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Between Ecclesiology and Ethics: Promoting a Culture of Protection and Care in Church and Society
, 2019The author underscores the ethical imperatives incumbent on the community called church in light of the needs and experiences of children. The immediate circumstance relates to ongoing revelation of widespread clergy sexual abuse of children and ...
A. E. Orobator
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The Ecclesiology of Vatican II
The Church of God in Jesus Christ, 2019I have been asked to attempt something that I would not allow my graduate students to try: to treat a very large and complex question in a very short time. The difficulty, even impossibility, of the task is fairly obvious.
J. Komonchak
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Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies, 2008
This article surveys recent developments in the area of ecclesiology, starting from the viewpoint of a methodological divide discernible in the field. The divide is between those who take an idealist approach, emphasising highly charged theological symbols for Church, and those who adopt a more realist approach, taking as starting point the historical
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This article surveys recent developments in the area of ecclesiology, starting from the viewpoint of a methodological divide discernible in the field. The divide is between those who take an idealist approach, emphasising highly charged theological symbols for Church, and those who adopt a more realist approach, taking as starting point the historical
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Abstract In a religious census, in the late 1830s, brethren were first identified as “Catholics.” The term was a good one, as it reflected their hesitation about adopting any non-Scriptural descriptor. Brethren eluded denominational categories by refusing to take sides in long-standing Protestant debates.
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1992
Abstract This chapter examines the ecclesiology of the Catholic Apostolic Church. It describes the nature of the church, fourfold order and character of the ministry, the church's sources of funding for the maintenance of the ministry, and its various affiliate sects and societies.
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Abstract This chapter examines the ecclesiology of the Catholic Apostolic Church. It describes the nature of the church, fourfold order and character of the ministry, the church's sources of funding for the maintenance of the ministry, and its various affiliate sects and societies.
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The Structure of a Systematic Ecclesiology
Theological Studies, 2002[Drawing on the classical understanding of theology as faith seeking understanding, the author explores the structure of a systematic ecclesiology, arguing that such a theology must be empirical, critical, normative, dialectic, and practical. He further maintains that such a goal requires the critical engagement of the social sciences. His position is
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Communio Ecclesiology: A New Ecclesiological Opportunity
2019This chapter seeks to enhance Adventist remnant ecclesiology by exploring the possibility of developing an Adventist version of communio ecclesiology. It outlines what the various mainstream Christian communio ecclesiologies hold in common, in the expectation that this material, with appropriate adjustments, might contribute to an ecclesiology that is ...
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Kate Tyler, (2019) The Ecclesiology of Thomas F. Torrance: koinōnia and the Church
Ecclesiology, 2021E. Schlesinger
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2020
In his 1966 book The Church Inside Out, J. C. Hoekendijk noted that various churches allow intercommunion in what are considered abnormal situations. The traditional language that applied to such practices was for situations considered to be “in extreme.” (in extremis).
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In his 1966 book The Church Inside Out, J. C. Hoekendijk noted that various churches allow intercommunion in what are considered abnormal situations. The traditional language that applied to such practices was for situations considered to be “in extreme.” (in extremis).
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