The traditional language of the marks of the Church describes the way the Church should be in the world. What should mark us out when the world looks at the people of God? This kind of language gives us some descriptive clarity. It lets us describe what God’s people are supposed to be like. These traditional marks of the Church—something like circumcision for Israel—[are] something the Church should bear visibly in the body so that the world will know that we are God’s people. The marks of the Church