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

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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“The bishops, as vicars and legates of Christ, govern the particular
Churches assigned to them by their counsels, exhortations, and example, but
over and above that also by the authority and sacred power” which indeed
they ought to exercise so as to edify, in the spirit of service which is that
of their Master.⁴²⁶

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

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team