With God the Father setting the pace and God the Spirit enabling
as we go, the church in its local congregational expression can become the body of the Son whose full
ministry continues to
unfold in the congregation's midst, not
as our doing, but
as Theirs.
Inasmuch
as the entire people of God partakes in the search for and the
unfolding of the truth of God's word, all the charisms and services are involved according to their station: the theologians by means of their research activities, the faithful by means of their preserving fidelity and piety, the ecclesial
ministries and especially the college of bishops with its function of making binding doctrinal decisions.