The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.301

c49.301

the Church, and the Church in the world. The Church is the body of Christ, the community of the faithful, the people of God. It is not a building, nor an institution, nor a hierarchy, but a living organism, a fellowship of believers. The Church is the instrument of God's grace in the world, the bearer of the gospel, the witness to the truth. It is the community of those who have been called out of darkness into his marvelous light, and who are sent into the world to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.