Christianity or the Church? - St. Hilarion Troitsky (Pt. I/III)

St. Hilarion Troitsky, New Martyr of Russia and righteous Confessor of the Church, brilliantly sets for the Scriptural and Patristic understanding of what Christ came to establish: not an invisible, personal “Christianity” but the Church which He promised He would build (cf. Matt 16:18). The question posed in the title of the work must be asked and answered by everyone who calls themselves a Christian. St. Hilarion is our guide if we are unsure how to answer. Read the text of “Christianity or the Church?“ here: 2:47 The Church was designed to reflect the perfect unity of the Three-One God 4:47 There is no form of unity on earth that compares to the unity of the Church 7:17 St. Cyprian and St. Cyril of Alexandria on the unity of the Church 9:02 Christ did not come simply to teach, but to build his Church (cf. Matt 16:18) 10:40 On the Tower of Babel and the inadequacy of human law to rid us of egoism, the obstacle of C