Góźdź, Krzysztof (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 1998)
The mystery of the Church has been expressed from the very beginnings by means of various images, figures and symbols. To the most important ones belong the theological notions of the Church as the Body of Christ, People of God, Fellowship, History of Salvation and Social Christ. All of them together make up a foundation of the new ecclesial vision, the vision which was initiated by Vatican Council II and which is being put into practice, unfortunately too slowly, in the life of the visible Church. The three following stages constitute this vision: the Church born in the idea of God the Father, the Originator of the history of salvation; Christ - the central Kairos of the history of salvation - in whom the Church gained its visible sign; the Holy Spirit who is the continuation of the history of salvation whose bearer is the People of God from the New Covenant.
