|  | 3.1 |  
              Introduction | 
         
          |  | 3.2 | Two 
              Conceptions of the Church | 
         
          |  | 3.2.1 
              The 
              Church as "Creatura Verbi" | 
         
          |  | 3.2.2 
              The 
              Church as Sacrament of Grace | 
         
          |  | 3.2.3 
              Questions 
              and Reflections | 
         
          |  | 3.3 | The 
              Continuity of the Church Throughout the Ages | 
         
          |  | 3.3.1 
              God's 
              Fidelity and Our Sinfulness | 
         
          |  | 3.3.2 
              The 
              Need for Reform and Renewal | 
         
          |  |  3.3.3 
              Questions 
              and Reflections | 
         
          |  | 3.4 | The 
              Visibility and the Ministerial Order of the Church | 
         
          |  | 3.4.1 
              The 
              Church: Visible and Invisible | 
         
          |  | 3.4.2 
              Mission 
              and Ministerial Order | 
        
         
          |  | 3.5 | The 
              Mutual Challenge |