Ecclesial community?

[Spirithound]

Hi y’all!
What is the difference between an Ecclesial Community and a Church? Moreover, what is the Latin term for each?

 

[Rolltide]

A true “Church” is a Christian group that maintains two things in an unbroken line from the Apostles:

1. Apostolic Succession
2. A belief in Transubstantiation

Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox are true churches.

All other Protestant groups are “Ecclesial Communities” because although they are Christian, they lack one or both of the two requirements to be considered a “Church”.

 

[Just_Lurking]

Moreover, what is the Latin term for each?

Churches = Ecclesiae

Ecclesial communities = Communitates ecclesiales