church invisible
nounTheology.
the entire body of Christian believers on earth and in heaven.
Origin of church invisible
1First recorded in 1840–50
- Compare church visible.
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How to use church invisible in a sentence
But he was betrayed, as others have been, by confounding the Church visible with the church invisible.
This applies not only to the church invisible, but to the Church visible too.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians | Robert RainyThe Church considered as external, has characteristics different from those which distinguish her as the church invisible.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (Volume 1) | J. H. Merle D'Aubign
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