Longer Catechism (Orthodox) 11.255

Chapter 11 — Part I — Article IX (Of the Church)

Section 255. Q. On what may we ground the idea that the Church is at once upon earth and in heaven? A. On the following words of the Apostle Paul, addressed to Christians: Ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and Church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus Christ the Mediator of the new covenant. Heb. xii. 22-24.