Stumbling in holiness : sin and sanctity in the church / Brian P. Flanagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flanagan, Brian P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Holiness--Catholic Church.

Holiness.

Sin--Christianity.

Sin.

Physical Description:

viii, 185 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press Academic, [2018]

Summary:

In Stumbling in Holiness, professor and theologian Brian P. Flanagan addresses the ways in which both holiness and sinfulness condition the life of the pilgrim church. The book is rooted in a liturgical-theological explanation of how the church prays through its continuing need for repentance and purification, as well as its belief in its present and future participation in the life of the Holy One. After reviewing some of the ways in which past theologians have tried to explain the coexistence of ecclesial holiness and sinfulness, Flanagan suggests that, even if we can have confidence that God will fully sanctify the church in the reign of God, our ecclesiology must always attend to both the sanctity we already experience in the church and the sinfulness that is part of our continuing journey toward that reign.

Contents:

Sin and sanctity in the liturgy

Sanctity, sin, and church

I believe in the Holy Church

Have mercy on us, Lord, for we have sinned

Avoiding the paradox of the Holy and sinful church

Naming the Holy and sinful church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Flanagan, Brian P., author. Stumbling into holiness

ISBN:

9780814684207

0814684203

OCLC:

1042083675