The Church - Hierarchy, Laity, and Consecrated LIfe
ARTICLE 9
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY
CATHOLIC CHURCH
PA R A G R A P H 4
C H R I S T ' S FA I T H F U L - H I E R A R C H Y, L A I T Y,
C O N S E C R AT E D L I F E
Sem. Mark Anthony Bunsalan
Sem. Carl Albert Casipit
Sem. Von Ryan L. Relos
Sources
https://
www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/chura3.htm
Christifideles Laici - John Paul II - PostSynodal Apostolic Exhortation (December 30,
1988)
http
://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocati
ons/consecrated-life
/
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Youtube.com
Report Outline
i. INTRODUCTION ii. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE
CHURCH iii. THE LAY FAITHFUL iv. THE CONSECRATED LIFE
INTRODUCTION
“The Christian faithful are those who, inasmuch as they have been incorporated in
Christ through Baptism, have been constituted as the people of God; for this reason, since they have become sharers in Christ's priestly, prophetic, and royal office in their own manner, they are called to exercise the mission which
God has entrusted to the Church to fulfill in the world, in accord with the condition proper to each one.”
The very differences which the Lord has willed to put between the members of his body serve its unity and mission.
For "in the Church there is diversity of ministry but unity of mission. To the apostles and their successors Christ has entrusted the office of teaching, sanctifying and governing in his name and by his power.
But the laity are made to share in the priestly, prophetical, and kingly office of Christ; they have therefore, in the Church and in the world, their own assignment in the mission of the whole People of God."
Finally, "from both groups [hierarchy and laity] there exist Christian faithful who are consecrated to God in their own special manner and serve the salvific mission of the
Church through the profession of the evangelical counsels."
I. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION
OF THE CHURCH
VIDEO
Pope St. Pius X said that ‘’the Church is essentially an unequal society, that is, a
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY
CATHOLIC CHURCH
PA R A G R A P H 4
C H R I S T ' S FA I T H F U L - H I E R A R C H Y, L A I T Y,
C O N S E C R AT E D L I F E
Sem. Mark Anthony Bunsalan
Sem. Carl Albert Casipit
Sem. Von Ryan L. Relos
Sources
https://
www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/chura3.htm
Christifideles Laici - John Paul II - PostSynodal Apostolic Exhortation (December 30,
1988)
http
://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocati
ons/consecrated-life
/
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Youtube.com
Report Outline
i. INTRODUCTION ii. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE
CHURCH iii. THE LAY FAITHFUL iv. THE CONSECRATED LIFE
INTRODUCTION
“The Christian faithful are those who, inasmuch as they have been incorporated in
Christ through Baptism, have been constituted as the people of God; for this reason, since they have become sharers in Christ's priestly, prophetic, and royal office in their own manner, they are called to exercise the mission which
God has entrusted to the Church to fulfill in the world, in accord with the condition proper to each one.”
The very differences which the Lord has willed to put between the members of his body serve its unity and mission.
For "in the Church there is diversity of ministry but unity of mission. To the apostles and their successors Christ has entrusted the office of teaching, sanctifying and governing in his name and by his power.
But the laity are made to share in the priestly, prophetical, and kingly office of Christ; they have therefore, in the Church and in the world, their own assignment in the mission of the whole People of God."
Finally, "from both groups [hierarchy and laity] there exist Christian faithful who are consecrated to God in their own special manner and serve the salvific mission of the
Church through the profession of the evangelical counsels."
I. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION
OF THE CHURCH
VIDEO
Pope St. Pius X said that ‘’the Church is essentially an unequal society, that is, a