The
15 Marks of the Catholic Church
(1) The Church's Name, Catholic,
universal, and world wide, and not confined to any particular nation or people.
(2) Antiquity, in tracing her
ancestry directly to Jesus Christ.
(3) Constant Duration, in lasting
substantially unchanged for so many centuries.
(4) Extensiveness, in the number of
her loyal members.
(5) Episcopal Succession, of her Bishops
from the first Apostles at the Last Supper to the present hierarchy.
(6) Doctrinal Agreement, of her doctrine with the teaching of the ancient Church.
(7) Union, of her members
among themselves, and with their visible head, the Roman Pontiff.
(8) Holiness, of doctrine in reflecting the sanctity of GOD.
(9) Efficacy, of doctrine in its power to sanctify believers, and inspire them to
great moral achievement.
(10) Holiness of Life, of the Church's
representative writers and defenders.
(11) The glory of Miracles, worked in the
Church and under the Church's auspices.
(12) The gift of Prophecy found among the
Church's saints and spokesmen.
(13) The Opposition that the Church arouses among those who attack her on the very grounds
that Christ was opposed by His enemies.
(14) The Unhappy End, of those who fight against her.
(15) The Temporal Peace and Earthly Happiness of those who live by the Church's teaching and
defend her interests.
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