Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 134 - Part II.

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YOUCAT Question n. 134 - Part II. Who belongs to the Catholic Church?

(Youcat answer - repeated) Anyone who, in union with the Pope and the bishops, is united to Jesus Christ through profession of the Catholic faith and reception of the sacraments is in full communion with the Catholic Church.         

A deepening through CCC

(CCC 838 a) "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter" (LG 15).    

Reflecting and meditating 

(Youcat comment) God willed one Church for all. Unfortunately we Christians have been unfaithful to this wish of Christ. Nevertheless, even today we are still deeply united with one another by our faith and common Baptism.

(CCC Comment)

(CCC 838 b) Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church" (UR 3).With the Orthodox Churches, this communion is so profound "that it lacks little to attain the fullness that would permit a common celebration of the Lord's Eucharist" (Paul VI, Discourse, December 14, 1975; cf. UR 13-18).    

(The next question is: What is the relation between the Church and the Jews?)