Why the Church?

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Agreed statements have been agreed by the dialogue members and submitted to the sponsoring churches for study. These texts express the careful considerations of the members of the dialogue but are not official statements of either of the churches.

Author/editor(s): AUSTARC
Creation: 2007 (The date of original creation or publication, if known)

Persistent link: https://iarccum.org/doc/?d=229 (Please use this permanent URL in your publications and bookmarks to link to this document. The files linked below may be modified, but this record will remain at this location.)

Citation:
Australian Anglican and Roman Catholic Conversation. Why the Church? (2007). https://iarccum.org/doc/?d=229.

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The church matters because it is the living memory of Jesus. The church is the community that tells the story of Jesus today. In spite of all its tragic failures, its human limitations, and the terrible sins committed in its name, the church embodies the story of Jesus.
The church proclaims and witnesses to Christ and to the great biblical narrative that moves from creation to final salvation. The church holds, proclaims, and passes on Jesus’ preaching of the reign of God, his command to love the enemy, his healing ministry, his priority for the poor and the sinner, his challenge to the wealthy and to the religious establishment, his formation of a community of disciples, and his life-giving death and resurrection.


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