THE FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH
Understanding Our One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church

CONTENTS

Module III focuses on the Church that Christ says He will build. (See Matthew 16.) In the first four presentations in this module, Scott discusses the four defining characteristics of Christ's Church and how these four marks are rooted in the ancient Christian Faith.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

10. The Church is One	In this program Scott helps us to understand how, unlike the various Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church has always emphasized its fundamental unity. Just as there is only One Faith, there is and always has been only One Church, One Lord and One God.
11. The Church is Holy	In this second program on the four marks of the Church, Scott focuses on the holiness of the Catholic Church and on the role of the saints in the Mystical Body of Christ. According to Scott, holiness is not some abstract concept of otherworldly piety but a very real, concrete attribute of Christian life. Scott shows us how God's demand that the Church be holy is nothing less than a father's concern for the protection of his children.
12. The Church is Catholic	This program deals with the meaning of the word "catholic." "Catholic" means "universal" and comes from the Greek words meaning "completely whole." The Catholic Church is, therefore, the universal community of all believers. Scott shows how this universal community has always been guided by Christ through His appointed vicar on earth, the Holy Father.
13. The Church is Apostolic	This program focuses on one of the unique claims of the Catholic Church: that it represents a real, unbroken chain of authentic oral teaching and power that extends back 2,000 years to the Apostles. In this program Scott explains that the continuous transmission of authority through the Bishops and their head, the Pope, gives the Catholic Church its power to speak for Christ on earth.