Ecclesial community

In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, an ecclesial community (/ɪˈkliːziəl/) is a Christian religious group that does not meet the Roman Catholic definition of a "Church". Although the word "ecclesial" itself means "church" or "gathering" in a political sense in Koine Greek, the Roman Catholic Church applies the term "Church" in the proper sense only to Christian communities that, according to the Roman Catholic doctrine, "have true sacraments and above all – because of the apostolic succession – the priesthood and the Eucharist".

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