The One Holy Church

The church is not simply an add-on to our lives, it is who we are. It was the ancient church father, Cyprian, who wrote, "No one can have God as Father who does not have the church as Mother." In the account of Peter's confession in Matthew 16:13-20, we see that the confession of Peter becomes our confession: that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. And from the confession comes the bedrock of the church, with whom Jesus is her foundation, architect, protector, and keeper.