• Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ — SBLGNT
• Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
• Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont

§756"Often, too, the Church is called the building of God. the Lord compared himself to the stone which the builders rejected, but which was made into the comer-stone. On this foundation the Church is built by the apostles and from it the Church receives solidity and unity. This edifice has many names to describe it: the house of God in which his family dwells; the household of God…

§857The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways: - she was and remains built on "the foundation of the Apostles,"362 The witnesses chosen and sent on mission by Christ himself;363 - with the help of the Spirit dwelling in her, the Church keeps and hands on the teaching,364 The "good deposit," the salutary words she has heard from the apostles;365 -…

Both covenants were prefigured in Abraham, and in the labour of Tamar; there was, however, but one and the same God to each covenant. 1. For thus it had behooved the sons of Abraham [to be], whom God has raised up to him from the stones, Matthew 3:9 and caused to take a place beside him who was made the chief and the forerunner of our faith (who did also receive the covenant of…

§91Venerable Brethren, in Our exposition of this mystery which embraces the hidden union of us all with Christ, We have thus far, as Teacher of the Universal Church, illumined the mind with the light of truth, and Our pastoral office now requires that We provide an incentive for the heart to love this Mystical Body with that ardor of charity which is not confined to thoughts and w…

§19The Church has, therefore, in common with the Word Incarnate the aim, the obligation and the function of teaching all men the truth, of governing and directing them aright, of offering to God the pleasing and acceptable sacrifice; in this way the Church re-establishes between the Creator and His creatures that unity and harmony to which the Apostle of the Gentiles alludes in th…

§21Liturgical practice begins with the very founding of the Church. The first Christians, in fact, "were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles and in the communication of the breaking of bread and in prayers."[23] Whenever their pastors can summon a little group of the faithful together, they set up an altar on which they proceed to offer the sacrifice, and around which are …

I have learned, however, that certain persons from elsewhere have passed among you, having false doctrine, whom ye did not allow to sow seed among you, but stopped your ears that ye might not receive those things which were sown by them, as being stones of the temple of the Father, prepared for the building of God the Father.

She showed me a great tower being built upon the waters, with shining square stones. And the tower was built upon that great rock and that ancient gate. It was being built by six young men. And many thousands of other men were bringing stones, some from the depth of the sea, some from the land. Some were polished, some unpolished.

The rock and the gate are the Son of God. I said, "Sir, how is it that the rock is old, but the gate is new?" "Listen," said he, "and understand, thou ignorant man. The Son of God is older than all His creation, so that He was a counsellor with the Father in creating all things. Therefore also the rock is old." "But the gate, why is it new, Sir?" I asked. "Because," said he, "H…

1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. After this John 2:12-25 He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and there they abode not many days. And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers…

We believe that we ought to discern diligently and very carefully, by the Word of God, what is the true church—for all sects in the world today claim for themselves the name of "the church." The true church can be recognized if it has the following marks: The church engages in the pure preaching of the gospel; it makes use of the pure administration of the sacraments as Christ …

1. A certain one of those of moderate talent, who had composed a discourse, stepped forward in the presence of many pastors who were assembled as if for a church gathering, and while they attended quietly and decently, he addressed himself as follows to one who was in all things a most excellent bishop and beloved of God, through whose zeal the temple in Tyre, which was the mos…

The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience. The light of nature and the works of creation and providence so clearly demonstrate the goodness, wisdom, and power of God that people are without excuse; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and His will which is necessary for salvation. T…

Luther denies that the Pope is the head of all Christendom by divine right. The Church is built on Christ alone, not on Peter or his successors. The papal claim to universal jurisdiction finds no warrant in Scripture and has led to tyranny over consciences. Luther will not acknowledge the Pope as head of the Church, for this would subject Christ's Gospel to human authority.

Tertullian maintains that the apostles first preached the gospel, then founded churches which they planted in every city. From these mother churches, other churches borrowed the shoot of faith and the seeds of doctrine. The church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Himself the cornerstone.