BIBL 106 Study Guide - Invisible Church, Donatism, Postmillennialism

• School: Regent University
• Department: Biblical Studies
• Course: BIBL 106
• Professor: Rev. John R. Miller, Ph.D.

Document Summary

Mcgrath speaks of a tension in the word church, which arises from the fact that we use church to designate individual christian congregations and also the total body of christian believers. The visible church a community of believers as a visible group. The invisible church the fellowship of all the saints as an invisible [spiritual] entity. (see the box on page 138) Mcgrath discusses several approaches to the issue of the unity of the church. He then argues that the unity of the church must be understood theologically. In discussing the idea of the church as holy, mcgrath discusses how augustine responded to the. Donatist crisis by putting forward a theory of the church. Mcgrath discusses how the term holy is often associated with morality, or sanctity. He then discusses the meaning of the term holy in the old and new testaments.