"Revelation 2:1""To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false."" Look who declares today to be an apostle: Catechism of the Catholic Church - Chapter 3: I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, Art. 9: ""I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"", Paragraph 3. The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic:
811 ""This is the sole Church of Christ, which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic and apostolic.""(LG 8.
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These four characteristics, inseparably linked with each other,(Cf. DS 2888) indicate essential features of the Church and her mission. The Church does not possess them of herself; it is Christ who, through the Holy Spirit, ..." - http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p123a9p3.htm#I
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