Following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism of the Catholic Church reveals a new emphasis and clarity on the essential role and mission of lay…...

Jesus' promise that the Holy Spirit would guide the Church into all truth is fulfilled in this gift of infallibility: that God's people would know with certainty the…...

Jesus commissioned his Apostles to guide and lead his Church, and they passed on this authority to others. By the beginning of the second century, each local church…...

Dr. Schreck reviews how the Catholic catechesis on the Church follows the order of Vatican II's "Dogmatic Constitution on the Church" (Lumen Gentium). He then describes how the…...

The final 'mark' of the Church is "apostolic." What does that mean? Certainly, it refers to the apostles and their mission and ministry. But who carried on this…...

What does it mean that "the Church is holy?" Some think it means perfect or sinless, which is obviously not the case for the Church on earth. Dr.…...

Dr. Schreck explores the meaning of the Apostles' Creed's profession of belief in the Church as catholic. He also explains the relation of the Catholic Church to non-Christian…...

Dr. Schreck begins a study of the four marks of the Church, which we profess in the Apostles' Creed. We begin with our belief that the Church is…...

The central image of the Church presented at the Second Vatican Council is as the people of God. God has chosen to save us, not as individuals, but…...

Dr. Alan Schreck begins to explore the Catholic Church's belief in and understanding of the Church. The Church is the work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,…...