Views During The Time of the Reformation (39): Views on the Church: The Protestant View

The Westminster Confession of the Church in England has an article on the Church, Chapter 25, of this confession, which we quote: "I. The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. II. The visible Church, which is also catholic or universal under the gospel (not confined to one nation as...