Episode Synopsis "Episode 6: “What is the Church?”"

“What is the Church”? As the Body of Christ, what is Her Nature? What is Her purpose? What is Her relationship to Her Head, Jesus Christ? Is She Essential for salvation? Is she visible? Invisible? Both? How many “churches” are there, really; and how can we find the One actually established by the God-Man, Himself?

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