The final document quotes Pope Benedict XVI’s Opening Address at the Conference, which
spoke of discipleship and mission as “the two sides of a single coin.”
51 Quoting the
foundational statement of missionary ecclesiology in Ad Gentes n.2, the document adds
that “the missionary impulse is a necessary fruit of the life that the Trinity communicates
to the disciples.”
52 Or, from another perspective, the document quotes Puebla:
“evangelization is a calling to participate in the communion of the Trin