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Metaphors concerning fields, flocks, families, trees, tabernacles, priesthoods and even a nation, help us to grasp more fully all that the church is, and how it relates to God. Here are three of the Bible’s pictures which speak most vividly to me.
The top five images of the church are that it’s a flock 11,12,13, city 1,2,5,13,14,17,19 (also referred to as “kingdom” and “land”), temple 6,8,10, bride 2,3,4,7,9, and body 15,16,18. Specifically, the teaching power of these images carried throughout scripture are listed below with the IMAGE of the church and the IMPLICATION for ...
21 sie 2023 · In the New Testament, these images serve to illustrate and inspire, helping us grow in our understanding of the Church that Jesus founded. In this article, we walk through some of the most poignant examples of these images of the Church found in Scripture.
For example, the church is “the salt of the earth” (Matt. 5:13), “the family of God” (1 Pet. 4:17), and even “a pillar and buttress of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). These images serve as analogies that shape our understanding of the church.
11 kwi 2015 · The Catechism goes on to instruct us that the thematic imagery of the Church as the “People of God” is rooted in the Old Testament, where “the revelation of the Kingdom is often conveyed by means of metaphors” (LG, n. 6 § 1). Looking backward, one can see an image of the Church in the Chosen People of the Old Covenant who were called ...
4 sty 2021 · The intimacy of God’s relationship with the church is found in the figure of the bride. It is derived from the union of the husband and wife to form one flesh (Genesis 2:23-24; Ephesians 5:25-33). The imagery of the bride is drawn from the Old Testament (Hosea 1-3; Ezekiel 16, 23) where Israel is the wife of Yahweh.
Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...
