“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all…” — Ephesians 4:4–6 (BSB)
“After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” — Revelation 7:9 (BSB)
“…the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” — 1 Timothy 3:15 (BSB)
“…the Gospel that has come to you. All over the world this Gospel is bearing fruit and growing…” — Colossians 1:5–6 (BSB)
The Nicene Creed confesses belief in “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.” This does not mean Roman Catholic, but the universal Church built on the apostolic foundation and joined together in Christ.
Article XIX of the Thirty-Nine Articles affirms: “The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men… in all places.”
Bishop J.C. Ryle wrote: “The Church is called catholic because it is not the Church of any one people or nation, but the Church of all who believe in Christ, in every age and place.”
Canon Dr. Ephraim Radner explains: “The catholicity of the Church is not organizational but spiritual—it is grounded in the one Gospel of Jesus Christ that binds believers across the centuries into one communion.”
Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba (Uganda) states: “The Church is catholic because Christ died for all. No people, language, or land is excluded from the call to repent and believe.”
Rev. Dr. Gerald Bray notes: “To be catholic is to be part of something far bigger than ourselves—united with saints in heaven, believers across the globe, and witnesses across history.”
This catholicity is expressed in: Unity of faith: rooted in the Scriptures and apostolic teaching. Sacramental life: shared participation in baptism and Eucharist. Global mission: reaching every nation with the Gospel. Historical continuity: one Church through time, not a new invention.
The Church’s catholicity reminds us that we belong not just to a local congregation or national body, but to a global and eternal family—the one Body of Christ.
St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35–107 AD): “Wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic Church.” — Letter to the Smyrnaeans, 8.2
St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD): “The Church is truly catholic because she is spread throughout the world and endures through the succession of bishops, the unity of doctrine, and the fellowship of the sacraments.” — Sermon 214
St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130–202 AD): “The Church, though scattered throughout the whole world, carefully preserves the same faith, as if she dwelt in one house… having one soul, and one heart.” — Against Heresies, I.10.2
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