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¶ 869

In Brief
The Church is Apostolic. She is built on a Lasting Foundation: "the twelve Apostles of the Lamb" (Rev 21:14). She is indestructible (cf Mt 16:18). She is upheld infallibly in the Truth: Christ governs her through Peter and the other apostles, who are present in their successors, the Pope and the college of Bishops.

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