A Holy Church?

The Holy Spirit through the Apostle Peter calls the church “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light (I Pet. 2:9). We as Christians confess in the Apostles creed, “I believe a holy catholic church and in the Belgic Confession art. 27, “(its members) are washed by (Christ’s) blood and are sanctified and sealed by the Holy Spirit. What does it mean that...