Swete: The Holy Catholic Church:
THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH:........................................................ 2
THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS............................................................ 2
Foreword.................................................................................................... 5
Part 1: The Holy Catholic Church............................................................ 9
Chapter 1: The Church and Its Notes................................................. 10
1. Unity of the Church.................................................................... 14
2. Holiness of the Church.............................................................. 21
3. Catholicity of the Church.......................................................... 27
4. Apostolicity of the Church........................................................ 31
5. Visibility of the Church............................................................. 36
6. Indefectibility of the Church..................................................... 39
END NOTES................................................................................... 44
Chapter 2: The Church in Its Life, Order, and Functions................. 52
1. Church’s Life.............................................................................. 52
2. Church’s Organization............................................................... 57
3. Church’s Priesthood.................................................................. 64
4. Church’s Work........................................................................... 68
5. Church’s Teaching...................................................................... 75
6. Church’s Authority..................................................................... 79
END NOTES................................................................................... 82
Chapter 3: The Church in Its Relations............................................. 89
1. To the Individual......................................................................... 89
2. To the Churches.......................................................................... 93
3. To the World............................................................................... 96
4. To the Future Life.................................................................... 101
END NOTES................................................................................. 103
Part 2:The Communion of the Saints.................................................. 106
Chapter 1: Meaning and History of the Phrase.............................. 107
1. In Holy Scripture...................................................................... 107
2. In the Early Church Writers.................................................... 110
3. In the Western Creed............................................................... 113
END NOTES................................................................................. 119
Chapter 2: The Communion of the Saints with God...................... 123
1. With the Father......................................................................... 123
2. With the Son............................................................................. 125
3. With the Holy Spirit................................................................ 129
END NOTES................................................................................. 132
Chapter 3: The Communion of Saints in the Church Militant...... 134
1. In the Sacraments..................................................................... 134
2. In the Spiritual Life.................................................................. 137
3. In Visible Fellowship............................................................... 141
END NOTES................................................................................. 147
Chapter 4: The Communion of Living Saints with the Departed.. 150
1. Condition of the Faithful Departed........................................ 150
2. Interchange of Prayer.............................................................. 155
3. Invocation of Saints................................................................. 161
END NOTES................................................................................. 169
Chapter 5: The Communion of the Saints in the Life to Come.... 173
1. In the Intermediate State.......................................................... 173
2. In the Risen Life....................................................................... 177
END NOTES................................................................................. 180
Additional Notes................................................................................... 182
(A) On Belief in the Church............................................................. 182
(B) On the Place of Sanctorum COMMUNIONEM in the Apostles’ Creed 184