Just as God's will is creation and is called "the world," so his intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church." 155
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In the Church this communion of men with God, in the "love [that] never
ends," is the purpose which governs everything in her that is a
sacramental means, tied to this passing world.192
"[The Church's] structure is totally ordered to the holiness of Christ's
members. and holiness is measured according to the 'great mystery' in which the
Bride responds with the gift of love to the gift of the
Bridegroom."193 Mary goes before us all in the holiness that is
the Church's mystery as "the bride without spot or
wrinkle."194 This is why the "Marian" dimension of the
Church precedes the "Petrine."195
The universal Sacrament of Salvation