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'In the true Christian community there is only one Body, one Spirit, one Lord and one Baptism, so there can be only one Faith.' Pope Pius XII
This is the second part of a three part series. Part I can be read here.
April 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – In the previous part, we discussed the Church’s claim to be ‘one’, which in part refers to her unicity, in that our Lord Jesus Christ founded one Church rather than many. But we went further than is usually explained, presenting the Church’s teaching on her unity of faith and charity, and particularly the united external profession of faith. We showed that the Church teaches that Christ’s prayer (“That they all may be one” John 17.21) was the efficacious cause of a unity of faith and charity which is an essential and indefectible property of her nature, and not a mere aspiration for some possible future unity. We showed that the Church herself teaches that this unity of profession is a ‘motive of credibility’ for her claim to be the true religion of Christ.
We concluded by saying that the current state of things – wherein those who claim to be Catholics (and are recognised as such) are professing contrary things – at least appears to contradict these teachings.
Continued below.
What does it mean for the Catholic Church to be visibly one?
This is the second part of a three part series. Part I can be read here.
April 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – In the previous part, we discussed the Church’s claim to be ‘one’, which in part refers to her unicity, in that our Lord Jesus Christ founded one Church rather than many. But we went further than is usually explained, presenting the Church’s teaching on her unity of faith and charity, and particularly the united external profession of faith. We showed that the Church teaches that Christ’s prayer (“That they all may be one” John 17.21) was the efficacious cause of a unity of faith and charity which is an essential and indefectible property of her nature, and not a mere aspiration for some possible future unity. We showed that the Church herself teaches that this unity of profession is a ‘motive of credibility’ for her claim to be the true religion of Christ.
We concluded by saying that the current state of things – wherein those who claim to be Catholics (and are recognised as such) are professing contrary things – at least appears to contradict these teachings.
Continued below.
What does it mean for the Catholic Church to be visibly one?
