THE CHURCH AND THE BLES S ED TRINITY

GOD THE FATHER

CREATOR OF WHOLE UNIVERS E

CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND LIKENES S …

…TO S HARE IN HIS DIVINE LIFE

WHEN MAN HAD FALLEN IN ADAM….

GOD DID NOT ABANDON THEM, BUT HELD OUT TO THEM THE MEANS OF S ALVATION,

WHEN THE TIME COMES , ALL THE JUS T WILL BE GATHERED WITH THE FATHER IN

THE UNIVERS AL CHURCH

THE S ON CAME, S ENT BY THE FATHER,

TO RES TORE ALL THINGS

ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE CHURCH

S YMBOLIZED BY THE BLOOD AND WATER WHICH FLOWED FROM THE

OPEN S IDE OF CHRIS T

ALL MEN ARE CALLED TO THIS UNION WITH CHRIS T

HOLY S PIRIT S ENT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOS T,

IN ORDER TO:S ANCTIFY THE CHURCH

S O THAT THOS E WHO BELIEVE :

MAY HAVE ACCES S , THROUGH CHRIS T, IN ONE

S PIRIT TO THE FATHER

THE S PIRIT DWELLS IN THE CHURCH, AND IN THE HEARTS OF THE FAITHFUL

GUIDES THE CHURCH IN THE WAY OF TRUTH

UNIFIES HER IN COMMUNION AND IN THE WORKS OF MINIS TRY

BES TOWS UPON HER VARIED HIERARCHIC AND CHARIS MATIC GRACE

(LG, 2-5)

THE UNIVERS AL CHURCH

S EEN TO BE A PEOPLE

BROUGHT INTO UNITY

FROM THE UNITY OF THE

FATHER, S ON AND S PIRIT