The Authority and Infallibility of the Church:

Mt 28:18-20; -- Jesus delegates all power to apostles


Jn 20:23; -- power to forgive sin

1 Cor 11:24; -- power to offer sacrifice (Eucharist)

Lk 10:16; -- power to speak with Christ's voice

Mt 18:18; -- power to legislate

Mt 18:17; -- power to discipline

Jn 16:13; -- guided by Holy Spirit into all truth

Jn 14:26; -- Holy Spirit to teach and remind them of everything

Lk 10:16; -- speak with Christ's own voice

1 Tim 3:15; -- church called "pillar and foundation of truth"

1 Jn 2:27; -- anointing of the Holy Spirit remains in you

Acts 15:28; -- apostles speak with voice of the Holy Spirit

Mt 28:20; -- I am with you always

The Church Must be One !

Jn 10:16; -- there shall be one fold and one shepherd


Eph 4:3-6; -- one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father

Rom 16:17; -- avoid those who create dissensions

1 Cor 1:10; -- I urge that there be no divisions among you

Phil 2:2; -- be of same mind, united in heart, thinking one thing

Rom 15:5; -- God grant you to think in harmony with one another

Jn 17:17-23; -- I pray that they may be one, as we are one

Jn 17: 23; -- that they may be brought to perfection as one

1 Cor 12:13; -- in one spirit we were baptized into one body

Rom 12:5; -- we, though many, are one body in Christ

Eph 4:4; -- one body, one Spirit, called to one hope

Col 3:15; -- the peace into which you were called in one body