“The church is called the body of Christ. We inquire whether as the body is distinguished from the head so we should think of [the church] here as an organ of its Head. Or should we rather think of the head as an aspect of the body of a person, so the whole church of Christ is Christ's body in that he ensouls it with h…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS
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22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
— Ephesians 1:22 —
23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.