The Institution of the New Testament Church

In our previous article we dwelt upon the allegory of the vine and the branches. The meaning arid implications of this figure together with the point of converg­ence and divergence between it and the true vine, Christ, were laid hold on and set forth. What (someone may ask) had this to do with the subject under treatment? Let us make this clear. The announcement was made at the outset that the task to which we set ourselves was to show how the framework of the church as an institution should be...