M.R. 5.E: Analysis on the mark "Apostolic"

The Church is apostolic because three ways: the Church was built on the foundation of the apostles, the Holy Spirit's guidance has kept her on the path for the centuries, and the Church is continued to be taught and guided by the college of bishops, which forms an unbroken line back to the days of Christ. But why is this important?

For the Church today to have meaning in our lives, it was imperative that it was founded on truth. Back to a few sections ago, all of our faith is based on the Resurrection. Without that, our whole faith would be questioned. the same goes for the Church and its founding by the apostles. The apostles were present with Christ throughout his ministry, what better way can the information be conveyed by a primary source. The apostles passed down their teachings into the Church we know today, and though things are much larger and culture has changed, the teachings are in ewssence the same. This leads into the second and third points, that the Holy Spirit aids in. This matter because if our teachings were different than they were 50 years ago, major discrepancies would come about. The Holy Spirit protects from this, with guiding the college of bishops to keep the teachings aligned to what the first apostles actually taught. This is a major part of apostolic succession, that the line is unbroken and so are its teachings. Christ ensured that the Church would be an unbroken line, and that the essential elements would always stay the same. Sacred Tradition is forever the same, ensured with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and its members of the Church. 

I collaborated only for ideas with my group for this analysis on the mark Apostolic. Similar to my post on the mark "one" I tried to keep the analysis mainly on the application to our lives today. It is great if you can learn about your faith, but isn't practicing it even better? That is the thinking on which I carry into the analysis. Our whole faith is made up of many multitudes of beliefs, from the Holy Trinity, to the saints, to miracles and the like. But when it all comes down to one term, it can be based solely on that teaching, similar to the marks of the church. Apostolic can describe many aspects of our faith, even if it is only one of thousands of words in our faith vocabulary. I think that is what I try to convey in my analysis.