Why is the Church called catholic? Catholic (Greek kat holon) - TopicsExpress



          

Why is the Church called catholic? Catholic (Greek kat holon) means related to the whole. The Church is catholic because Christ called her to profess the whole faith, to preserve all the sacraments, to administer them and proclaim the Good News to all; and he sent her to all nations. Dig Deeper: CCC section (797-801) Why is the Church holy? The Church is holy, not because all her members are supposedly holy, but rather because God is holy and is at work in her. All the members of the Church are sanctified by Baptism. Whenever we allow ourselves to be touched by the Triune God, we grow in love and become holy and whole. The saints are loversnot because they are able to love so well, but because God has touched them. They pass on the love they have received from God to other people in their own, often original way. Once God takes them home, they also sanctify the Church, because they spend their heaven supporting us on our path to holiness.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:37:48 +0000

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