ers of the Church, since the Church is the spouse. But Christ is a member of the Church according to 1 Cor. 12:27, "You are the body of Christ, and members of member, i.e. of Christ," according to a gloss. Therefore the dowry is due to Christ. Objection 5: Further, Christ has per…

an hungred, and ye gave me no meat.” It is written to the believers, “Ye are the body of Christ.” [ 1 Cor 12:27 ] As then the soul dwelling in the body, though it hungers not in respect of its spiritual substance, yet hungers for the food of the body, because it is yoked to the b…

Christi si vis intelligere, Apostolum audi dicentem fidelibus: Vos estis corpus Christi, et membra (I Cor. XII, 27) . Si ergo estis corpus Christi et membra, mysterium in mensa Domini positum est; mysterium vestrum accepistis ad id quod estis, amen respondistis, et respondendo su…