<P> In Christian theology, the term Body of Christ has two main but separate meanings: it may refer to Jesus' words over the bread at the Last Supper that "This is my body" in Luke 22: 19 - 20, or to the usage of the term by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 12: 12 - 14 and Ephesians 4: 1 - 16 to refer to the Christian Church . It may also refer to Christ's post-resurrection body in Heaven . </P> <P> There are significant differences in how Christians understand the term as used by Christ at the Last Supper and as developed in Christian theology of the Eucharist . For some it may be symbolic, for others it becomes a more literal or mystical understanding . </P> <P> As used by Saint Paul in the Pauline epistles it refers to the Christian Church as a group of believers . In Roman Catholic theology the use of the phrase "mystical body" distinguishes the mystical body of Christ, the Church, from the physical body of Christ, and from a "moral body" such as any club with a common purpose . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Part of a series on </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Devotions to Jesus in the Catholic Church </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jesus Christ in the Catacombs of Rome (4th century) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Devotions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Holy Wounds </Li> <Li> Sacred Heart </Li> <Li> Holy Face </Li> <Li> Divine Mercy </Li> <Li> Eucharistic adoration </Li> <Li> Holy Name </Li> <Li> Holy Hour </Li> <Li> Acts of Reparation </Li> <Li> Stations of the Cross </Li> <Li> Precious Blood </Li> <Li> Infant of Prague </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prayers </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Anima Christi </Li> <Li> Shoulder Wound </Li> <Li> Morning offering </Li> <Li> Sacred Heart prayer </Li> <Li> Sacred Heart Consecration </Li> <Li> You are Christ </Li> <Li> Vianney's prayer </Li> <Li> Perboyre's prayer </Li> <Li> Montfort's prayer </Li> <Li> Crucifix prayer </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Catholicism portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who referred to the church as the mystical body of christ