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The '''One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church''' is the [[Ecclesiology|Church]] of [[Jesus Christ]], against which he promised the gates of [[hell]] would not prevail. Specifically, ''one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church'' is the [[Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed|creedal]] form of belief in the Church. What is implied in that belief are commonly called the marks of the Church: unity, sanctity, catholicity, and apostolicity.
=== Unitatea===
:In this sense, then, the Church is called apostolic: first, as it is built upon Christ and the Holy Spirit sent from God and upon those apostles who were sent by Christ, filled with the Holy Spirit; and secondly, as the Church in its earthly members is itself sent by God to bear witness to His Kingdom, to keep His word and to do His will and His works in this world.
This sending was first effected with the apostles, thus apostolicity is not only the divine mission; it is also unity of the Church with the apostles who were sent out by [[Jesus Christ]]. Thus, there is an [[apostolic succession]] by which the pastors of the Church are able to trace their orders back to the infant Church founded by Jesus Christ in the first century.
== Structura actuală a Bisericii ==