Category: Lumen Gentium

The Church has received this solemn mandate of Christ to proclaim the saving truth from the apostles and must carry it out to the very ends of the earth.

In Christ and the Church there is no inequality on the basis of race or nationality, social condition or sex, because “there is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all ‘one’ in Christ Jesus.

The laity, by their very vocation, seeks the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God.

The laity share in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly office of Christ.

For the nurturing and constant growth of the People of God, Christ the Lord instituted in His Church a variety of ministries, which work for the good of the whole body.

The Virgin Mary, who at the message of the angel received the Word of God in her heart and her body and gave Life to the world, is acknowledged and honored as being truly the Mother of God and Mother of the Redeemer.

Christ, the one Mediator, established and continually sustains here on earth His holy Church, the community of faith, hope and charity.

The Church, or, in other words, the kingdom of Christ now present in mystery, grows visibly through the power of God in the world.

Christ is the light of humanity, and it is the Church’s role to reflect and radiate that light to the world.

The Church is a sign and instrument of a closely-knit union with God and of the unity of the whole human race.