“Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.” FoundJesusChurchHolyCatholicFidelityApostolic Author:Pope John XXIII
“Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second centuries. For nearly all Christians since that time, Catholics, Protestants, or Orthodox, have shared three basic premises. First, they accept the canon of the New Testament; second, they confess the apostolic creed; and third, they affirm specific forms of church institution. But every one of these - the canon of Scripture, the creed, and the institutional structure - emerged in its present form only toward the end of the second century.” FirstsMayEndsShowsChristianFormReligionThreeChurchAcceptingChristianityCenturyThirdsCatholicInstitutionsStructureComplexesScriptureContemporaryOrthodoxCreedsDiverseTestamentPremisesNew TestamentProtestantsChristian ChurchCanonApostolicUnanimity Author:Elaine Pagels
“In fact, there is only one true and holy religion, founded and instituted by Christ Our Lord. Mother and Nurse of the virtues, Destroyer of vice, Liberator of souls, Guide to true happiness, she is called Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman.” SoulFactsMotherChristLordVirtueHolyCatholicSalvationVicesGuidesNurseOur LordTrue HappinessDestroyersApostolicLiberators Author:Pope Pius IX
“By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which we believe that no one is saved.” BelieveHeartChurchHolyMouthsCatholicSalvationSavedHereticRoman CatholicApostolicApostolic Church Author:Pope Innocent III
“If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last portion that which has been handed down and preached in the holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church of God...let him be anathema.” IfsMindDoeHas BeensLastsFatherChurchHolyDown AndCatholicCatholicismPortionsApostolicAnathemaApostolic Church Author:Pope Martin I
“Is it permitted for Catholics to be present at, or to take part in, conventions, gatherings, meetings, or societies of non-Catholics which aim to associate together under a single agreement everyone who, in any way, lays claim to the name of Christian? In the negative! ... It is clear, therefore, why this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics. There is one way in which the unity of Christians may be fostered, and that is by furthering the return to the one true Church of Christ for those who are separated from Her.” WayMayChristianTogetherNamesChristChurchClearSubjectsReturnNegativeClaimsAimCatholicLaysMeetingsUnityOne WayAgreementConventionsAssociatesGatheringAssemblyApostolicChurch Of Christ Author:Pope Pius X
“We are compelled, our faith urging us, to believe and to hold—and we do firmly believe and simply confess—that there is one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, outside of which there is neither salvation nor remission of sins.” BelieveChurchSinHolyCatholicSalvationCompelledApostolicRemissionApostolic Church Author:Pope Boniface VIII
“Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us that We protect the faithful from evil and error; especially so when evil and error are presented in dynamic language which, concealing vague notions and ambiguous expressions with emotional and high-sounding words, is likely to set ablaze the hearts of men in pursuit of ideals which, whilst attractive, are nonetheless nefarious.” MenHeartEvilLanguagePowerfulWatchesEmotionalExpressionDisciplineIntegrityProtectIdealsCatholicErrorsNotionPursuitFaithfulAttractivePurityVagueMandatesAmbiguousConcealingApostolic Author:Pope Pius X
“This Apostolic Church never turned from the way of truth nor held any kind of error. It is imperative that nothing of the truths which have been defined be lessened, nothing altered, nothing added, but that they be preserved intact in word and meaning. This is the true rule of faith.” WayKindHas BeensChurchCatholicErrorsDefinedImperativesAlteredApostolicApostolic Church Author:Pope Agatho