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

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The very differences which the Lord has willed to put between the members of
his body serve its unity and mission. For “in the Church there is
diversity of ministry but unity of mission. To the apostles and their
successors Christ has entrusted the office of teaching, sanctifying and
governing in his name and by his power. But the laity are made to share in the
priestly, prophetical, and kingly office of Christ; they have therefore, in the
Church and in the world, their own assignment in the mission of the whole
People of God.”³⁸⁷ Finally, “from both groups [hierarchy and
laity] there exist Christian faithful who are consecrated to God in their own
special manner and serve the salvific mission of the Church through the profession
of the evangelical counsels.”³⁸⁸

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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