Brief Overview Christ established the Church with a visible structure that includes human leaders to continue his mission on earth until his return. The appointment of leaders does…
Brief Overview The Holy Spirit's guidance and the Church's visible structure work together as complementary aspects of God's plan for the Church rather than competing forces. Christ established…
Brief Overview The Catholic Church teaches that all baptized believers possess true equality in dignity because of their rebirth in Christ through baptism. Offices in the Church exist…
Brief Overview Christ possesses divine omnipresence as the Second Person of the Trinity, making Him present everywhere by His divine nature. The Eucharistic presence represents a unique mode…
Brief Overview The Eucharist makes present the one sacrifice of Christ on Calvary in a sacramental manner rather than repeating it. Scripture teaches that Christ's sacrifice was offered…
Brief Overview The Catholic Church teaches that salvation involves both an interior transformation of the heart and exterior actions that flow from that changed heart. Faith and works…
Brief Overview Christ did promise unity to His Church, particularly through His priestly prayer in John 17, where He petitioned the Father that all believers might be one…
Brief Overview The Catholic Church professes her unity as one of her four essential marks, rooted in the Trinity and established by Christ himself. Divisions among Christians resulted…
Brief Overview The Catholic Church teaches that grace and human effort work together in a relationship of cooperation rather than opposition. Grace comes first and makes all human…
Brief Overview Divine discipline reflects God's paternal love and serves to form us into the image of Christ rather than to harm or punish vindictively. The Catholic Church…
