In other words, Reformed Protestants believe the church universal is not identical with any one denomination or national church but is invisible and spread throughout the world in many visible churches, denominations and sects. It consists of all the elect of God and is neither disconnected from visible congregations and denominations nor identical with any one of them. The invisible body of Christ is also visible in that it is manifested in many different gatherings of Christians, but the latter do not exhaust or confine the true church.
