Apostolicity And Unity

Author : Ola Tjørhom
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : 2825413755

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We would like to recommend this book to all who are concerned about the Porvoo fellowship as well as those who are commited to visible unity -K G Hammar and David Hope Apostolicity and Unity explores the purpose and potential of the Porvoo Common Statement (PCS), a major ecumenical agreement between the Anglican churches in Great Britain and Ireland and the Lutheran churches in the Nordic and Baltic nations. First presented in 1992 and now affirmed by ten signatory churches, the PCS provides the basis for church fellowship for approximately fifty percent of the so-called Protestant Christians in Europe. Porvoo is the European parallel to the 'Called to Common Mission' statement arising out of the Episcopal-Lutheran dialogue in the United States. Written by church leaders and theologians who have long worked for the cause of church unity, this volume discusses key aspects of the PCS, including the nature of the church, the basic characteristics of church unity, and the church's mission in the world. Special emphasis is placed on the theological core of the PCS -- its understanding of apostolicity and apostolic continuity, and its proposal of how different signs of such continuity can be shared between the churches within the framework of communion. Critical contributions from members of other church traditions round out the volume by assessing the wider ecumenical significance of the PCS.

Author : Elizabeth Smith Woodard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978701489

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Cruciform Ecumenism by Elizabeth Smith Woodard Pdf

The truth claims of Christianity appear compromised by the division of Christ’s followers into different denominations. What keeps Christians separated, retreating to their corners labeled Catholic, Orthodox, and various types of Protestant? Elizabeth Smith Woodard accounts for Christian disunity in terms of ecclesiology, episcopacy, and apostolicity: in brief, Who are we? Who is in charge? And are we who we say we are? Woodard argues that the controversial issues dividing Christians today stem from these questions of authority and identity. What would it look like, Woodard asks, if Christians did not insist on making “others” more “like us,” but instead worked toward all of “us” becoming more and more like Christ? She answers that growing in such cruciformity should serve as the basis for unity. Using recent unity-achieving Anglican-Lutheran discussions as a case study, she examines the crucial intersection of ecclesiology, episcopacy, and apostolicity to argue that Christians’ growth in Christ’s mission necessarily entails growing in unity and cruciformity.

Author : John G. Flett
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899739

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Apostolicity by John G. Flett Pdf

What constitutes the unity of the church over time and across cultures? Can our account of the church's apostolic faith embrace the cultural diversity of world Christianity? The ecumenical movement that began in the twentieth century posed the problem of the church's apostolicity in profound new ways. In the attempt to find unity in the midst of the Protestant-Catholic schism, participants in this movement defined the church as a distinct culture—complete with its own structures, rituals, architecture and music. Apostolicity became a matter of cultivating the church's own (Western) culture. At the same time it became disconnected from mission, and more importantly, from the diverse reality of world Christianity. In this pioneering study, John Flett assesses the state of the conversation about the apostolic nature of the church. He contends that the pursuit of ecumenical unity has come at the expense of dealing responsibly with crosscultural difference. By looking out to the church beyond the West and back to the New Testament, Flett presents a bold account of an apostolicity that embraces plurality. Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.

Author : Orlando O. Espín,James B. Nickoloff
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 1566 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814658563

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An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies by Orlando O. Espín,James B. Nickoloff Pdf

Spanning the gamut from "Aaron" to "Zwingli," this dictionary includes nearly 3,000 entries written by about sixty authors, all of whom are specialists in their various theological and religious disciplines. The editors have designed the dictionary especially to aid the introductory-level student with instant access to definitions of terms likely to be encountered in, but not to substitute for, classroom presentations or reading assignments. - Publisher.

Author : Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity,John H. Strietelmeier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Church
ISBN : 1932688161

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The Apostolicity of the Church by Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity,John H. Strietelmeier Pdf

Dr. Strietelmeier used his God-given mental acuity to address issues of substance with wisdom and humor, and at the same time, managed a very demanding set of administrative responsibilities at Valparaiso University. An acute observer of what was taking place in the world around him, Dr. Stietelmeier was not timid in articulating his positions concerning what was taking place in higher education and in the society at large. This book presents some of his leading ideas, many published in The Cresset, and his biography. With Strietelmeier the reader will struggle for a way of thinking and living ¿gracefully¿ in a time of multiple revolutions, choosing lesser evils, searching for the will of God while navigating between the dominant cultural value of personal emancipation and the power of a freedom found in bonding with the Lord of the Church.

Author : C. Simut
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230613393

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A Critical Study of Hans Küng’s Ecclesiology by C. Simut Pdf

The book presents the transition from traditionalism to modernism in connection to two of Küng's most important books on ecclesiology: Structures of the Church (1962) as representing Küng's traditional theology, and On Being a Christian (1974) as a reflection of his modern approach to Christianity.

Author : Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Church
ISBN : 1942304838

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The Apostolicity of the Church by Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity Pdf

Author : Pro Ecclesia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781442229235

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Pro Ecclesia Vol 20-N1 by Pro Ecclesia Pdf

Pro Ecclesia is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

Author : Mark Dever,Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433681059

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Baptist Foundations by Mark Dever,Jonathan Leeman Pdf

Ours is an anti-polity age, perhaps more than any other time in the history of the church. Yet polity remains as important now as it was in the New Testament. What then is a right or biblical polity? The contributors to this volume make an exegetical and theological case for a Baptist polity. Right polity, they argue, is congregationalism, elder leadership, diaconal service, regenerate church membership, church discipline, and a Baptist approach to the ordinances. Each section explores the pastoral applications of these arguments. How do congregationalism and elder leadership work together? When should a church practice church discipline? How can one church work with another in matters of membership and discipline? To be read sequentially or used as a reference guide, Baptist Foundations provides a contemporary treatment of Baptist church government and structures, the first of its kind in decades.

Author : Willem A. Saayman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X001183457

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Unity and Mission by Willem A. Saayman Pdf

This book reviews important missiological developments in ecumenical, evangelical, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox circles between 1961 and 1975. Its central focus is on the essential relationship between unity and mission, but it also deals with other important missiological themes which dominated this era.

Author : Paul Avis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567575197

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Reshaping Ecumenical Theology by Paul Avis Pdf

Reshaping Ecumenical Theology is a major contribution to the study of the Church. It provides clear and authoritative orientation for the student, while probing deep into a range of key issues in ecclesiology and ecumenical dialogue from a critical standpoint that will stimulate discussion among scholars and ecumenists. It reclaims some old orthodoxies, while challenging some new ones, and points to a deeper and more personal engagement with the major traditions of the Christian Church as the way to fuller unity and more effective mission. Reshaping Ecumenical Theology argues that the values of difference and diversity and the priority of mission and evangelisation must shape our picture of unity. It transcends old arguments about 'establishment', by showing that all churches are compelled to develop a constructive relationship to the modern state, wherever possible, if they are to be effective in mission. The central ecumenical notion of 'reception' is re-interpreted, not as the faithful unquestioningly receiving the teaching of church authorities, but as the process whereby the whole Church discerns the truth of new developments. The mantra 'baptism is complete sacramental initiation' is challenged, and the place of confirmation is secured within a total process of initiation. The ministry of the episcopate is affirmed, but only by being related to the gospel on which the Church is founded. The nature of communion is examined and the imperative of maintaining it against divisive tendencies is affirmed. 'The hermeneutics of unity' shows that we are shaped by each other through the conflict or rivalry of traditions: 'We are what we are because you are what you are'.

Author : C. Ryan Fields
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514006726

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Local and Universal by C. Ryan Fields Pdf

In the words of the creeds, the church is the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic body of Christ. Of those features, perhaps none is as misunderstood as the church's catholicity (that is, its universality)—because while the church is universal, it is also radically local, connected to a particular community or even found on a specific street corner. How might we reclaim the universality of the church without losing its local situatedness? In this Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture volume, pastor and theologian C. Ryan Fields offers a surprising solution: he turns to the Free Church tradition, those churches that are historically separate or "free" from state oversight. Juxtaposing the Free Church with its Episcopal counterpart, he argues that far from neglecting the catholicity of the church, the Free Church tradition can helpfully inform our understanding of the one body of Christ while remaining true to its local roots. Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, promotes evangelical contributions to systematic theology, seeking fresh understanding of Christian doctrine through creatively faithful engagement with Scripture in dialogue with church tradition.

Author : Corneliu C. Simuţ
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 303911042X

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The Ontology of the Church in Hans Küng by Corneliu C. Simuţ Pdf

This book investigates the signs of the church in the theology of Hans Küng as described in his The Church (1967). As Küng does not go beyond the traditional signs of the church, the author makes a thorough analysis of the unity, catholicity, holiness and apostolicity of the church with plentiful references to other contemporary theologians such as Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Edward Schillebeeckx, Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, and even Joseph Ratzinger. The relevance of the book consists in its approach to classical theological issues which lay the foundation for a contemporary reassessment of the church. The author is concerned not to defend particular doctrines but to see how Küng's theology of the signs of the church fits within the context of his time.

Author : R. David Nelson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567402950

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The Interruptive Word by R. David Nelson Pdf

While German Lutheran theologian Eberhard Jüngel (1934-) has made a number of significant contributions to contemporaneous discussions of sacramental theology, this topic has largely been ignored by interpreters of his thought. This study summarizes and evaluates, through a close reading of primary and secondary source materials, Jüngel's approach to the problem of sacrament. R. David Nelson considers Jüngel's claim that the word of God functions sacramentally as it addresses its hearer, and analyses his assertion that Jesus Christ is the unique and preeminent sacrament of God for the world. Progressing to an exploration of Jüngel's ecclesiology, Nelson reveals Jüngel's interesting approach to the question of the church's sacramentality. The volume concludes with an investigation into Jüngel's doctrines of baptism and the Lord's Supper. The Interruptive Word demonstrates that Jüngel consistently appeals to the category of 'interruption' for describing God's sacramental relation to the world and its actualities, concluding that the hegemony of the category of 'interruption' in Jüngel's theology of sacrament raises important questions concerning its coherence and tenability.

Author : Church House Staff,Methodist Church (Canada) Staff
Publisher : Church House Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : 1858522188

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An Anglican-Methodist Covenant by Church House Staff,Methodist Church (Canada) Staff Pdf

The histories of the Church of England and the Methodist Church have been linked together for 250 years. In the 1970s, a proposal for unity failed narrowly. Now relationships between Methodists and Anglicans are stronger than ever, locally, regionally and nationally. Both are committed to the search for unity. What holds them apart? This official report of the Formal Conversations that began in 1999 sets out the common ground that has been rediscovered. It shows the strength of theological agreement, but also points out significant differences that require further work. Conscious of both the opportunities and the unresolved issues, the two churches asked the Conversations to draw up an agreement that would enable them to take a significant step towards future unity. The talks gave priority to mission and evangelism and paid special attention to diversity. This report proposes a national covenant, made up of mutual acknowledgement and mutual commitment. It should consolidate at the national level the many local and regional covenants that already exist and so prepare the ground for the next vital stage on the road to unity. A free "Reader's Guide" is packaged with each copy.