The Catholic Church

Summary

Basic Doctrine

• Church as Mystical Body of Christ
  • Q&A on the Founding and Nature of the Church
• The Identity and Marks of the Church
  • Q&A on the Marks and Attributes of the Church
• The Hierarchical Structure of the Church
• The Church's Teaching Authority
• The Church and Salvation

Apologetics

• Jesus Established a Church
• The Four Marks of the Church
• How the Catholic Church Got Its Name
• How Old Is Your Church?

Reflections

• St. Cyprian: The Unity of the Catholic Church
• Mother Angelica: My Mother--The Church
• Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: The Church as Communion

Excerpts from Church Documents

• Leo XIII's Satis cognitum (On the Unity of the Church)
• Pius XII's Mystici Corporis Christi (On the Mystical Body of Christ)
• Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, on the Church