News Item: : Christus Totus
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Tuesday 12 August 2014 - 19:12:31

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Pope St. Pius X described Modernism as the synthesis of all heresies and warned that it had got into the very veins and heart of the Church. Nobody can be in any doubt that this perfidious disease is causing great harm to many souls today. A particular aspect of this problem is the growing dominance of a false irenicism in relationships with separated Christian communities and members of other religions. This is something which we are reflecting on at home in great depth at present.

For now, it is important for all Catholics to be reappraised of the mystery of Christus Totus. Already described in the ancient writings of St. Augustine and Pope St. Gregory the Great, this refers to the fact that Jesus Christ and His Church are One. The Church does not need to be joined to any other ecclesial communities in order to become more fully Herself. Not at all. This is because the Catholic Church, founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ on St. Peter and the Apostles, is already fully the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church in Her essence. The Catholic Church is one with Christ. She is His Mystical Body. True ecumenism in the Tradition of the Church has always aimed at bringing separated brethren into the fullness of the True Faith, in the communion of the Catholic Church, for the sake of their salvation and sanctification.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church points to this central mystery of the Faith in CCC 795: 'Christ and His Church thus together make up the whole Christ (Christus Totus). The Church is one with Christ.'

This is one of the first principles for Catholics to understand, believe and live from. It is also foundational to any genuine dialogue with separated Christians. As this is such a fundamental truth, we offer it here for you to prayerfully contemplate and to use as the basis for discerning the events happening in our days.

We will need to speak further on these important issues.

Keep the Faith!


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