I AM A CATHOLIC

I , the Bishops of Rome. We believe I am a full fledged member of the People of God, Christ 's mystical body, the Church He built on the Rock, Peter (Mt.16,16), and on his successorsth them I am united through the triple bond of their supreme power to teach, to sanctify by means of the Sacraments and the Liturgy, and to rule in matters this Church to be in good faith. I respect them for the witness they give to Christ, and I want to live with them in peace of understanding, good will and common christian fellowship.