The First American Pope
Dr. Matthew Bunson

Review of Teachings on the Church, and How Bishops Share in Jesus’ Ministry
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 Church’s bishops, as successors of the apostles, continue Jesus’ three-fold ministry of priest, prophet, and king/shepherd (based on chapter 3 of Lumen Gentium).
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…...
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…...