The church is obviously not the second person of the Holy Trinity. Jesus assumed human nature once.
Which visible body did the ascended Christ constitute as his instrument? Chalcedon is Catholic so ...
If Jesus assumed human nature once and the church is not the second person of the Trinity, then the church is not a continuation of the Incarnation.
The body he constituted is the company of those united to him by the Spirit, marked by the Word and the sacraments he appointed, not a hierarchical organism that acts as Christ in the flesh.
Chalcedon is not Roman property. It was an ecumenical council of the undivided church, and its definition confines the hypostatic union to the one person of the Son.
Your "instrument" language is the stretch: Christ is the Head, the church is the body, and the Spirit is the bond. An instrument that speaks and binds as Christ himself is a second mediator, which neither Chalcedon nor Hebrews allows.
The body he constituted is the company of those united to him by the Spirit, marked by the Word and the sacraments he appointed, not a hierarchical organism that acts as Christ in the flesh.
Chalcedon is not Roman property. It was an ecumenical council of the undivided church, and its definition confines the hypostatic union to the one person of the Son.
Your "instrument" language is the stretch: Christ is the Head, the church is the body, and the Spirit is the bond. An instrument that speaks and binds as Christ himself is a second mediator, which neither Chalcedon nor Hebrews allows.
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