The Catholic Church

The church established by Christ on the foundation of the apostles, possessing the fullness of the meaning of salvation which he has willed; The pilgrim Church on earth ,in which the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church subsist. Literally, "Universal," in the sense of "according to the whole." The Church is Catholic in the dual since that it (1) possesses the fullness of the means of salvation and (2) has been sent by Christ to the whole human race.