THE CHURCH AND THE BLESSED TRINITY

GOD THE FATHER

CREATOR OF WHOLE UNIVERSE

CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND LIKENESS…

…TO SHARE IN HIS DIVINE LIFE

WHEN MAN HAD FALLEN IN ADAM….

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

SALVATION,

WHEN THE TIME COMES, ALL THE JUST WILL BE GATHERED WITH THE FATHER IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH

THE SON CAME, SENT BY THE FATHER,

TO RESTORE ALL THINGS

ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE CHURCH

SYMBOLIZED BY THE BLOOD AND

WATER WHICH FLOWED FROM

THE OPEN SIDE OF CHRIST

ALL MEN ARE CALLED TO THIS UNION WITH CHRIST

HOLY SPIRIT SENT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST,

IN ORDER TO:SANCTIFY THE CHURCH

SO THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE:

MAY HAVE ACCESS, THROUGH CHRIST, IN

ONE SPIRIT TO THE FATHER

THE SPIRIT 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 MINISTRY

BESTOWS UPON HER VARIED HIERARCHIC AND CHARISMATIC GRACE

(LG, 2-5)

THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH

SEEN TO BE A PEOPLE

BROUGHT INTO UNITY

FROM THE UNITY OF THE

FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT