Thursday, December 02, 2004

Roman Catholicism, The nature of the church

In 1965 M.-J. le Guillou, a Roman Catholic theologian, defined the church in these terms: �The Church is recognized as a society of fellowship with God, the sacrament of salvation, the people of God established as the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit.� The progress of Roman Catholic theology can be seen in the contrast between this statement and the definition still