KOŚCIÓŁ JAKIEGO NIE ZNACIE
CHURCH YOU DO NOT KNOW

Summary/Abstract: The first images of the Church, obviously, we find in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. Christ Himself, teaching in parables, gives us various examples in which we can see images of the Church. Later, the Apostles and Church Fathers do likewise, who are more often interpreters of these verbal images. The article has been divided into two parts. In the first one, material images of the Church were presented, and in the second, the author focused on personal patterns. The first part presents four images that have been present in patristic thought almost from the very beginning. They are: body - organism, tower and its structure, willow and perfect state. The second part discusses several personal patterns of the Church. Of course, the oldest proverb, the image of the Church is Mary. Everyone knows the text of chapter 12 of the Apocalypse of Saint. John. In this woman, the fathers of the Church have always seen both Mary and the Church. Samaritan woman, an elderly woman and the apostles: Piotr, Jan and Paweł are also frequent examples of the fathers of the Church.

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