...because when as yet we were sinners according to the flesh, Christ died for us."29 Moreover, "Christ loved the Church and delivered Himself up for it that He might sanctify it."30 He delivered Himself in a real complete sacrificial act for the sake of each of us, and this...

...because when as yet we were sinners according to the flesh, Christ died for us."29 Moreover, "Christ loved the Church and delivered Himself up for it that He might sanctify it."30 He delivered Himself in a real complete sacrificial act for the sake of each of us, and this...

...Ix, 1-55). When Jesus Christ founded His Church He intended that it be holy, pure, without blemish. "Christ also loved the Church, and delivered himself up for it: that he might sanctify it, cleansing l1 by the laver of water in the word of life: that h< might present it to himself a glorious church,...

...forever in heaven, cleansed of every imperfection and impurity. Such is the teaching of St. Paul. . . . Christ also loved the Church and delivered himself...word of life: That he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without...

...her holy, not only in her founder, in her doctrine, in her sacraments, but also in her members, for " Christ also loved the Church, and delivered Himself up for it, that He might sanctify it that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing,...

...intervention, a foreshadowing of that which St. Paul would say of the Church of Christ: ". . . Christ loved the Church, and delivered himself up for it,...might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water . . . that he might present it to himself, a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such...

...stands against the world as a "sign of contradiction." It is in the world but distinct from it. Christ loved the Church and delivered himself up for it, that he might sanctify it ... that he might present to himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle . . . but holy and...

...St. Victor's De sacramentis, Book II, parts 36 As in Eph. 5:25—27, "Husbands love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself...he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of the water in the word of life: That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having any...

...husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the washing of water in the word; that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot...

...their own proper significance, which is, moreover, willed by God. 146 Eph 5:25-27: "Christ loved also the church and delivered himself up for it: That he...word of life: that he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without...