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At a time in which the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered the studied neglect of many Christian leaders. The persistent demands to market, manage and grow the church and to meet the felt needs of churched and unchurched all threaten to quench theological reflection on the abiding nature and mission of the church. But few activities bear...

more. Polemicists of the Counter-Reformation regarded the attributes of the church as perfecdy visible marks by which the true church could be recognized. How could Protestants maintain the unity of the church apart from the Pope who, as the Vicar of Christ, bound together the body of Christ? Did not the Apostolic See guarantee the apostolicity of the church in its uninterrupted succession from Peter? As for the holiness of the church, was it not established and maintained by the infusion of sacramental
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