctify the
  world
• Nature Hidden Mystery and Visible Institution
• overflows the boundaries of the Church774, 770
• an infrastructure for service 771

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I Believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
Church The Four Marks of the Church
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Four Marks of the Church

• One
• one Savior Mediator
• one Sacrifice
• one Faith
• one Baptism
• one Hope

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Four Marks of the Church

• Holy
• indwelling of the Spirit
• sanctified by Word and Sacraments
• holy church of sinners

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Four Marks of the Church

• Catholic or Universal
• fullness of Christ
• fullness of Truth
• fullness of Life - diversity of cultures

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Four Marks of the Church

• Apostolic
• built on foundation of apostles and prophets
• apostolic succession
• faithful to scripture
• missionary

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Four Marks of the Church

• One
• one Savior Mediator
• one Sacrifice
• one Faith
• one Baptism
• one Hope
• Holy
• indwelling of the Spirit
• sanctified by Word and Sacraments
• holy church of sinners

• Catholic or Universal
• fullness of Christ
• fullness of Truth
• fullness of Life - diversity of cultures
• Apostolic
• built on foundation of apostles and prophets
• apostolic succession
• faithful to scripture
• missionary