Body of Christ
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Christian theological term with two main meanings
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Body of Christ
- Christianity
In Christian theology, Body of Christ can refer to Jesus Christ's words over bread at the Passover celebration, “This is my body”, or to all individuals who are “in Christ”. In the Pauline epistles, it refers to believers joined together in a spiritual community. Christian understandings of the Eucharistic meaning range from symbolic to more literal or mystical. Catholic and Eastern Orthodox theology also use “mystical body” for the Church.
- Latin name
- Corpus Christi
- Pauline usage
- All individuals who are “in Christ”
- Catholic theological use
- The mystical body of Christ, the Church
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Body of Christ (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q727606
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Nicolas Poussin. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsNicolas Poussin, Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artworkwga QS:P11807,"p/poussin/3/25euchar"Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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