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Fr. Hardon Archives - Christ to Catholicism - Chapter V. Definition of the Catholic Church
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Christ to Catholicism
PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY
V. Definition of the Catholic Church
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
Up
to this point, our study of the Catholic Church has been primarily historical
and apologetic. We examined the Church from the early beginnings in the Gospel, through
the apostolic age and the centuries of persecution, with special emphasis on the Roman primacy as the most important visible bond
that unites modern Catholicism with the society that Christ established. We
also determined that of all the religious
bodies in the world, only the Catholic Church has the right to profess divine authority for her actions because, like her Founder,
she confirms the profession
by working miracles of power and wisdom which no other body can claim.
From
now on our treatment will be dogmatic, drawing on the Church's teaching about
her own nature and prerogatives, and thus gaining a deeper insight into that
mysterious reality which of all human institutions is the most loved when its
character is properly known, and the most hated when perverted and misunderstood.
As
the ground plan for later analysis, we must know what the Church is. How do
we define it? What are its essential properties? These
may be found in the writings
of the popes and the general councils, or in the common teaching of ecclesiologists. And the agreement on what constitutes
the Church is uniform in Catholic
theology. However, the definition of the Church may be approached from two as"
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