Paragraph 4. CHRIST’S FAITHFUL – HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Likewise, it belongs to the sacramental nature of ecclesial ministry that it
have a collegial character. In fact, from the beginning of his ministry, the
Lord Jesus instituted the Twelve as “the seeds of the new Israel and the
beginning of the sacred hierarchy.”³⁹⁵ Chosen together, they were
also sent out together, and their fraternal unity would be at the service of
the fraternal communion of all the faithful: they would reflect and witness to
the communion of the divine persons.³⁹⁶ For this reason every bishop
exercises his ministry from within the episcopal college, in communion with the
bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter and head of the college. So also
priests exercise their ministry from within the presbyterium of the diocese,
under the direction of their bishop.

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 4. CHRIST’S FAITHFUL – HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE

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