Apostolic

The fourth mark of the Church, indicating that the Church was founded by Christ and given to the Apostles. The Church is Apostolic in three ways:

1. Apostolic foundation- Have been built and remaining on the foundation of the Apostles.
2. Apostolic Faith- this faith guards and transmits the teachings of the Apostles with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in her.
3. Apostolic Succession- through this, the Church continues to be taught, sanctified, and directed by the Apostles in the persons of their successors in the pastoral ministry: the College of Bishops, presided over by St. Peter’s successor, the Pope.