SERMONS ON THE HOLY COMMUNION. BY ROBERT ISAAC WILBERFORCE, A.M. ARCHDEACON OF THE EAST RIDING. LONDON: J. AND C. MOZLEY, 6, PATERNOSTER ROW; 1854. 100. 3. 465. SERMON I. THE CHURCH THE FULNESS OF CHRIST. EPHESIANS, i. 22, 23. "Head over all things to the Church, which is His Body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.” THUS does St. Paul describe the office of Our Lord, and the Church which He founded. Many relations does Christ bear to His people, but the one to which the Apostle constantly returns is, that He is "Head of the Church and Saviour of the body." And other things characterize the Church, as to be one, holy, Catholic, "the pillar and ground of the truth:" but its proper definition, by which its nature is truly explained, and whereby the Apostle most frequently describes it, is, that it is the Body of Christ. Whether he B |