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for all 1429 ff., 1604 ff.; nevertheless it is by no means forbidden 1630 ff.; but any sort of vernacular version is not permitted 1603 f., 1607 f., nor any one without notes and approbation 1630 ff., C1391.

Another source of revelation is ecclesiastical tradition 125, 159, 164, 173, 212, 302 f., 308, 320, 336, 349, 442, 783 f., 786, 995, 1469 ff., 1787, 1792, 2083, 2095, 2147, 3014, C1323 sec. 1; the authority of the Fathers in matters of faith and morals is the highest 270 ff., 302, 303, 320, 336, 1320, 1657, 1788, 1948, 2083, 2145 ff., especially of St. Augustine 127, 173a (with due restriction 1320); likewise the common teachings of the theologians are to be held 609, 651, 1576, 1579, 1652, 1680 ff., but particularly St. Thomas Aquinas 2191 f., 3022, C1366 sec. 2; preserving freedom concerning the controversies discussed in Catholic schools 2192; modern authors are not rashly to be preferred 1127; the practises of the Church are a norm of belief 140, 995, "so that the law of praying establishes the law of believing" 139, 2200.

No other (public) source of revelation exists outside of the canonical books and apostolic tradition 783, 2021, so that as a result faith or Christian doctrine is immutable 160, 1656, 1705, 1800, 1818, 2060 ff., safeguarding a progress of fuller knowledge of the things revealed 1639, 1800.

THE CHURCH

ESSENCE

II a The Church is a society instituted by Christ God 703, 1618, 1821 ff., 1959, 2052 ff., 2088, 2091 ff., 2145, C100, sec. 1; a people one in faith, end, and things conducing to the end; subject to one and the same power, a society divine in origin, by its end and things proximately serving, insofar as it pertains to its end, are human members 1959, constituting one mystical body under Christ the head 468, 705, 3019; formed from the side of Christ 480, 2291. The end of the Church is to pour forth salvation procured through Christ and at the same time the benefits emanating therefrom upon all men of all ages 1821, 1955, 2203; and especially to protect the doctrine of Christ by a living and authentic teaching authority and to propagate it complete and uncorrupted 1957, 2145.

It is a society perfect and independent 330 ff., 498, 1698, 1719 f., 1841 f., 1847, 1867, 1869, 2203; an immutable organization 2053; with the right to possess even temporal things 1697, 1726 f., and with temporal power 1725, and immunity 1730, 1732, and its proper court 1731; visible and knowable from the marks inherent in it and distinguishing it from the other religious bodies 86, 223, 247, 347, 430 f., 464, 468, 999, 1686, 1793 f., 1821 ff., 1955 f.; it is hierarchical 41 f., 44 f., 150 ff., 272, 361, 424, 426, 434, 498, 675, 687, 853, 960, 966 f., 2145, C107, C108, C329 sec. 1, C948, and so lay persons have no power to dispose of ecclesiastical goods 361, in fact, not even priests of lesser rank by reason of their ordination 1509; nor is the power derived into the hierarchies from the community of the faithful 1500, 1502 f., 1822 f.; it is a monarchy i.e., constituted under one head having supreme power 44, 498, 633, 658 f., 1325, 1500, 1503, 1698 f., 1821, 2091, 2147a, C218 f.; it is one (in faith, rule, and communion 1960) and unique 14, 86, 246 f., 347, 423, 430, 464, 468, 480, 1685 ff., 1954 ff. (not twofold, carnal and spiritual 485); holy 1, 2, 6, 9, 86, 288, 347, 423, 464, 468, 1686; catholic 1, 6, 9, 14, 54, 86, 288, 347, 423, 464, 468, 1686; apostolic 14, 86, 247, 288, 347, 423, 464, 468, 570a, 1686; which is Roman 460, 570a, 1686, 1794, see IIIa-i; it is perpetual 1793, 1821, 1955, 2052; it is necessary to all for salvation; "outside the Church there is no salva-