The living body of Christ
The early Christians used the Greek phrase ecclesia to denote this glorious new truth to which they felt fully that they belonged […]
Chapter Twelve - The Church is the Body of Christ
The Church is the link between humans themselves, and between them and God, in the image of the partnership existing between the Holy Trinity. In this sense, there was a Church in Paradise, but the fall of man from the first communion led to the transfer of the Church from Paradise to earth.
The Church and the Sacraments
I- Introduction Some fathers consider that just as we cannot provide any definition of Christ who is the head of the Church, except