The Church as the mystical body of Christ Theology of Pope Pius XII

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if define , describe true church of jesus christ - one, holy, catholic, apostolic , roman church - shall find nothing more noble, more sublime, or more divine expression mystical body of christ - expression springs , is, were, fair flowering of repeated teaching of sacred scriptures , holy fathers.

the church called body, because living entity, called body of christ, because christ head , founder; called mystical body, because neither purely physical nor purely spiritual unity, super national. pius xii builds on theological development in 1920s , 1930s in italy, france, germany , england, re-discovered ancient pauline concept of mystical body of christ. pius xii utilized these new discoveries , authoritatively added directions them, dutch jesuit sebastian tromp documented.


the church has 2 aspects, visible , invisible one. full membership have live under visible representative of christ. relation of faithful christ mystical, not physical. faithful, through faith hope , love, united christ in church. christ loves , lives in faithful. christ , church whole church, alive through holy spirit. each of faithful guided holy spirit , therefore equal , important element of body of christ. unification christ takes place in holy eucharist. within church, there exist not active , passive element, leadership , lay people. members of church called work on perfection of body of christ.



lay believers in front line of church life; them church animating principle of human society. therefore, in particular ought have ever-clearer consciousness not of belonging church, of being church, say, community of faithful on earth under leadership of pope, common head, , of bishops in communion him. church.




^ vat. council, const. de ecc. cf. ibidem, const. de fide cath., c. 1.
^ pius xii, enc. mystici corporis christi, 13.
^ aas 1943, 193
^ la cristologia in italia 1930–1990, sergio de marchi, piemme, 1994, p. parente, de verbo incarnato, 1933, hofmann, der kirchenbegriff des hl. augustinus, münchen 1933, h. käppeli, zur lehre des hl. thomans von aquin vom corpus christi mysticum, freiburg, 1931, e mersch, le corps mystique du christ 2 vol. paris, 1936, e rawloson, corpus christi mysticum, berlin, 1931, robinson, h wheeler, cross of servant, london, 1926
^ sebastian tromp: annotations ad enc mc periodica 32, 1943, pp 377-401.
^ pius xii, enc. mystici corporis christi
^ pius xii, discourse, 20 february 1946:aas 38 (1946) 149; quoted john paul ii, cl 9.






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