The biblical designation of Christ as Head of the church (e.g., Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:18) coincides with the primary scriptural definition of the church: the Body of Christ. Thirteen ...

Does discipline itself need correction and redemption in order to be readmitted into the body of Christ ... us to think of Christ as the second Adam, that is, the head of a new human race.

A recording of a debate about Jesus’ presence in the elements of the Lord’s Supper has inspired a new round of discussion ...

it is Christ himself who is present to his Church as Head of his Body, Shepherd of his flock, high priest of the redemptive sacrifice, Teacher of Truth. This is what the Church means by saying ...

They have an intimate share in the body of Christ through the sacrament of holy orders. They are in persona Christi capitas (in the person of Christ the head), as do their successors, the bishops.

and thus belonging to Christ and his church are synonymous. A Christian cannot function apart from the church any more than a body can function without its head. “Just as our bodies have many ...

At the very least, how we receive the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ affects our potential sanctity. At worst, how we receive may cost us our lives, as St. Thomas Aquinas puts it in the ...