Fulton Sheen on The Mystical Body of Christ
Bishop Robert Barron
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Friends, one of the major theological contributions of Fulton Sheen was his emphasis on the Church as the Mystical Body of Christ, an idea that emerged in the twentieth century just as he was coming of age.
The Church, as the New Testament tells us, is not primarily an organization of like-minded individuals. Instead, it’s more like an organism—a living thing made up of cells, molecules, and organs.
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To be in the mystical body—under the headship of Christ, and animated by the Holy Spirit—is to be caught up, necessarily, in a state of interdependence with others.
