Church as Hairshirt and Rough Bark

The Bodies of Christ, Pt. 1

I have long been fascinated by the way the New Testament talks about the “Body of Christ” in three distinct ways—Incarnate, Eucharistic, and Ecclesial. There is the body of Christ in Jesus the Incarnate One, there is the body of Christ in the bread and wine of the Eucharist, and there is the Body of Christ as the Church. In the coming months I’ll be occ…