[23] "Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds up. [24] No one should seek his own advantage, but that of his neighbor. [25] Eat anything sold in the market, without raising questions on grounds of conscience, [26] for "the earth and its fullness are the Lord's." [27] If an unbeliever invites you and you want to go, eat whatever is placed before you, without raising questions on grounds of conscience.
(CCC 946 After confessing "the holy catholic Church," the Apostles' Creed adds "the communion of saints." In a certain sense this article is a further explanation of the preceding: "What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints?" (Nicetas, Expl. Symb., 10: PL 52:871B). The communion of saints is the Church. (CCC 953) Communion in charity. In the sanctorum communio, "None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself" (Rom 14:7). "If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it" (1 Cor 12:26-27). "Charity does not insist on its own way" (1 Cor 13:5; cf. 10:24). In this solidarity with all men, living or dead, which is founded on the communion of saints, the least of our acts done in charity redounds to the profit of all. Every sin harms this communion.
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