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Ecclesiology

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83 claims in this doctrine
Ecclesiology
Outside the Church no one is saved, just as outside Noah’s ark no one survived the flood
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Ecclesiology
Bishops hold authority by apostolic succession from the apostles
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Ecclesiology
Christians assemble on Sunday, the day of the Resurrection and the first day of creation
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Ecclesiology
The veneration of martyrs and saints is a legitimate Christian practice
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Ecclesiology
The monarchical episcopate — one bishop per city — is the apostolic structure
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Ecclesiology
The Logos became incarnate — God truly took human flesh
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Ecclesiology
The intercession of the saints in heaven is real and profitable to those on earth
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Ecclesiology
Fasting is among the primal ordinances imposed on man from the beginning
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The Son is consubstantial with the Father — truly and fully God
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Ecclesiology
Arianism — the Son is a creature, not co-eternal with the Father — is heresy
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Patristic Texts Addressing Ecclesiology

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c. AD 96 Intermediate
Clement of Rome
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The earliest post-apostolic document asserting Roman pastoral authority — c. AD 96. 12 key chapters with annotations.
54 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 107 Intermediate
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch — Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Contains the first use of Catholic Church in Christian literature, the clearest early statement on the Real Presence, and the most concentrated early treatment of episcopal authority — written en route to martyrdom, c. AD 107.
10 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 350 Intermediate
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses
Five post-baptismal lectures delivered at the Holy Sepulchre c. AD 350 — the most systematic early treatment of the sacraments, including the clearest patristic account of Real Presence and the Epiclesis.
0 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 50–120 Introductory
Anonymous (Apostolic)
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church order. c. AD 50–120.
6 chapters on Ecclesiology
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