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The Catechism in Questions & Answers
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- 365. What does the term “church” mean in general?
- 366. What does “church” mean with respect to faith?
- 367. Is church necessary
- 368. Who established the church?
- 369. Who is the “head” of the church of Jesus Christ?
- 370. What are the functions of the church of Jesus Christ?
- 371. Is there a difference between the church of Jesus Christ and the New Apostolic Church?
- 372. With what actions did Jesus Christ establish the church?
- 373. Are there references to the church of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament?
- 374. How is the church of Jesus Christ described in the New Testament?
- 375. What does the image of the body of Christ mean?
- 376. What parallel is there between the church and the person of Jesus Christ?
- 377. How do we experience the invisible side of the church of Jesus Christ?
- 378. How do we experience the visible side of the church of Jesus Christ?
- 379. Is the invisible side of the church of Jesus Christ perfect?
- 380. Is the visible side of the church of Jesus Christ perfect?
- 381. What are the identifying features of the church of Jesus Christ?
- 382. What do we mean when we talk about the “oneness of the church of Jesus Christ”?
- 383. What do we mean when we talk about the “holiness of the church of Jesus Christ”?
- 384. What do we mean when we talk about the “universality of the church of Jesus Christ”?
- 385. What do we mean when we talk about the “apostolicity of the church of Jesus Christ”?
- 386. Where are the four characteristics of the church of Jesus Christ manifest?
- 387. What tasks are fulfilled in the Lord’s work of redemption?
- 388. At what point did the church of Jesus Christ appear?
- 389. What distinguished the early Christians?
- 390. Where can we learn about the most important developments of the early congregations?
- 391. How did the church of Jesus Christ develop?
- 392. Where did the Apostles spread the gospel?
- 393. How did their missionary activity proceed?
- 394. What is recorded about the end of the early Apostles?
- 395. What happened after the death of the early Apostles?
- 396. How did the members of the early Christian congregations fare?
- 397. Did the church of Jesus Christ continue to grow?
- 398. How did the Christian doctrine develop?
- 399. When did the church of Christ receive Apostles again?
- 400. How did the renewed occupation of the Apostle ministry come about?
- 401. What did this mean for the church of Christ?
- 402. What are the tasks of the Apostles in the church of Christ?
- 403. Where are the Apostles active at present?
- 404. Who dispenses the sacraments in the church of Jesus Christ?
- 405. What happens to the church at the return of Christ?
- 406. Do all baptised individuals belong to the church of Jesus Christ?
- 407. Why are there different Christian denominations?
- 408. Where can the church of Jesus Christ be experienced?
- 409. What can be said of the future of the church of Jesus Christ?
- 410. What do the individual Christian denominations have in common?
369. Who is the “head” of the church of Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ is the “head” of His church.