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Institution Body Day 113
Christ's Corporate Body is the Church Disrobed! The institutional church is not so much a part of the Body of Christ as a heavy coat wrapped around that Body. Like a garment, the institutional church has both good and bad qualities. It protects the Body and keeps it warm in Winter but it also restricts the Body in its movements because of its weight.
Authorized Religion
The current model of "church" was developed several centuries after Christ when Christianity became an authorized religion in the Roman Empire. As an institution in society, a congregation was developed in each neighborhood modeled on the Jewish synagogue system. In the Synagogue, ten households gathered as a local worshipping group meeting in their own purpose-built worship places and serving their local community.
Can one be a Christian without going to church?
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