I believe in the Church of Christ

Abstract

At each Sunday Eucharist and during special ceremonies throughout the liturgical year, we profess our faith by saying: I believe in one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church. We may ponder: What is this Church? What is its structure and why do we need to profess our faith in the Church? Answering the above questions, we come to the very essence of the Church. The Second Vatican Council teaches: „The Church as a community of faith, hope and charity is a community endowed with hierarchical organs and at the same time the Mystical Body of Christ, the visible assembly and the spiritual community, the earthly Church and the Church enriched with heavenly things. This community cannot be understood as two separate things, on the contrary – they form a single complex reality which coalesces from a divine and a human element, resembling the mystery of the Incarnate Word” (LG 8). Thus, we are dealing with an indivisible, divine and human Church, i.e. holy and sinful, spiritual and material Church. Materialism, a tendency to sin and selfishness turning into pride often make many people unable to understand Church and abandon the desire to be part of it. As rational beings, we strive to know the truth, but Satan took away the reason from many people so that they would not know the truth. Let us consider the Church as our home and the place where we mature and gain holiness.