Matthew 28:18-20: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”
Mark 16:15: And he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.”
Acts 1:8: “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”
Romans 10:18: But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
The Church has always had a universal mission. In every time and place, she is the established means of salvation, the faith community instituted by Christ. The word “catholic” itself means universal or worldwide. While biblical interpretations and belief divide Protestant churches and Orthodox churches are distinguished by national affiliation and origin— the Catholic Church is given to all men and women as the most legitimate and unified voice of Christ in our world.
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