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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 10. The Mystery of the House of God

What is the importance of the church building in the life of the Church?

The answer

The Church is God’s house where Christ gathers together with the members of His body to perform His divine salvific work within their lives without distorting their human qualities. Thus, a heavenly community that is on earth is formed which conducts itself in a heavenly- earthly manner. It is heavenly because it is the dwelling of the Holy Spirit and the members of the body of Christ. At the same time, this community is perfectly human and is not isolated from the world, as it was formed from every nation and every tongue as holy leaven, working constantly for the renewal of the world. The Church community offers the church building as a sacrifice of love that God accepts from its hands and makes from it a holy temple for Himself, in which the community enjoys its eucharistic formation through His divine mysteries, as the living body of Christ, who works within His believers.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

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.