What do you understand by "the communion of saints"?

Heidelberg Catechism

What do you understand by "the communion of saints"?

Gratitude
Question 55
Heidelberg Catechism
Heidelberg Catechism

Heidelberg Catechism

What do you understand by "the communion of saints"?

Gratitude
Question 55

Question

What do you understand by "the communion of saints"?

Answer

First, that believers one and all, as members of this community, share in Christ and in all his treasures and gifts.1

Second, that each member should consider it a duty to use these gifts readily and joyfully for the service and enrichment of the other members.2

Proof References

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