Cultural Episcopacy and Ecumenism: Representative Ministry in Church History from the Age of Ignatius of Antioch to the Reformation With Special Ref (Studies in Christian Mission)

Cultural Episcopacy and Ecumenism: Representative Ministry in Church History from the Age of Ignatius of Antioch to the Reformation With Special Ref (Studies in Christian Mission)

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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.

Cultural Episcopacy and Ecumenism: Representative Ministry in Church History from the Age of Ignatius of Antioch to the Reformation With Special Ref (Studies in Christian Mission),Allen Brent,Brill Academic Publishers,9004094326,Appointment, call, and electio,Appointment, call, and election,Bishops,Christianity - General,Church History,Church polity,History,History of doctrines,History: World,Indigenous church administrati,Indigenous church administration,Interior Design - General,Leadership,Religion,Religion - Christian Life,Anglican & Episcopalian Churches,Ecclesiology & Church government,Ecumenism,History of religion,Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church

Book Contents:

1. Decorating With Pictures
2. Der Briefwechsel Zwischen Augustinus and Hieronumus and Ihr Streit Um Den Kanon Des Alten Testaments and Die Auslegung Von Gal., 11-14 (Vigiliae Chri)
3. Der Ikonoklasmus Des Westens (Studies in the History of Christian Thought; Vol 41)
4. Die Apokryph Gewordenen Evangelien: Studien Zu Neuen Texten Und Zu Neuen Fragen (Supplements to Novum Testamentum)
5. Die Entdeckte Natur: Untersuchungen Zu Begrundungsversuchen Einer "Scientia Naturalis" Im 12. Jahrhundert (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
6. Die Macht Der Weisheit: Das Bild Des Bischofs in Der Vita Augustini Des Possidius Und Anderen Spataniken Und Fruhmittelalterlichen Bischofsviten (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
7. Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's De Divina Omnipotentia (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
8. Early Indian Terracottas (Iconography of Religions Section X North America)
9. Educational Strategies Among Muslims in the Context of Globalization: Some National Case Studies (Muslim Minorities, V. 3)
10. Elusions of Control: Biblical Law on the Words of Women (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)

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