13. Not all people who are being regenerated reach this state. Some, indeed the majority nowadays, reach only the first. Some reach merely the second, others the third, fourth, or fifth. Seldom do any reach the sixth, and hardly anybody at all reaches the seventh.

10763. For the Church to exist there must be teachings drawn from the Word, for without them the Word is not understood. However, teachings alone in a person do not constitute the Church in that person, but a life in accord with them. From this it follows that faith alone does not constitute the Church but the life of faith, which is charity.