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Church is Catholic

Mt 28:19make disciples of all nationsThe Church is universal, for all times and all nations.
Mt 28:20teach all of my commandmentsAcknowledgment that a mark of the church was that it was "catholic" (i.e., universal) was set forth in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, initially promulgated at the first ecumenical council (Nicaea; A.D. 325) and finalized at the second ecumenical council (Constantinople; A.D. 381). For an extended discussion of this issue, see "The Four Positives of the True Church."
Mk 16:15preach the gospel to the world
AA 1:8witness unto the uttermost parts
AA 10:9-28universality revealed to Peter
Rm 1:5-6the faith among all nations
1 Cr 12:13of many origins, we are one
Ep 3:20-21glory in church for all ages