Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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In the Church this communion of men with God, in the “love [that] never
ends,” is the purpose which governs everything in her that is a
sacramental means, tied to this passing world.¹⁹²
“[The Church’s] structure is totally ordered to the holiness of Christ’s
members. and holiness is measured according to the ‘great mystery’ in which the
Bride responds with the gift of love to the gift of the
Bridegroom.”¹⁹³ Mary goes before us all in the holiness that is
the Church’s mystery as “the bride without spot or
wrinkle.”¹⁹⁴ This is why the “Marian” dimension of the
Church precedes the “Petrine.”¹⁹⁵

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
  - Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”
    - Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team