Sentences with phrase «full communion among»

In such a situation, the ecumenical task» the quest for full communion among all Christians» is not optional for those who would be faithful to the church's Lord.

The hoped - for consequence of the Catholic Church's irrevocable devotion to full communion among all Christians will bring with it changes that we can not now anticipate, as is also made clear in Ut Unum Sint.

When full communion among all Christians is realized, nobody will feel a need to speak of the Roman Catholic Church, and there will certainly be no talk of «returning» to Rome, for then there will be, quite simply and comprehensively, the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

The goal is no longer an institutional merger but a committed relationship of full communion among the participating churches in 2002, with the name Churches Uniting in Christ.

Not exact matches

The Council teaching readily recognizes the evidence of Christian faith and holiness outside the boundaries of the Catholic Church; evidence, one might add, that is sometimes more conspicuous than the evidence found among some who are in full communion with the Church.

Among the Orthodox, according to Catholic doctrine, there are not just ecclesial communities but «particular churches,» although they are, in the language of CDF, «wounded» by the lack of full communion with the ministry of Peter exercised by the bishop of Rome.)

Just for your information, the Episcopal Church is a member in full communion with the 80 million member Anglican Communion, which regardless of differences over social issues among its churches is still the THIRD largest body of Christians in the WORLD after Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity.

Those who come from other ecclesial communities and enter into full communion with the Catholic Church encounter great joy among some Catholics that they have, not to put too fine a point on it, «come over to our side.»