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The Holy Catholic church : the communion of saints ; a study in the Apostles' creed

CONTENTS I. THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH i. THE CHURCH AND ITS NOTES 'Church' in the New Testament 1 The Unity of the Church 11 Its Holiness 23 Its Catholicity 33 Its Apostolicity 41 Its Visibility 50 Its Indefectibility 55 ii. THE CHURCH IN ITS LIFE, ORDER, AND FUNCTIONS The Life of the Church 64 Its Order 73 Its Priesthood 85 Its Work 93 Its Teaching 106 Its Authority 111 iii. THE CHURCH IN ITS RELATIONS To the Individual 1 19 To the Churches 126 To the World 131 To the Future Life 140 II. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS i. MEANING AND HISTORY OF THE PHRASE In Holy Scripture 145 In early Church writers 152 In the Western Creed 157 ii. THE COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS WITH GOD With the Father 170 With the Son 174 With the Holy Spirit 181 iii. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS IN THE CHURCH MILITANT In the Sacraments 186 In the Spiritual Life 192 In Visible Fellowship 198 iv. THE COMMUNION OF LIVING SAINTS WITH THE DEPARTED Condition of the Faithful Departed 210 Interchange of Prayer 220 Invocation of Saints 230 v. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS IN THE LIFE TO COME In the Intermediate State 245 In the Risen Life 252 ADDITIONAL NOTES (A) On Belief in the Church 259 (B) On the place of Sanctorum Communionem in the Ap

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