Baptism: Member of Christ - Page 4
SUMMARY
Since his Ascension, when he returned to his Heavenly life, Jesus is not only with us, always and everywhere, but also within those who have been baptised, living his life in them in the world today, wherever they are and whatever their occupation may be. That is to say, we are Members of Christ, and people ought to be able to recognise him in us.
References
1. Epistle of the Gallican Churches cited in Kidd, B.J. (1920) Documents illustrative of the history of the Church Volume I (No. 57), London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
2. Dix, G. (1945) The shape of the liturgy, Westminster: Dacre Press.
3. Cited in Butler, A. (edited by Kelly, B.) (1936) ‘St Basil the Great, Confessor, Archbishop of Caesarea’ In The lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other Principal Saints, Volume II, London: Virtue and Company Limited.
4. Church of England (1662) The Book of Common Prayer. A Catechism. Available from: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/bcp/texts/catechism.html (Accessed 23 August 2010) (Internet).