Paragraph 3. THE CHURCH IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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missionary task implies a respectful dialogue with those who do not yet accept
the Gospel.³⁵⁹ Believers can profit from this dialogue by learning to
appreciate better “those elements of truth and grace which are found among
peoples, and which are, as it were, a secret presence of God.”³⁶⁰
They proclaim the Good News to those who do not know it, in order to
consolidate, complete, and raise up the truth and the goodness that God has
distributed among men and nations, and to purify them from error and evil
“for the glory of God, the confusion of the demon, and the happiness of man.”³⁶¹

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 3. THE CHURCH IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team