The Doctrine of the Church (3): The Idea of the Church

On the contrary, always, from the very beginning of history, and throughout the ages, He and His cause are manifested in the midst of and over against the world that lieth in darkness. For from the beginning of the world even unto the end the Son of God gathers His church. That church is His body, as we have already shown from Holy Writ. In that church He lives. That church He redeems and makes worthy of eternal life, He delivers and sanctifies even unto perfection. To that church He gives His...