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‘ As the centuries succeed one another, the Church constantly moves forward toward the fullness of divine truth ( ad plenitudinem divinae veritatis iugiter tendit), until the words of God reach their complete fulfillment in her’ ( Dei Verbum 8).
The text suggests that the Church is moving forward to the fullness of truth while on her earthly journey, and will attain it only when She attains Her heavenly goal (when ‘the words of God reach their complete fulfillment in her’). In reply:
2.She is not now in the process of moving towards that fullness in this world; 3.The Church was in such a process only in the past. ....