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 /

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.
Episcopacy and Christian union.
Christianity and culture.
Bishops > Appointment, call, and election.
History.

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Call Number: BV2082.I5 B74 1992

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Summary: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 territory. The author compares the approaches and insights of both Vatican II and Lambeth 89 on this issue, and then proceeds to a historical and theological analysis of the development of the threefold Order in the early centuries, which he illuminates with the aid of contemporary sociological and cultural theory, in particular that of Durkheim. Key themes in the development of Order are identified in the classical texts of Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Tertullian and the Church Order literature. The author's conclusion is that we need both to break the geographical and jurisdictional mould in which our understanding of church Order has become set.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and indexes.
ISBN:9789004319875
ISSN:0924-9389 ;
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