Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 329 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511520518
Content:
Individual churches today have a lively ecumenical consciousness, but they often express anxieties about what will become of them in a future united Church. Questions are being asked about the goal of such unity. In this book, G. R. Evans asks what we mean by 'a church', and how different Christian bodies have understood the way 'a church' is related to 'the Church'. She surveys the nature of unity and what the fullness of the communion being reached for might consist of; the place of diversity of faith and order in a united Church, or ways in which there can go on being many churches in one Church and how they might be related to it; and questions about the common structures one Church would need, and the way in which it could come to think and act as a single 'body' of Christ. The book concludes with a discussion of the concept of 'communion', which now looks very hopeful ecumenically as a guide to the way forward.
Content:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Local and universal -- 2. Ecclesial identity -- 3. Diversity -- 4. Restoring to order -- 5. Decision-making -- 6. Communion -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521891608
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521462860
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521462860
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521891608
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Evans, Gillian, 1944 - The Church and the churches Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994 ISBN 052146286X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521462860
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Ekklesiologie
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Ökumenische Theologie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511520518
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