The Church is in the world, with the world and for the world. The Church is just like a glass show case. She is like a retail display case . This is the concept of second Vatican council about the holy catholic church.
The church is in the world, where could else be. God became man, a true blood in flesh in the world, so that the love of God can be understood by men.
The church is with the world. She grows with the world and she adopts changes in the world. The church therefore must change not in substance but in its outer clothing so that she can always make sense to everyone at all times.
God is for the world. The church is the symbol of God. The church is the symbol of God's love. Through the church the world feels the love of God. The church is at the service of the world. God is for the world.
And last but not the least, the church is against the world. When the world is being led astray, the church should help it go back to its track. When the world is compromising the moral teachings of the church, the church must oppose the world. When the world is going towards evilville, the church should go the opposite way. The church should not tolerate sins, when the world is sinning she must go agianst it. The church must not compromise and condone any wrong doings of the world.
The church is the people of God who shares in the mission of Christ to bring everyone in the church so that the entire world will be the church.
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