church invisible

American  

noun

Theology.

1. the entire body of Christian believers on earth and in heaven.

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Etymology

Origin of church invisible

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Why, was all that early church invisible, Mary?

From Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis by Berry, Robert Lee

In fact, he had not thought of it as being any church in particular, but as being a part of the great church invisible to which all God’s children belonged.

From The Search by Hill, Grace Livingston

The bell of a church invisible clanked softly.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

Tinkle-ting said the bells of a church, invisible among the houses of that far village.

From Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

I am in church, the church invisible, undefiled by inadequate expression.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Fuller, Margaret