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Saint Robert Bellarmine: 15 Marks of the Catholic Church. Buhaykatolico 1. The Church’s Name, Catholic, universal, and world wide, and not confined to any particular nation or people. 2. Antiquity, in …More
Saint Robert Bellarmine: 15 Marks of the Catholic Church.
Buhaykatolico 1. The Church’s Name, Catholic, universal, and world wide, and not confined to any particular nation or people.
2. Antiquity, in tracing her ancestry directly to Jesus Christ.
3. Constant Duration, in lasting substantially unchanged for so many centuries.
4. Extensiveness, in the number of her loyal members.
5. Episcopal Succession, of her Bishops from the first Apostles at the Last Supper to the present hierarchy.
6. Doctrinal Agreement, of her doctrine with the teaching of the ancient Church.
7. Union, of her members among themselves, and with their visible head, the Roman Pontiff. 8. Holiness, of doctrine in reflecting the sanctity of GOD. 9. Efficacy, of doctrine in its power to sanctify believers, and inspire them to great moral achievement. 10. Holiness of Life, of the Church’s representative writers and defenders. 11. The glory of Miracles, worked in the Church and under the Church’s auspices. 12. The gift of …More
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