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

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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“Let
us be very careful not to conceive of the universal Church as the simple sum,
or . . . the more or less anomalous federation of essentially different particular
churches. In the mind of the Lord the Church is universal by vocation and
mission, but when she pub down her roots in a variety of cultural, social, and
human terrains, she takes on different external expressions and appearances in
each part of the world.”³¹⁸ The rich variety of ecclesiastical
disciplines, liturgical rites, and theological and spiritual heritages proper
to the local churches “unified in a common effort, shows all the more
resplendently the catholicity of the undivided Church.”³¹⁹

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