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The body of christ work together —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.242.22.91 (talk) 09:34, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
The "Body of Christ" is a concept explicitly brought out in the Bible. So, it is incorrect to make this seem like a teaching exlusive to the "local churches". --SeekingOne 03:43, Nov 25, 2004 (UTC)
What are you talking about? It was talking about ALL churches (whether Baptist, Episcopal, Church of Christ, etc.) That term used there "local churches" was not talking about the movement. Be sure you read all the information on a page and content around it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:(({2))}|(({2))}]] ([[User talk:(({2))}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/(({2))}|contribs]]) 02:28, 31 October 2005 MRMeetze
Please put the pictures here (if you would like to). The Body of Christ is in Spirit and according to the references provided in the article -- no where it looks like or seems like the picture above or any such biological looking pictures or images. Thanks. HopeChrist (talk) 19:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
This section of the article deals only with one small part of the Protestant church, uses a mildly disparaging tone and needs expanding. In my experience, all parts of the Protestant church have a theology of the Body of Christ, how it relates to the Eucharist and the Church. Regrettably I do not have the expertise nor the access to suitable references to make the changes myself. --Rogerb67 (talk) 11:42, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
I also felt that the description of the Protestant belief in the Body of Christ took a very Anti-Catholic POV when it came to the erroneous description of the early church and the incorrect description of the
By contrast, the Roman Catholic Church placed equal emphasis on Scripture and Tradition in order to maintain conformity of its members to its own authority and orthodoxy. By doing this, the Catholic Church was able to define its membership as those who identify with the beliefs held by the Church. The reason for this is because in the first several centuries of the Church, there was a period in which Apostolic Succession and Tradition were important for providing a defense against heresy. Church Apologists and Fathers (such as Irenaeus and Cyprian of Carthage) attempted to tie their doctrinal teachings and interpretations to the original Apostles by means of Apostolic Succession. While this was useful for illustrating the orthodoxy of their teachings, over time it allowed for the Roman Catholic Church to secure more power as the basis for its hierarchical authority over matters concerning the Church, including its membership. Eventually, this would lead to the ascension of the Bishop of Rome to take the first title of "Pope." Later, it would be Gregory I who would see the power vacuum left after the fall of Rome and transform the office of Pope from being the Bishop of Rome into the chief position of political and religious authority in the West for centuries. It would be this authority over doctrine, interpretation, and membership of the Church that Reformers would later oppose in the Protestant Reformation.
This deals with a laughable interpretation of the early church History, which has proven time and time again, false even though modern historians with an Anti-Catholic bias continue to proclaim this form of the history, which was completely made up, as true. Even if we were not talking about the verifiability of the claims proposed above, this still does not conform to the purpose of the section. This type of comment, although false and unverifiable, thus it should not be on wikipedia at all, belongs in early church discussions. 74.62.116.236 (talk) 04:46, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
There really needs to be complementary information on the theological notion of glorious body, which is a very distinct but very similar notion. [1] ADM (talk) 19:23, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Mr. Ames has removed a sentence I put in the first paragraph referencing the "Bride of Christ" as a development of the "Body of Christ". The term "Bride of Christ" is not present in the Pauline Epistles but it is clearly related and implied as the Apostle discusses marital relations and underlines the example of Christ's love for the church. (Eph v, 25). All of the Gospels allude to the symbol of Christ as Bridegroom in various parables. The Last Supper in Matthew records Jesus taking his final cup of wine and referencing the coming heavenly feast. The last book of the Bible has several mentions of the wedding and its feast further underscoring the centrality of the phrase. Catholic theologian, Brant Pitre, recovers the central biblical theme in the 2014 Image imprint titled "Jesus the bridegroom : the greatest love story ever told". In theological terms the Bride of Christ is identical to the Body of Christ. So why not include it in a primary place? Must we put it in the botton of the article as simply a related phrase? Could we not affirm in the lead that the two phrases are synonymous? Church of the Rain (talk) 18:45, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
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For Anglicans and Methodists the reality of the presence of Jesus as received through the sacramental elements is not in question. Real presence is simply accepted as being true, its mysterious nature being affirmed and even lauded in official statements like This Holy Mystery: A United Methodist Understanding of Holy Communion.
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