Why is the Church called “the new world”?

The answer

The Creator’s will is the salvation of all humanity through the Church: “For as His will is work, and this is named the world, so also His counsel is the salvation of men, and this has been called the church.”¹¹⁷³

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

¹¹⁷³ St. Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor or Christ the Educator (Paedagogus) 1.6 (ANF 2:216).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.