To use another term, we can speak, as has been done throughout the centuries, of the ‘Church militant’ and the ‘Church triumphant’: the Church on earth is fighting for her life, for doctrine, for everything; the Church that is beyond the veil, rejoicing and triumphant. Take, for instance, the great way in which that is put in Hebrews 12:22–24. So then, taking all these ideas together, what is our conclusion? Clearly, the Church is spiritual and invisible. All the instances I have given you of the
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