| 单词 | invisible church |
| 释义 | > as lemmasInvisible Church b. Invisible Church. Cf. Visible Church at visible adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > thing or person Invisible Church1561 invisible1646 imperceptible1659 invisibilitya1668 the invisible1781 invisible man1911 1561 Conf. Faith Scotl. xvi This [the Catholik] Kirk is invisible, knowin onlie to God, who allone knoweth whome he hes chosin, and comprehendis alsweall the Elect that be departed, (commounlie called the Kirk Triumphant), as those that yit leve and feght against syne and Sathan. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants Ans. iv. §53 The doctrine of Christ, the profession whereof constitutes the visible church, the belief and obedience the invisible. 1848 Wardlaw Congreg. Independency 48 There is no such thing, in any strict propriety, as an invisible church. 1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1863) 4th Ser. ii. 14 There is..a Church visible and a Church invisible; the latter consists of those spiritual persons who fulfil the notion of the Ideal Church—the former is the Church as it exists in any particular age, embracing within it all who profess Christianity. 1885 Church Q. Rev. Jan. 271 That wholly unscriptural figment, the Invisible Church..The only Invisible Church known to Christian theology consists of the angels and the faithful departed. < as lemmas |
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