The Church: On Earth As It Is In Heaven | Lord's Prayer | Ancient Russian Wooden Church Design | Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtThe Church is not a wall and a roof; it is the faithful themselves. The Church is heaven. + St. John Chrysostom The Church is an image of God because it realizes in itself the same union of the faithful that God realizes in Himself between the divine Persons. It is heaven on earth. + St. Maximus the Confessor The Church is the earthly heaven wherein the heavenly God dwells and moves. + St. Symeon the New Theologian The Church is already heaven: where

to die a shameful death by His own will

but ye are wise in Christ

that the gospel requires

Praise the Lord from the earth

- Isaiah 65:17

and constantly rejuvenates

purification of all the faithful

I have overcome the world

Thomas said to Him

and is to come

For those who do not love God

according to his works done in the body