The Church: people of God,
body of Christ, temple of the Spirit
153. Why is the Church the ‘people of God’?body of Christ, temple of the Spirit
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The Church is the ‘people of God’ because it pleased God to sanctify and save men not in isolation but by making them into one people gathered together by the unity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
154. What are the characteristics of the people of God?
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One becomes a member of this people through faith in Christ and Baptism. This people has for itsorigin God the Father; for its head Jesus Christ; for its hallmark the dignity and freedom of the sons of God; for its law the new commandment of love; for its mission to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world; and for its destiny the Kingdom of God, already begun on earth.
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