St. Paul - “in Christ”?

[Mchristian]

Salutations all ~

I am very interested in finding out our Catholic perspective on what St. Paul means when he repeatedly use the phrase “in Christ”.
My impulse to want to know immediately urged me to google  but decided to carefully consider the sources of info I seek.  I think this is imperative because perhaps I hit a Protestant link or something that misguided me from truth of our Church....
At any rate, I’ve read a N. T. Wright’s book on St. Paul and in my humble /  limited opinion, even though the author is an Anglican Bishop it didn’t appear to his presentation was slanted.  I welcome (name removed by moderator)ut on that idly I am not correct...

I plan to read soon a book on St. Paul by Dr. Taylor Marshall, who is a Catholic convert, as well as his new book Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within.
Thank you in advance for any of your time on the initial question or anything else I mentioned.
Peace & blessings of Christ our Lord be with you ><>

 

[Beryllos]

Searching all the letters of Paul, as they are translated in the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE), I found 89 occurrences and quickly reviewed them. Without actually counting, I think the majority of these refer to persons being in Christ.

My understanding of this would be along the lines of communion with Christ, being a member of the body of Christ, or being one in Christ. In the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks often about the faithful being in him, as in these examples:

(John 14:20) “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you.”

(John 15:5) “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.”

(John 17:20-21) “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.”

Through Holy Communion, the Eucharist, we become one in Christ, and we are in Christ, not as a figure of speech, but bodily and spiritually. So I believe. When Paul speaks of himself or another person (including dead persons) being in Christ, I believe this is what he means.

 

[VanitasVanitatum]

I am very interested in finding out our Catholic perspective on what St. Paul means when he repeatedly use the phrase “in Christ”.
My impulse to want to know immediately urged me to google but decided to carefully consider the sources of info I seek. I think this is imperative because perhaps I hit a Protestant link or something that misguided me from truth of our Church
At any rate, I’ve read a N. T. Wright’s book on St. Paul and in my humble / limited opinion, even though the author is an Anglican Bishop it didn’t appear to his presentation was slanted. I welcome (name removed by moderator)ut on that idly I am not correct…

So it’s easier to read.

 

[po18guy]

If you are baptized, you are “in Christ”, being a member of His Body, as Saint Paul wrote.

N.T. Wright is praised as a Christian author by Dr. David Anders, a Calvinist convert to Catholicism.

However, if you have a King James Version, A Douay-Rheims bible or Knox Bible, go to 2 Corinthians 2:10 and kindly note that Paul forgave sins “in the person of Christ” - the Church has Latinized this to “in persona Christi”

He acted in the person of Christ and with the authority of Christ. That is most certainly being “in Christ.”