Christ, the God-man, was equally divine and human, and His Church is an image of this dual nature. Since we are not fully realized as the children of the Most High, journeying, as we are, to the Kingdom that is within, our human nature is still sinful and fallen. Thus, the Church, being both human and divine, is comprised of we who are incomplete and imperfect. But Christ, being the head of His Church, has created the Church as a holy institution, filled with the healing power of the Holy Spirit, and transforming all of us into a pure Body.
Because Christ, as God-Man, is both divine and human, His Church manifests itself as both divine and human, although we are incomplete and imperfect. Yet the transformational grace that abounds in the Church, is changing us, and our cooperation with God's grace is making us a loving people, cooperating with the movement of the Holy Spirit, ever making us closer to the image our Creator God intended. Christ came to bring us fully into communion with the God Who loves us, and His mercy gives us the power to truly love Christ, and to truly love our neighbor.
The Church is not divided into two parts, but is fully an undivided whole, and is therefore both the invisible yet mystical body of Christ. The Church is thus called by God to promote the communion of man with God, and with all our fellow believers. The unity of the Church becomes our own unity with God, and with others, and partakers in the Heavenly Kingdom.
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
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