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In casual printed cardboard boxes conversation, the temple where the faithful gather to common prayer and where running Sacred Liturgy, call the church. The temple is also called God's house. But God except printed cardboard boxes home, the term "church" means a community of believers, who form one whole chapter of which is Christ Himself. Specifically, bogovostanovena Church is a community of people united printed cardboard boxes in one faith, one law of God, with a hierarchy and each Mysteries. It forms a Church Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12-12-20, 27-28). Head of the Church is Christ Himself, the soul of the Church's life-giving Holy Spirit, and members of the Church we - Orthodox Christians. Church founded by Jesus Christ began, so to speak, officially existed since the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit fell over the apostles. On that day like it was born the day the Church. Holy Spirit fell on her and never left her, and now he obitava it and runs. In the Church and through the Church faithful receive God's grace and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
But how should we understand the words: believe in the Church? I believe in something that is not seen. A church is visible. Consequently, I can believe in the Church? And yet, as we will prove, is properly said: I believe in the Church, because it has despite the visible hand, and invisible. To the invisible hand of the Church need to single out the grace of God that dwells in it and managed. Towards Invisible Church should single printed cardboard boxes out and another celestial Church, which belong to all Orthodox Christians dead and all the saints in true faith and repentance. When we say: I believe in the Church, we like to declare - hard are convinced printed cardboard boxes that the Church of Christ, located in the country that belong to all Orthodox Christians, dwells and acts grace of God and the Church of Christ printed cardboard boxes is in heaven, printed cardboard boxes where it unites all departed saints and all the righteous and sincere repentant printed cardboard boxes sinners in true faith.
But apart from the above, we say that we believe in the Church and even because despite the true Church of Christ, there are many other religious groups, gatherings and sects that have the kind of church, but not churches. Who will convince us of the true Church, if our faith praotechka? To clarify this with some examples. Our Lord Jesus Christ is hidden as an ordinary man among many people. Who reveals how Godman, if our faith? Holy Bible, which contains a slimmed words of eternal printed cardboard boxes life is hidden as an ordinary book among many other books in the world. Who will help us to distinguish it from other books in her book to see over the books, printed cardboard boxes if our faith? So the Holy Orthodox Church is hidden among the many human religious communities as one of them. Who we pointed out that it is vistinstata printed cardboard boxes bogovostanovena Church and salvation, if our faith? That's why we say: "I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic printed cardboard boxes Church."
Church as an institution of God is established on earth to prepare the faithful to heaven. printed cardboard boxes It will exist forever. printed cardboard boxes That Christ Himself said: "On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matt. 16:18). So, no such force that could beat the Church of Christ and to terminate its existence. It has been proven many times in history. In the first centuries of Christianity - in the worst era of persecution, when Roman emperors thought they would destroy the name Christian Church bounced up and spread. She is invincible, because it protects and ukrepuva its founder and head, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Faith in the Holy Church obliges printed cardboard boxes us to listen, to obey ú and not breaking nejziniet commands and establishment. The members of one body can not submit printed cardboard boxes to other laws than those who act in the body. Otherwise, if they do not obey the laws, which act in the body will not be able to get life from it will stay dead and dropped him. So we, the members of Christ Church have to obey its laws and to perceive its vostanovuvavnja if you want to become members dead and walk off with it.
Why it is called a? It is one, because one is Christ, its head. The church is called the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:27). As under one head can not have two or more bodies, and one Christ can not be the head of two or more churches or religious communities who profess a different faith. He founded one Church, not many. He wants everyone printed cardboard boxes to introduce in one basket. I prayed all that believe in him shall be one (John 17:21). Those who have fallen from a church themselves off from the Saving printed cardboard boxes body unto their own destruction, as members become dead. Ever since the foundation of the Church appeared many heretics printed cardboard boxes and schismatics. But the unity of Christ's Church, under Christ