Christianity - is a human religion.The most important thing in it - a man.He is the measure of all things.And what is the Church in the true sense of the word?This relationship God-man Jesus Christ and the Christian mere mortal.Everything else - the bell, buildings, church institutions - is the formal side effects.Read more about this in our article.
What is the Church in its primordial sense?
most complete concept of the Church of Christ implies a direct meeting with the single head - the Lord Jesus Christ - all who believe in Him on the earth and the sky, all those who do His will, abide in Him, communion of Christ's divine life.It is believed that the growth of the Church contributed to the dogmatic formulations, not the Scriptures.
Jesus Christ on Calvary
Calvary - a way of suffering.It was he explains well what the church.Calvary for all time "has seen" different people: soldiers, bandits and so on.For a moment it seemed that Jesus Christ himself, and there is not!However, this is where he was.It was on Calvary was tortured, mocked and crucified Christ.
What is the Church of Heaven and Earth?
Conditionally Church can be divided into heaven and earth.First - it is the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints, as well as survivors of the misconceptions Christians.The second - the Church Militant, the leading in this world "war against the devil and his servants."
Church is the Body of Christ
the Church that is the Body of Christ, include all living and dead Christians today who truly believe in Jesus Christ, joined with Him in the sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist through His grace.All believers - are members of the Body of Christ, the God-man and the body - there is the Church herself, the unity of the Spirit who dwells in people trying to live according to the Holy Gospel.
What is the church as an institution?
Today "church" refers to a particular community of believers in Jesus Christ people.It has a hierarchical component, the organizational structure.In this case, the word "church" is spelled with a lowercase letter.It is God's churches and temples serving as a place of certain sacraments, which are the basis of any religious cult.
Sacrament - it is physically visible signs of the invisible grace of God.It is established by Jesus Christ action designed to save lives and goods.The symbolism of all the sacraments helps believer physically aware of the love of God to mortals.
Besides the Orthodox Church, there is a Catholic.But how do they differ?This was on.
Catholic Church.Its similarities and differences with the Orthodox
similarity
Both churches acknowledge the same seven sacraments:
- baptism;
- Eucharist;
- anointing;
- extreme unction;
- repentance;
- marriage;
- priesthood.
This understanding of the meaning of these sacraments in the Catholic Church is quite similar to the Orthodox.
difference
It is between the two churches is that certain external forms of the sacraments of the historically formed in different ways.This may also include some church-legal regulations.
