NJHD 242-243 - the church

NJHD 242-243
The church is said to be
where the Lord is acknowledged and where the Word is,
for the essentials of the church
are love and faith in the Lord from the Lord;
and the Word teaches how a person must live
that he may receive love and faith from the Lord.

That there may be a church,
there must be doctrine from the Word,
since without doctrine the Word is not understood.
Doctrine alone, however,
does not constitute the church with a person,
but a life according to it.
Hence it follows that faith alone does not constitute the church with a person,
but the life of faith,
which is charity.
Genuine doctrine is the doctrine of charity and faith together,
and not the doctrine of faith separate from charity;
for the doctrine of charity and faith together is the doctrine of life;
but not the doctrine of faith without the doctrine of charity.