The head; as the Scriptures say in Colossians 1.18. "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence."
"Joseph of Arimathaea,an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already...
As Jesus was a very common name and in the bible it refers to several people named 'Jesus'. Also, Christ is is the son of God so the church is the body of God if you break it down.
Although there has been much discussion on this point between Christian denominations going back as early as the 2nd Century, a simple answer can be drawn from the New Testament itself.
Matthew...
The word 'Christ' (from the Greek: 'christos'/Hebrew: 'messiah') is a title and means 'anointed one' (one set aside for a particular purpose), so one could say: 'the anointed one, Jesus' or 'Jesus...