Cultural episcopacy and ecumenism : representative ministry in church history from the Age of Ignatius of Antioch to the Reformation, with special reference to contemporary ecumenism /

Bishops are to be understood primarily as representatives of cultures regardless of where their people are territorially located. The vindication of this thesis has implications also for ecumenical reconciliation between episcopal and non-episcopal communions occupying the same geographical territor...

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Main Author: Brent, Allen.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1992.

Series: Studies in Christian Mission 6.
Studies in Christian Mission Online, ISBN: 9789004322295.

Subjects:

Indigenous church administration > History of doctrines.

Church polity > History of doctrines.

Bishops > Appointment, call, and election > History.

Anglican Communion > Missions.