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2. www.ncregister.com › commentaries › why-vatican-iiWhy Vatican II Called the Church the ‘People of God’

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   Feb 26, 2024 · The solution to such a distorted vision of the Church, de Smedt argued, was the image of the Church as the People of God. In this identity, he asserted, all of the members of the Church share...

3. www.simplycatholic.com › what-we-believe-part-19What We Believe, Part 19: The Catholic Church, People of God

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   Apr 30, 2023 · Of course, the most famous image applied to the Church, an image strongly emphasized in the documents of Vatican II, is “people of God.” However, it’s an image of the Church as debated as it is famous.

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   In his well-known survey of ninety-six images of the church in the New Testament, Paul Minear devotes an en-tire chapter to it.1 It is an important image also in the Lutheran confessions.2 In re-cent decades, however, the image has been eclipsed somewhat by another term, equally fascinating, “the people of God.”3 The latter is the primary term i...

5. www.vatican.va › content › catechismParagraph 2. THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST ...

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   Three aspects of the Church as the Body of Christ are to be more specifically noted: the unity of all her members with each other as a result of their union with Christ; Christ as head of the Body; and the Church as bride of Christ.

6. www.archspm.org › who-are-the-people-of-godWho are the People of God? - Archdiocese of Saint Paul and ...

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   Who are the People of God? Chapter two of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) gives prominence to a scriptural and patristic image of the Church as the People of God. The Father began this formation process with the Israelites and brought it to fulfillment in the Church.

7. www.academia.edu › 110547084 › The_Church_as_theThe Church as the Body of Christ: Engaging an Image in the ...

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   To speak of the church as “the body of Christ” is therefore no more unusual than to speak of it as “the people of God,” “the children of God,” or “the household of God.”16 The image of the church as “the body of Christ,” Ernst Käsemann has written, “is not a metaphorical figure of speech,” for Paul asserts that “the ...

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   How many images of the church are there in the Bible?

   • There are many images of the church in the Bible, but we will mention just three: the church as the Body of Christ, the People of God and the Bride of Christ. Christ is the head of the church (Ephesians 1:10; 4:15) and Christians are the body. “People of God” is another image of the church.

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   Is the church a 'people of God'?

   • And the Church is no different. Of course, the most famous image applied to the Church, an image strongly emphasized in the documents of Vatican II, is “people of God.” However, it’s an image of the Church as debated as it is famous.

   What We Believe, Part 19: The Catholic Church, People of God

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   Is the body of Christ an image for the church?

   • One must rightly object to such a view, for it precludes the otherness and freedom of Christ over against the church.27 Nevertheless, “the body of Christ” has a secure grounding in the New Testa-ment as an image for the church.

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   Who is the head of the church?

   • Christ is the head of the church (Ephesians 1:10; 4:15) and Christians are the body. “People of God” is another image of the church. God says of the church, “I will be their God, and they will be my people” (2 Corinthians 6:16; Hebrews 8:10 NIV).

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   Mar 4, 2024 · There are many images of the church in the Bible, but we will mention just three: the church as the Body of Christ, the People of God and the Bride of Christ. Christ is the head of the church (Ephesians 1:10; 4:15) and Christians are the body.