church visible
nounTheology.
the entire body of Christian believers on earth.
Origin of church visible
1First recorded in 1555–65
- Compare church invisible.
Words Nearby church visible
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How to use church visible in a sentence
But the pinch lies in this, Whether there be any government in the church visible of divine right?
The Divine Right of Church Government | Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of LondonIt is to the fellowship of the church visible that the members of the Church of the first-born are drawn.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamBut 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 RainyIt was quite calm, only spotted with sparkles of light; the church visible.
Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. I (of 2) | Dorothy Wordsworth
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