The Christian Faith

This section of the website provides more extended teaching on larger content areas, such as the Creed and the Sacraments. It begins with Introduction·to the Christian Faith.  More content will be added in due course.

The section entitled Short Talks comprises stand-alone talks and articles on different aspects of the Christian Faith, including the teaching of Jesus, the seasons of the Church’s Year and Feasts and Festivals.· 

 

The Holy Church

The Marks of the Church

If an uncle of yours, whom you had never seen, was home from Australia and you had to meet him off the train at the station, you might wonder how you were going to pick him out from the other passengers.  But if you had a photograph taken of him in his early days, you would find it fairly easy.  You would look at his photograph and study his features.  You would see that he was tall, with thick black hair, bushy eyebrows, and a hooked nose.

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The Catholic Church

Catholic

There are still a surprising number of people who think that the Catholic Church is exactly the same as the Roman Catholic Church, but this is not so.  The Roman Catholic Church is that part of the Catholic Church which obeys and is ruled by the Pope or Bishop of Rome.

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The Apostolic Church (A)

The Apostolic Commission and the three-fold ministry

There are four features by which the Church, which Jesus founded, can be recognised today.  These features are One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic.  Today we are going to think about the Apostolic Church.

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