Mulatto Bodies and the Body of Christ by Nathaniel Jung-Chul Lee

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The unified body of Christ as Biblical metaphor for being church by Lourens Schoeman

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The spirit of the body of Christ: the Holy Spirit's indwelling in the church by A. van de Beek

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Posoborowa instytucjonalna odnowa Kościoła krakowskiego według kardynała Karola Wojtyły by Jan Dyduch

“…The renewal was deeply rooted in the theology of the Second Vatican Council, especially in its teaching on the Church, presented by the Council as a community of the People of God, and the Mystical Body of Christ. To achieve accurate reception of the teaching of the Council, card. …”
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The Christology of Origen by John C. Solheid

“…I will also address what I regard as one of Origen’s signature contributions to Christology, a contribution that has not yet received adequate attention, namely his understanding of the mystical body of Christ into which we enter at Baptism.…”
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"Voorberei en toegerus": P.C. Potgieter se beskouing van die opleiding van predikante in kritiese perspektief by L. O. K. Lategan

“…Theological study is directed at the study of the Revelation of God and the church as the body of Christ. The article further discusses the literature on theological studies where attention is paid to the reasons for theological training, theology as a science and a priori assumptions in the study of theology. …”
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A hundred years of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa by M. Nel

“…Leadership was developed through the local church as the body of Christ and there were no distinctions between clergy and laity. …”
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Die ontwikkeling van 'n strategiese gemeentelike ekklesiologie - op pad na 'n missionerende bedieningspraxis by G. Smit

“…In addition, these markers function on three levels: First, the level of God as the origin of the church; Secondly, the level of the church that recreates community with God through a life of gratitude and spiritual disciplines in the context of a family while functioning as a body of Christ; Thirdly, the level of the church’s relationship with God to the world by means of worship, gift-based ministry and testimony. …”
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God's missional people: reflecting God's love in the midst of suffering and affliction by Frans J. van H. Hancke

“… The title of this article reflects a deep and personal conviction founded on the belief that a major solution to lessen the suffering of people living in poverty and in the midst of pandemics such as AIDS, lies within the body of Christ. The focus therefore is on God’s people being called to participate in God’s mission in God’s world. …”
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Gemeentegrense, nuwe gemeente ontwikkeling en kerkverband in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk by A. Celliers

“…Beside this, subjective criteria also question God’s providence and also the essential variety of God given gifts that should be present in the congregation in order to function as a complete and healthy Body of Christ. New church development has to take all this into consideration when churches for different culture and generation groups are planted within the borders of existing congregations. …”
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Synodality as a return to the origins of Christianity and the way of building the God’s Kingdom by Sebastian Zygmunt

“…The extreme understanding the Pope’s role as an absolute monarch who independently decides about all dimensions of the Church has supplanted with time the known from the Apostle’s time communal management of the Mystical body of Christ. Just the Second Vatican Council and the last few popes noticed this particular problem. …”
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Forum: Attempting a dialectical reconciliation of the concept truth in the objectivism of evangelical Christianity and the relativism of postmodernism by E. K. Foshaugen

“…And members of the Body of Christ are first and finally called to reveal and demonstrate truth to the world — in their unity. …”
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