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Visible church
Visible Vis"i*ble, a. [L. visibilis, fr. videre, visum, to see: cf. F. visible. See Vision.] 1. Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Virtue made visible in outward grace. --Young. 2. Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. --Shak. The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before. --Clarendon. Visible church (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons. Visible horizon. Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent. -- Vis"i*ble*ness, n. -- Vis"i*bly, adv.

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- Church visible is a term of Christian theology and ecclesiology referring to the visible community of Christian believers on Earth, as opposed to the Church...
- Church of the elect who are known only to God, in contrast to the "visible church"—that is, the institutional body on earth which preaches the gospel...
- one true church to the exclusion of the others. For many Protestant Christians, the Christian Church has two components: the church visible, institutions...
- Church as Good as Another?. Vol. 37. The Lutheran Witness. pp. 82–83. There can only be one true visible Church. ...Only that one is the true visible...
- The church is conceived of as both invisible and visible. The invisible church is the body of all believers, known only to God. The visible church is the...
- reported in 2016. Article XIX ('Of the Church') of the Thirty-nine Articles defines the church as follows: The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful...
- constitutes "the Church". For some, the church is defined as "all those who will be saved", with no emphasis on the visible church. For others, the theological basis...
- (Christian perfection). In the Methodist Churches, baptism is a sacrament of initiation into the visible Church. Wesleyan covenant theology further teaches...
- cir****cision as a sign of the covenant and marked a child's admission into the visible church. It could not be ****umed that baptism produces regeneration. The Westminster...
- true church" refers to an ecclesiological position ****erting that Jesus gave his authority in the Great Commission solely to a particular visible Christian...