Article VII The Church

[1] Our churches teach that one holy Church is to remain forever. The Church is the congregation of saints [Psalm 149:1] in which the Gospel is purely taught and the Sacraments are correctly administered. [2] For the true unity of the Church it is enough to agree about the doctrine of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments. [3] It is not necessary that human traditions, that is, rites or ceremonies instituted by men, should be the same everywhere. [4] As Paul says, “One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all” (Ephesians 4:5–6).