IN BRIEF
The Church is a "communion of saints": this expression
Refers first to the "holy things" (sancta), above all
The Eucharist, by which "the unity of believers, who
From one body in Christ, is both represented and
brought about" (LG 3).
The term "communion of saints" refers also to the
Communion of "holy persons" (sancti) in Christ who
"died for all," so that what each one does of suffers in
and for Christ bears fruit for all.
"We believe in the communion of all the faithful of
Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who
Are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together
forming one Church; and we believe that in this
communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is
always [attentive] to our prayers."