![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Many features of the traditional teaching (dogma) have been analyzed and restated, by the councils and by great theologians (see council, ecumenical creed Thomas Aquinas, Saint Trent, Council of Vatican Council, First Vatican Council, Second). The voice of the pope, either alone or in conjunction with his bishops in council, is regarded as infallible when speaking on matters of faith and morals taught in common with the bishops (see infallibility). The doctrine of apostolic succession is one of the keystones of the Catholic faith it holds that the pope (the vicar of Christ) and the bishops have in varying degrees the spiritual authority Jesus assigned to his apostles. Adherents must also accept the church as possessing the fullness of revelation, and the church, according to the Roman Catholic catechism, is the only Christian body that is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Fundamental in this divine tradition is the Bible, its text determined and disseminated by the church. To belong to the church one must accept as factually true the gospel of Jesus as handed down in tradition and as interpreted by the bishops in union with the pope. ![]()
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