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Ancient faith and American-born churches : dialogues between Christian traditions / edited by Ted A. Campbell, Ann K. Riggs, Gilbert W. Stafford ; with assistance from Charles Hikaru Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Faith and order commission theological series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church--Congresses.
- Church.
- Christian union--United States--Congresses.
- Christian union.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 312 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Paulist Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- ANCIENT FAITH AND AMERICAN-BORN CHURCHES is a groundbreaking book that brings together in dialogue, representatives of various Christian churches which function as though they were in completely different worlds. These dialogues were undertaken by the ecclesiology study group of the Faith and Order Commission, National Council of the Churches Christ. Churches originating in pre-American (pre-United States) experience were brought into dialogue with churches in the American experience, i.e., a dialogue between Roman Catholic and Baptist traditions. Some of the topics explored in the eight dialogues are apostolicity, Christian Initiation, and the authority and function of scripture. The result then is a dialogue that exemplifies much of what is best in the modern ecumenical movement. Though the participants live and work in different ecclesial communities, they were able to see each other as friends and faith--"faith that recognizes Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Thomas F. Best
- Preface / Ann K. Riggs
- Introduction / Gilbert W. Stafford
- Theological language and ecumenical methodology / John T. Ford
- The unitive power of holiness : a dialogue between holiness and Roman Catholic traditions
- Holiness as understood by the Wesleyan/holiness tradition / Gilbert W. Stafford
- Holiness as understood in the Roman Catholic tradition / Kevin McMorrow
- The hermeneutics of reconciliation in worship : a dialogue between holiness and Eastern Orthodox traditions
- The holiness perspective on reconciling love in worship / Gilbert W. Stafford
- The hermeneutics of reconciliation : perspectives from the Orthodox liturgical experience / John H. Erickson
- Apostolicity : a dialogue between the Roman Catholic tradition and the Stone-Campbell restoration tradition
- The nature of the apostolicity of the church : perspectives from Churches of Christ / Douglas A. Foster
- Irenaeus on apostolicity / John T. Ford
- The role of creeds and confessions : a dialogue among Reformed, Methodist, and Quaker traditions
- Confessing the faith in the reformed tradition / Joseph D. Small
- The role of doctrine and confessions in the United Methodist Church / Ted A. Campbell
- The place of creeds and confessions among friends (Quakers) / Ann K. Riggs
- Christian initiation : a dialogue between Baptist and Roman Catholic traditions
- Initiation into the church and the Baptist tradition / Paul E. Robertson
- Initiation into Christ in the western Catholic tradition / Jeffrey Gros
- The teaching authority of the church : a dialogue between the Stone-Campbell restoration and the Lutheran tradition
- The place of an authoritative teaching office in the Christian church (Disciples of Christ) / Michael Kinnamon
- The place of an authoritative teaching office in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America / Philip Krey
- The authority and function of scripture : a dialogue among Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed traditions
- The authority and function of scripture in Catholic tradition / Theresa F. Koernke
- The authority and function of scripture in the understanding of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod / Samuel H. Nafzger
- The authority and function of scripture in the United Church of Christ / Clyde J. Steckel
- Eschatology and mission : a dialogue between Anglican and Adventist traditions
- Eschatology and mission in the Anglican tradition / O.C. Edwards, Jr.
- Seventh-day Adventist perspective on eschatology and mission / Denis Fortin.
- Notes:
- "National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0809143216
- OCLC:
- 60715120
- Publisher Number:
- 9780809143214
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