Lesson 2.3 — The Mystery of the Catholic Church
The Church as the Mystical Body of Christ and Sacrament of Salvation.
Founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostle Peter, the Catholic Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. She is the Mystical Body of Christ, carrying out Christ’s saving mission to the ends of the earth.
Primary Magisterial Sources
Church Document (COUNCIL CONSTITUTION)
Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church promulgated by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican Council, defining the nature o...