CCC 776
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT›Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN
As sacrament, the Church is Christ's instrument. "She is taken up by him also as the instrument for the salvation of all," "the universal sacrament of salvation," by which Christ is "at once manifesting and actualizing the mystery of God's love for men." The Church "is the visible plan of God's love for humanity," because God desires "that the whole human race may become one People of God, form one Body of Christ, and be built up into one temple of the Holy Spirit." IN BRIEF
Footnotes
- LG 9 # 2, 48 # 2; GS 45 # 1.
- Paul VI, June 22, 1973; AG 7 # 2; cf. LG 17.
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