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The Body of Christ

The Body of Christ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H1r1BMmGbc. Assignment. Read Acts 2: 42-47. What do these verses say about the early church? Is this realistic today? Why or why not?. The Body of Christ. Church. Ecclesia: Greek A duly summoned assembly Church. Church.

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The Body of Christ

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  1. The Body of Christ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H1r1BMmGbc

  2. Assignment • Read Acts 2: 42-47. • What do these verses say about the early church? • Is this realistic today? • Why or why not?

  3. The Body of Christ

  4. Church Ecclesia: Greek A duly summoned assembly Church.

  5. Church Through Bishops, priests, deacons, religious and lay people, the Church authentically teaches us the faith handed down by the Apostles. It guides us with the truth in our moral decision-making.

  6. Apostolic Succession

  7. The Body of Christ = The Church • Jesus is the head • All others serve different functions equally important that make up one body • When one suffers all suffer • Unity in the midst of diversity • Different cultures, denominations, different forms of worship

  8. The Body of Christ Every person is needed No one is less important than anyone else (is this true today?)

  9. The Body of Christ Every person brings some gift that is needed by the community It is in the diversity of these gifts that the Church finds its strength

  10. The Body of Christ • Body of Christ has also an eternal dimension to it. • It is the community that is here but also a society that is eternal (community of saints)

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