De Ecclesia
The One Holy Church
The Church is one, holy, and enduring forever.
Likewise, they teach that there is one holy Church, which will remain forever.
A Congregation of Saints
The Church is recognized as the gathering of saints where the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments rightly administered.
The Church is, however, a congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered.
The Marks of True Unity
True church unity rests on agreement in Gospel teaching and Sacrament administration, not on human traditions, grounded in the one faith and one baptism confessed by Paul.
And to preserve the true unity of the Church, it is enough to agree on the teaching of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments. Nor is it necessary that human traditions, rites, or ceremonies instituted by people be the same everywhere. As Paul says: One faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, etc.
Read the original Latin
Item docent, quod una sancta Ecclesia perpetuo mansura sit. Est autem Ecclesia congregatio sanctorum, in qua Evangelium recte docetur, et recte administrantur Sacramenta. Et ad veram unitatem Ecclesiae, satis est consentire de doctrina Evangelii et administratione Sacramentorum. Nec necesse est ubique esse similes traditiones humanas, seu ritus aut ceremonias ab hominibus institutas. Sicut inquit Paulus, Una fides, unus baptisma, unus Deus et pater omnium, etc.
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