The Body of Christ
Since the ascension, Christ’s place on earth has been taken by His body, the Church. The Church is the real presence of Christ. Once we have realized this truth we are well on the way to recovering an aspect of the church’s being which has been sadly neglected in the past. We should think of the church not as an institution but as a person, though of course a person in a unique sense.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
