Is the church the body of Christ or no? If it is and those people were saved then they became part of the body of Christ thus the “church”.
****Is the church the body of Christ or no? If it is and those people were saved then they became part of the body of Christ thus the “church”.*****
Yes, it is. Jesus laid the foundation for her for three years before His death and resurrection, giving the Apostles what they would need after His Ascension to the Father.
The Church was born on the Day of Pentecost. The Father created the good soil, Jesus sowed the good seed and the Holy Spirit watered and nurtured the church which has grown into the bush that Jesus told us of, where all the birds could come to find rest.
Jesus is the root of that bush, the faith of the Apostles the mustard seed from which it sprouted and the blood of the martyrs its fertilizer.