299. The Lord's Divine is to be acknowledged. Within the Church where the Word is, and where the Lord thereby is known, neither the Lord's Divine nor the Holy proceeding from Him, ought to be denied, no. 2359. Those who within the Church do not acknowledge the Lord, have no conjunction with the Divine; it is different with those who are outside the Church, no. 10205. The essential of the Church is to acknowledge the Lord's Divine and His unition with the Father, nos. 10083, 10112, 10370, 10730, 10738, 10816-10818, 10820.