The Church of Christ: The Company of the Elect

What a clear and lovely thought in the midst of the hopeless confusion of Pelagianism! The church of Christ is the company of the elect! A ray of hope it was in the theological darkness of the fourteenth century church, which in effect construed the church as a man-made institution, what with a man as its head and salvation dependent on the works of men. Over against that is the heartening word, the church is the company of the elect! It was the 1370s in England, and John Wycliffe was engaged...