You wrote:
“No church ever has been nor ever will be the Body of Christ...The Body of Christ is ‘people’, proven time and again by Scripture...”
Yes, the Church is the body of Christ. Ephesians 1:22-23 says so. Now you may disagree as to whether or not that Church is the Catholic Church, but clearly, ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SAINT PAUL, the church is the body of Christ.
It amazes me how often anti-Catholics insist the Bible denies something it affirms.
I guess my ignorance is going to show here, but I am trying to learn more. What is “theistic evolution”?
Thank you!
What the Bible affirms is that the church is a congregation of called out believers, NOT an institution..
The church is those who are IN CHRIST; it is NOT some formal priesthood...
The 'church' is not beautiful buildings adorned with statues, fine art and tapestries..That's a temple, not the church...
The 'church' is not a priesthood with 'religious' people parading in long, fancy robes peforming religious rituals...
The 'church' IS the body of believers who ARE the Body of Christ who gather in buildings across the world, whether it be a store-front, someone's basement, a garage, or in a field or the side of a hill with Jesus and ONLY Jesus as it's HEAD, come together to worship Jesus...
THAT'S the Bible description of the 'church', the body of Christ...
When a Christian realizes that he/she doesn't visit the Body of Christ on religious days, but that he/she IS the Body of Christ, it generates a Spiritual awakening unknown to the person who 'attends' THE church...
And of course it will be foolishness to those religious who are not IN Christ...