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And yet, the meaning of Church is something beyond this: it is general, something that takes it in but transcends this, as Church is somehow related to the Body of the Risen Christ which He now in Heaven fills and lives in here on earth. We the Church have now somehow by His [[grace]] become part of His Body, or we, all together, are His Body on earth, through which He lives and continues His good and continuing work of the Kingdom of God.<ref>[[Preterism]] teaches that the Church is the fulfillment of the Second Coming of Christ who now reigns eternally through the Church as His Body on earth.</ref>[[File:Washington Cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Washington Cathedral]]  

And yet, the meaning of Church is something beyond this: it is general, something that takes it in but transcends this, as Church is somehow related to the Body of the Risen Christ which He now in Heaven fills and lives in here on earth. We the Church have now somehow by His [[grace]] become part of His Body, or we, all together, are His Body on earth, through which He lives and continues His good and continuing work of the Kingdom of God.<ref>[[Preterism]] teaches that the Church is the fulfillment of the Second Coming of Christ who now reigns eternally through the Church as His Body on earth.</ref>[[File:Washington Cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Washington Cathedral]]  

Our nexus to His Body are the following''':''' it is [[faith]] in Him our Savior that has initially brought us and our families to the Body to join us togther with a real community and to Him. It is [[baptism]] which has brought us firmly into the life of the Spirit of the Body and Community and [[sign]]ifying that it is to Him that we belong. It is the communion with Him granted us at the [[Eucharist|table of the Lord]] in "Communion" that strengthens us for our life here on earth. It is the illumination and actual grace to help that comes to us in the hearing of His Word of Holy [[Scripture]]. It is in [[Confirmation|confirmation of our commitment]] to Him in obeying that Word which we have heard that these weak and mortal bodies on earth receive Heaven's transforming power and new life - even as we live on earth awaiting His return; and it is in forgiving love, one member of the Body to another, that we actually experience the sweetness of Jesus living with us in His Body on earth, the Church.  

Our nexus to His Body are the following''':''' it is [[faith]] in Him our Savior that has initially brought us and our families to the Body to join us togther with a real community and to Him. It is [[baptism]] which has brought us firmly into the life of the Spirit of the Body and Community and [[sign]]ifying that it is to Him that we belong. It is the communion with Him granted us at the [[Eucharist|table of the Lord]] in "Communion" that strengthens us for our life here on earth. It is the illumination and actual grace to help that comes to us in the hearing of His Word of Holy [[Scriptures|Scripture]]. It is in [[Confirmation|confirmation of our commitment]] to Him in obeying that Word which we have heard that these weak and mortal bodies on earth receive Heaven's transforming power and new life - even as we live on earth awaiting His return; and it is in forgiving love, one member of the Body to another, that we actually experience the sweetness of Jesus living with us in His Body on earth, the Church.  

The Church is thus concrete and specific, the people of God among many peoples, and transcending this, it is general, universal ([[Latin]], "[[catholic]]"), attached to a greater reality - the Risen Christ Himself. The joining of Christ in Heaven with His Body on Earth, the Church gives force to this saying of the Lord:

The Church is thus concrete and specific, the people of God among many peoples, and transcending this, it is general, universal ([[Latin]], "[[catholic]]"), attached to a greater reality - the Risen Christ Himself. The joining of Christ in Heaven with His Body on Earth, the Church gives force to this saying of the Lord: