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2981 Torrey's Topical Index, Christ, the Head of the Church.6
Christ, the Head of the Church, As his mystical body Ephesians 4:12; 5:23;
2982 Torrey's Topical Index, Church, The.4
Church, The, The body of Christ Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:24;
2983 Torrey's Topical Index, Titles and Names of the Church.5
Titles and Names of the Church, Body of Christ Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:24;
2984 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Apostle.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the body of disciples to whom he intrusted the organization of his church and the dissemination of his gospel, “the twelve,” as they are called ( Matthew 10:1-5 …
2985 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Bands.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… Christ’s body the church ( Colossians 2:19; Colossians 3:14; Ephesians 4:3 ); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel ( Ezekiel 34:27; Isaiah 28:22; Isaiah 52:2 ); (5) of brotherhood …
2986 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Church.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
(2.) It denotes the whole body of the redeemed, all those whom the Father has given to Christ, the invisible catholic church ( Ephesians 5:23, Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:27, Ephesians 5:29; Hebrews 12:23 ).
2987 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Church.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
(5.) The whole body of professing Christians throughout the world ( 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13; Matthew 16:18 ) are the church of Christ.
2988 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Church.11 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , the church in which Christ dwells. It is the body of Christ. it is called “invisible” because the greater part of those who constitute it are already in heaven …
2989 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Church.12 (Matthew G. Easton)
The church to which the attributes, prerogatives, and promises appertaining to Christ’s kingdom belong, is a spiritual body consisting of all true believers, i.e., the church invisible.
2990 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gifts, spiritual.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the Church. They were suited to its infancy and to the necessities of those times.
2991 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Machpelah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… Christian church was erected, probably in the time of Justinian, the Roman emperor. This church has been converted into a Mohammedan mosque. The whole is surrounded …
2992 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Machpelah.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the body of Jacob, which was embalmed in Egypt, is still preserved (much older embalmed bodies have recently been found in the cave of Deir el-Bahari in Egypt …
2993 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Temple.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… human body ( John 2:19, John 2:21 ). Believers are called “the temple of God” ( 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:17 ). The Church is designated “an holy temple in the Lord …
2994 Etymology dictionary, p. chapter (n.).3
… the Church sense of "body of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church, members of a religious order" (late 14c.), which seems to trace to the convocations …
2995 Etymology dictionary, p. coast (n.).2
… Old Church Slavonic kosti "bone," and PIE root *ost- ), but de Vaan dismisses this and calls it "an isolated word without etymology."
2996 Etymology dictionary, p. congregation (n.).3
… church in general." The word also was used by Wycliffe and other Old Testament translators in place of synagoge on the notion of "the whole body of the …
2997 Etymology dictionary, p. consubstantiation (n.).2
… the body and blood of Christ coeist in and with the elements of the Eucharist," 1590s, from Church Latin consubstantionem (nominative consubstantio ), noun …
2998 Etymology dictionary, p. council (n.).2
… the Church sense, "assembly of prelates and theologians to regulate doctrine and discipline," from Anglo-French cuncile, from Old North French concilie (Old …
2999 Etymology dictionary, p. deacon (n.).2
… a body of assistants to a priest or other clergyman," from Old English deacon, diacon, from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos "servant of the church, religious …
3000 Etymology dictionary, p. egg (n.).2
… Old Church Slavonic aja, Russian jajco, Breton ui, Welsh wy, Greek ōon, Latin ovum ); possibly derived from root *awi- "bird."