Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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“The Church . . . will receive its perfection only in the glory of
heaven,”¹⁷⁹ at the time of Christ’s glorious return. Until that
day, “the Church progresses on her pilgrimage amidst this world’s
persecutions and God’s consolations.”¹⁸⁰ Here below she knows that
she is in exile far from the Lord, and longs for the full coming of the Kingdom,
when she will “be united in glory with her king.”¹⁸¹ The
Church, and through her the world, will not be perfected in glory without great
trials. Only then will “all the just from the time of Adam, ‘from Abel,
the just one, to the last of the elect,’ . . . be gathered together in the
universal Church in the Father’s presence.”¹⁸²

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