Question. To what purpose dost thou call this Church Catholic?
Answer. It is as much as if I called it universal. For this company or assembly of the godly is not pent up in a certain place or time, but it containeth the universal number of the Faithful that have lived, do live, and shall live in all places, and ages, since the beginning of the world: that there may be one body of the Church, as there is one Christ, the only head of that body.
Scripture Reference: Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:5, 9:10; 1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 1:21, 23, 2:12, 4:4-5
Question. Now I would have thee tell, why after the holy Church thou immediately addest, that we believe the communion of Saints.
Answer. Whereas God hath them that worship him purely and sincerely, in all countries and places, and in all times and ages; all they, though severed in distant times and places, are yet members most nearly joined and knit together, of one and the self-same body, whereof Christ is the head. Such is the Communion that the godly have with Christ, and among themselves. For they are most nearly knit together in community of spirit, of faith, of Sacraments, of Prayers, of forgiveness of sins, of eternal Felicity: and finally, of all the benefits that God giveth his Church through Christ. And they are joined together among themselves in sincere love, concord and unity. And because the communion of Saints cannot be perceived by our senses, nor by any natural kind of knowledge, or force of understanding, as other civil communities and fellowships of men may be; therefore, it is here rightly placed among these things that are to be believed.
Scripture References: Col. 1:19; 1 Cor. 12:12, 16, 20, 2:19; Eph. 4:3-4, 15-16; Col. 1:18-19; Matt. 13:34-35, 22:39; Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor. 24, 13:4-5; 2 Cor. 11:28-29; Gal. 6:2; Phil. 2:1-2