 | Edward L. Bond - 2004 - 590 pages
...the dead, you shall rise from the dead and live with God, out of the reach of death forever. Amen. Of the Church The Catholic or universal Church which...been, are, or shall be gathered into one under Christ, Ephes. i. 10. That in the dispensation of the fullness of time, he might gather together into one all... | |
 | John Scott Horrell - 114 pages
...numerous theologians throughout church history. The Westminster Confession of Faith (1647) states: "The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible,...gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof." 6 Local churches belong to this invisible reality to the extent that they have members who are truly... | |
 | Edward L. Bond - 2005 - 292 pages
...loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.6• Of the Church The Catholic or universal Church which...been, are, or shall be gathered into one under Christ. Ephes. i. 10. That in the dispensation of the fullness of time, he might gather together into one all... | |
 | Alister E. McGrath - 2004 - 192 pages
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 | W. Gary Crampton - 2004 - 270 pages
...Confession (25:1) makes a proper distinction between the invisible and visible church. The invisible church "consists of the whole number of the elect that have...the Head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of Him that fills all in all." The visible church, on the other hand, says the Confession... | |
 | Dr W Gary Crampton, W. Gary Crampton - 2004 - 174 pages
...the invisible and the visible church. As stated by in the Confession (25:1-2), the invisible church "consists of the whole number of the elect that have...gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof." The visible church, on the hand, "consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true... | |
 | Morten T. Højsgaard, Margit Warburg - 2005 - 228 pages
...(1663-1646), Chapter 25 defines 'the catholic or universal church' as an 'invisible' church consisting of 'the whole number of the elect, that have been,...the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all'. Such an invisible church is an imaginary but nonetheless... | |
 | Mark Husbands, Daniel J. Treier - 2009 - 292 pages
...evangelical theory could find support from the first paragraph of chapter twenty-five which states that the "catholic or universal church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect" [25.1], though interestingly what for Hodge was visible for the Westminster Divines was invisible.... | |
 | William Madges, Michael J. Daley - 2006 - 244 pages
...and holiness of the church, and at least implicity with its apostolicity, in the following manner: I. The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible,...the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of him that fills all in all. II. The visible Church, which is also called catholic or universal... | |
 | Karl R. Hagenbach - 2006 - 456 pages
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The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. 
