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The catholicity of the Reformation / edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reformation--Congresses.
- Reformation.
- Christian union--Congresses.
- Christian union.
- Church--Catholicity--Congresses.
- Church.
- Church--Catholicity.
- Theology, Doctrinal--Congresses.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- x, 107 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [1996]
- Summary:
- As the title of this engaging book suggests, "catholicity" was the true intent of the Reformation. The Reformers did not set out to create what later came to be known as Protestant Christianity. Theirs was a quest for reformation and renewal in continuity with the "one holy catholic and apostolic church" of ancient times. The authors of the essays collected here demonstrate this catholicity of the Reformers and stress the importance of recovering the church's catholic tradition today. Robert W. Jenson examines communio ecclesiology, describing ecumenical thought on this ecclesiology and developing it in a number of areas. David S. Yeago proposes a new way of reading Luther, suggesting that the shift in Luther's thought actually brought him closer to the church's catholic tradition. Frank C. Senn discusses the Reformers' changes to the order of the mass, which restored the people's participation and regular preaching on biblical texts. Carl E. Braaten explores the problems that arise from the lack of an office of teaching authority in Protestant churches. James R. Crumley examines various perspectives on the office of pastor, seeking to clarify the notion of ministry in the catholic tradition. Robert L. Wilken looks at Pietism, showing that this movement sought to recover lost aspects of medieval spirituality and called for a deepening of personal piety. Finally, Gunther Gassmann discusses the ways in which the church universal is and should be a communion of churches.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0802842208
- OCLC:
- 35620400
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