Bible Dictionary: The Church: The Body of Christ

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Greek

1985. episkopos -- a superintendent, an overseer
... like at an end-marker concluding a race) -- properly, an ; a man called by God to
literally "keep an eye " His flock (the Church, the body of Christ), ie to ...
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4954. sussomos -- of the same body
... fig: of Jews and Gentiles belonging to the same Church. ... to the same body; a
"joint-body," referring to "the ... the promise of the Father' when Christ baptized all ...
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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Colossians 1:24
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
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Library

The Living Church is the Body of Christ.
... The Homily. Chap. xiv."the living church is the body of christ. Wherefore,
[3945] brethren, if we do the will of God our father ...
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Of the Perfect Man, that Is, Christ; and of his Body, that Is, the ...
... Book XXII. Chapter 18."Of the Perfect Man, that Is, Christ; And of His Body,
that Is, The Church, Which is His Fullness. To understand ...
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The Significance of Abel, Seth, and Enos to Christ and his Body ...
... Book XV. Chapter 18."The Significance of Abel, Seth, and Enos to Christ
and His Body the Church. "And to Seth," it is said, "there ...
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The Doctrine of the Church i. Definition; Distinctions.
... In view of all this the term "church" came to be used of the Church universal, that
is, the complete body of Christ as existing in every place (1:Cor.15:9; Gal ...
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The Primitive Church
... no number of martyrdoms seemed to check the growth of the Body of Christ. ... No sooner
had the conversion of Constantine brought rest to the Church, than she ...
/.../a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter v the primitive church.htm

Psalm CXLIV.
... Let the unsound be wounded, that, being well wounded, they may be made sound; and
let them say, being set now in the Church, in the Body of Christ, let them ...
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Final Settlement of the Church by St. John
... John of the Order, Discipline, and Worship of the Church, it may be well to remind
ourselves that the Mystical Body of Christ only gradually attained her full ...
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The Foundation of the Church among the Jews
... In its spiritual sense the Church is the One Mystical Body of Christ, of which men
are made members by Holy Baptism, and in which they are nourished and built ...
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Reclaiming a Church to Meet a New Age
... beautiful to hear. He asserted, "The Church claims to be the Body of Christ,
doesn't it? How did our Lord regard His body? He used ...
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The Communion of Saints.
... Christ is the Head: and the Church is the Body. For God "gave Him to be the Head
over all things to the Church, which is His Body" (Ephesians 1:22, 23). ...
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