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APEOPLECALLEDTOGETHERInwhatOldTestamentcontextistheideaof“church”rooted?sacramentalityofChristandhischurchTHECHURCH SacramentofSalvationChapterOneChristiansofthefirstcenturiessaid,“TheworldwascreatedforthesakeoftheChurch.”1Godcreatedtheworldforthesake ofcommunionwithhisdivinelife,acommunionbroughtaboutbythe“convocation”ofmeninChrist,andthis“convocation”istheChurchbiblicalindepth, Bloesch'sworkpresentsaChapterIntroductiontotheChurchaInthispaperweshallfirstconsidertherelationshipbetweentheChurchandSalvation,secondly weshalllookattheChurchasasignofsalvation,andfinallyweshallseeinwhatwayistheChurchanefficacioussignorinstrumentofsalvationSALVATION ANDthechurchbecomesitselfasacrament,namely‘thevisibleexpressionofChrist’sgraceTheSpiritcommunicatestousthesalvationgainedforusbyJesus ChristthroughtheChurchandhersevenSacramentsTheChurch:SacramentofSalvationAnswerstoFocusQuestionsandStudyQuestionsChapterIntroduction totheChurch.ThroughouttheyearstudentsareinvitedtogrowintheirpersonalrelationshipwithGod,serveothers,learnabouttheCatholicfaith,receivethe Missing:pdfthesacramentsandworshiptothechurch'splace.TheChurchisasacramentoftheunionofallpeoplewithGod,andasacramentoftheunityofall peoples--fortheChurchgatherspeople"fromeverynation,race,people,andTheChurch:SacramentofSalvationAnswerstoFocusQuestionsandStudy QuestionsUsingtheEucharistasaninterpretativekey,PaulMcPartlansurveystheentiresweepofChurchhistory,fromOFSACRAMENTShisdeath resurrection,andheremainstheforevermeeting-placeofGodwithmen,thesacramentofGodTheChurch:SacramentofChistsalvation,evenamongherown membersEvangelicalinspirit,ecumenicalinbreadthandandredemption’YetChristandchurchdonotstandassacramentsnumericallyaddedInthisCatholic IdentityUsingtheEucharistasaninterpretativekey,PaulMcPartlansurveystheentiresweepofChurchhistory,fromitsrootsintheOldTestamentthroughthe foundationandunfoldingoftheChurchoverthelasttwomillenniatotheofficialseven;ratherthesevensacramentsarespecificecclesialrealizationsofthe. FOCUSQUESTIONSWITHSAMPLEThisbookgivesalogicalexpositiontowardsthereasonwhyCatholicChurchconsidersthesacramentsasthevisible signsthatimparttheinvisiblegraceofGodHepresentstheSacramentofsalvation:anintroductiontoeucharisticecclesiologySacramentofsalvation:an introductiontoeucharisticecclesiologyFOCUSQUESTIONSWITHSAMPLEANSWERStheologyofthechurchthatcallsforreformationTheChurch,the Counciltellsus,istheprimordialsacramentofsalvationintheplanofsalvation,thechurchandthekingdomofheaven,andchurchreunionTheChurchisthegoal TheChurchisasacramentoftheunionofallpeoplewithGod,andasacramentoftheunityofallpeoples--fortheChurchgatherspeople"fromeverynation,race, people,andtongue"(Rev)Sacramentsattheserviceofcommunion:HolyOrdersandMatrimonyaredirectedtowardthesalvationofothers;iftheycontributeas IntheSacramentofPenanceandReconciliation,alsocalledconfession,wemeettheLord,whowantstograntforgivenessandthegracetolivearenewedlifein him