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About the Order of Corpus Christi: Basic Beliefs

Being of one Baptism, of water and the Spirit, into the Body of Christ, renewed and sustained in and through this one Body by the Holy Eucharist, we affirm our faith and commitment to the Church of Jesus Christ. We believe the Church to be the visible body of our Lord and Savior. 

(from Order of Corpus Christi: Foundation Document)

 

As members of the Order of Corpus Christi, we believe the gospel is our daily call and guide to be part of the visible Body of Christ. We are made one in the Body of Christ through active participation with other members of Christ body and keeping the passion and resurrection of Christ foremost in thought and worship.

 

Recognizing that oneness in Christ has many expressions and work of the sacraments in our lives, and affirming our commitment to an evangelical, reformed, catholic, and apostolic Church, we

• pray and work to being open to a true koinonia through the OCC;

 

• are committed to the concepts and principles of church unity set forth by the Consultation on Church Union (COCU), and Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC) as presented in the documents: The COCU Consensus: In Quest of a Church Uniting, COCU: The Church of Christ Uniting; and the World Council of Churches' Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry.

 

• accept the structure and polity presented in the COCU documents, i.e., synods, bishops, and other ecclesiastical offices and officers;

 

• believe that the Christian church is liturgically-centered: confessional, creedal, and sacramental. The apostolic faith is expressed in the ecumenical creeds ― Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed ― uplifting the connectional nature of the church.

 

• with other members of the Body of Christ, accept the creeds, confessions and sacraments―including infant baptism in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the mystical presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist― and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

We covenant together as members of the Order of Corpus Christi, in the sure and certain hope that we shall indeed be one in Christ.