Download or read book Consultation between the Conference of European Churches CEC and the Leuenberg Church Fellowship LCF on ecclesiology written by Wilhelm Hüffmeier and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Ökumene ist in den letzten Jahren durch Spannungen zwischen Protestanten und Orthodoxen belastet worden, wie sie unter anderem im Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen zutage getreten sind. In dieser Situation ist die Fortsetzung vorhandener und die Eröffnung neuer theologischer Dialoge zwischen Orthodoxen und Protestanten dringend nötig. Ihr Vollzug und ihre Ergebnisse kommen auch der Verständigung der Nationen im zusammenwachsenden Europa zugute. Der Band dokumentiert die Vorträge und das Kommuniqué einer Konsultation zwischen der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen (KEK) und der "Gemeinschaft evangelischer Kirchen in Europa" (Leuenberger Kirchengemeinschaft), die vom 28.11. bis 1.12.2002 in der Orthodoxen Akademie in Kreta stattgefunden hat. Gegenstand des Gesprächs war die Studie "Die Kirche Jesu Christi" (Leuenberger Texte 1, Frankfurt/Main 1995), die auf der 4. Vollversammlung der LKG 1994 in Wien verabschiedet wurde und die den in der Leuenberger Konkordie von 1973 formulierten fundamentalen Konsens der reformatorischen Kirchen ekklesiologisch entfaltet. Die Studie lädt bereits durch ihren Untertitel "Der reformatorische Beitrag zum ökumenischen Dialog über kirchliche Einheit" zur ökumenischen Verständigung ein, Die Intention geht weit über die Entfaltung des Selbstverständnisses der reformatorischen Kirchen hinaus. Neben der innerprotestantischen Klärung des Themas ist daher das Gespräch mit anderen christlichen Kirchen hierüber unerlässlich. Eine besondere Bedeutung dieser Konsultation lag aber auch darin, dass das Thema der Ekklesiologie in den Dialogen zwischen den Kirchen der Reformation und den Orthodoxen Kirchen bisher nicht zentraler Gegenstand war. Bei der Analyse der Studie "Die Kirche Jesu Christi" wurden bestimmte Textaussagen als Ausdruck von gemeinsamen Positionen (Kirche als Geschöpf des dreieinigen Gottes) hervorgehoben, andere aus orthodoxer Sicht als erklärungsbedürftig (Unterscheidung von Grund und Gestalt der Kirche) und wieder andere als noch kontrovers (Kirche als Sünderin) eingeschätzt, wie in dem gemeinsam verabschiedeten Schlusskommuniqué aufgezeigt ist. Das Präsidium der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen und der Exekutivausschuss der "Gemeinschaft evangelischer Kirchen in Europa", haben deshalb beschlossen, den vertrauensvoll begonnenen Dialog fortzusetzen und an den noch offenen Fragen in einer zweiten Gesprächsrunde theologisch weiterzuarbeiten.
Download or read book Konsultation zwischen der Konferenz Europ ischer Kirchen KEK und der Leuenberger Kirchengemeinschaft LKG zur Frage der Ekklesiologie written by Wilhelm Hüffmeier and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Ökumene ist in den letzten Jahren durch Spannungen zwischen Protestanten und Orthodoxen belastet worden, wie sie unter anderem im Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen zutage getreten sind. In dieser Situation ist die Fortsetzung vorhandener und die Eröffnung neuer theologischer Dialoge zwischen Orthodoxen und Protestanten dringend nötig. Ihr Vollzug und ihre Ergebnisse kommen auch der Verständigung der Nationen im zusammenwachsenden Europa zugute. Der Band dokumentiert die Vorträge und das Kommuniqué einer Konsultation zwischen der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen (KEK) und der "Gemeinschaft evangelischer Kirchen in Europa" (Leuenberger Kirchengemeinschaft), die vom 28.11. bis 1.12.2002 in der Orthodoxen Akademie in Kreta stattgefunden hat. Gegenstand des Gesprächs war die Studie "Die Kirche Jesu Christi" (Leuenberger Texte 1, Frankfurt/Main 1995), die auf der 4. Vollversammlung der LKG 1994 in Wien verabschiedet wurde und die den in der Leuenberger Konkordie von 1973 formulierten fundamentalen Konsens der reformatorischen Kirchen ekklesiologisch entfaltet. Die Studie lädt bereits durch ihren Untertitel "Der reformatorische Beitrag zum ökumenischen Dialog über kirchliche Einheit" zur ökumenischen Verständigung ein, Die Intention geht weit über die Entfaltung des Selbstverständnisses der reformatorischen Kirchen hinaus. Neben der innerprotestantischen Klärung des Themas ist daher das Gespräch mit anderen christlichen Kirchen hierüber unerlässlich. Eine besondere Bedeutung dieser Konsultation lag aber auch darin, dass das Thema der Ekklesiologie in den Dialogen zwischen den Kirchen der Reformation und den Orthodoxen Kirchen bisher nicht zentraler Gegenstand war. Bei der Analyse der Studie "Die Kirche Jesu Christi" wurden bestimmte Textaussagen als Ausdruck von gemeinsamen Positionen (Kirche als Geschöpf des dreieinigen Gottes) hervorgehoben, andere aus orthodoxer Sicht als erklärungsbedürftig (Unterscheidung von Grund und Gestalt der Kirche) und wieder andere als noch kontrovers (Kirche als Sünderin) eingeschätzt, wie in dem gemeinsam verabschiedeten Schlusskommuniqué aufgezeigt ist. Das Präsidium der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen und der Exekutivausschuss der "Gemeinschaft evangelischer Kirchen in Europa", haben deshalb beschlossen, den vertrauensvoll begonnenen Dialog fortzusetzen und an den noch offenen Fragen in einer zweiten Gesprächsrunde theologisch weiterzuarbeiten.
Download or read book Consultations between the Conference of European Churches CEC and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe CPCE written by Conference of European Churches and published by Verlag Otto Lembeck. This book was released on 2007 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Apostolicity written by John G. Flett and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of the ecumenical discussions over the past century lies the issue of what constitutes the apostolicity of the church. In an attempt to forge structural agreements, these discussions have ignored the diversity of world Christianity. In this groundbreaking study, John Flett presents a bold account of an apostolicity that embraces plurality.
Download or read book Eastern Churches Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Ecclesiology Polity The United Church of Christ written by Clyde J. Steckel and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "New Ecclesiology and Polity," Steckel argues that the United Church of Christ ecclesiology and its polity have an urgent need to be re-examined and re-shaped if the church is to be a faithful and strong ministry in the post-modern world. He describes the transition from modernity to post-modernity focusing on ways the United Church of Christ, is aware of these transitions in the life of the church, but no awareness of how the denominational governing structures undermine faithful mission in a post-modern world.
Download or read book Pathways for Ecclesial Dialogue in the Twenty First Century written by M. Chapman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume identifies a myriad of obstacles standing in the way of dialogue both within churches and between churches and then move on to discuss how these obstacles might be dissolved or circumvented. The contributors explore all the ways through which ecclesial dialogue can be re-energized and adapted for a new century.
Download or read book A Reader in Ecclesiology written by Bryan P. Stone and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Download or read book Unity in the Spirit Diversity in the Churches written by Conference of European Churches. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agreement between Reformation Churches in Europe Leuenberg Agreement written by Michael Bünker and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: The Leuenberg Agreement of 1973 describes the preconditions and aims of Protestant church fellowship on the basis of a common understanding of the gospel. It forms the basis of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE). German description: Die 1973 erarbeitete Konkordie beschreibt auf der Basis des gemeinsamen Verstandnisses des Evangeliums die Voraussetzungen und Ziele evangelischer Kirchengemeinschaft. Sie bildet die Grundlage der Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa (GEKE).
Download or read book The Church and the Churches written by G. R. Evans and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles the history of important ecclesiological issues across the denominational board.
Download or read book Liquid Ecclesiology written by Pete Ward and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Liquid Ecclesiology Pete Ward explores the theological contours of the turn to ethnography in the study of the Christian Church. His approach rests on a theology of culture that holds in tension and paradox the expression of the Church and divine presence. This theological framework is then developed through an extended qualitative empirical case study examining the communicative practices of the contemporary evangelical Church. The case study examines how the evangelical Gospel through expression has become marginalised in the everyday life of communities being replaced by a new more individual and personalised theology seen in worship songs. The final section of the book returns to the debates around ethnographic forms of theology and the question of normativity. This book will be of interest to all those engaged in empirical and theological work, as well as those researching the contemporary Church and evangelicalism
Download or read book Churches in Conciliar Fellowship written by Conference of European Churches. Consultation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Church Without Borders written by Jeffrey Thomas VanderWilt and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What kind of Church arises from the Lord's table?" "Doctrine, customs, culture, and history divide the Churches. Christians do not share a common table. Can a divided and injured Church celebrate the Eucharist, the sacrament of Christian communion?" "These are a few of the questions addressed in this study of the ecclesiology of communion. The "borderless" Church of the infinite love of Christ exists today. The divided Churches need only receive the communion of God as their innermost nature - at the borderless table of God's kingdom."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Practical Theological Ecclesiology written by David Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRACTICAL THEOLOGICAL ECCLESIOLOGY addresses the division that exists between theory and praxis. Theology in general and practical theology as a specific discipline has allowed this division to arise and indeed grow. The problem facing us is that faith communities now operate out of blind theory and/or blind praxis. To address this situation a reintegration of the theory and practice of the entire ecclesial praxis is needed. This thesis proposes "Practical Theological Ecclesiology" as the way forward. Practical theological ecclesiology addresses both the abstractness of pure ecclesiology and the pragmatics of the praxis through the development of an operational ecclesiology model that integrates the essence, expression and goal dimensions of the ecclesial praxis. By applying the operational ecclesiology model to praxis, practical theological ecclesiology, through the tasks of grounding, integrating, aligning and improving, uncover the gaps that exist in and between the theory and praxis of a faith community. The resulting analysis provides ecclesial pictures of what is, compared to what should be, according to the operational ecclesiology model. The areas of ecclesial life which need to be grounded, integrated, aligned and improved are therefore exposed for ongoing work. Historical and contemporary research of the Christian Community Churches of Australia, provide the data for a case study which illustrates the potential and the analysis process of practical theological ecclesiology. The research underlines the importance of having an integrated operational ecclesiology, of grounding and integrating the theory, of aligning of theory and praxis, and of providing improvement direction for the praxis, thus removing theory and praxis division, avoiding both blind theory and blind praxis, and giving a clear pathway for the future.
Download or read book Ecumenical Ecclesiology written by Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a rich collection of fifteen articles by European, North American and Asian theologians who are concerned with the concept, life, unity and future of the church. It offers a wealth of broad perspectives on ecclesiology by scholars from Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox backgrounds. The first section, 'Perspectives on Ecumenical Ecclesiology', comprises reflections on postmodern ecclesiologies as well as on the development and problems concerning ecumenical methods and models of unity. The second section, 'Communion Ecclesiology and Otherness', provides some pertinent deliberations on how an ecclesiology of communion can integrate otherness. In particular, Zizioulas' communion ecclesiology is critically examined, the possibility for a retrieval of Eucharistic theology between Catholics and Orthodox is put forward, and Tillard's communion ecclesiology is appraised as offering resources for innerdenominational otherness. The final section, 'Ecclesiology in Global Contexts', considers critically the possibility of evangelical ecclesiology as an answer to ethnic impaired Christian community. The role of the (Catholic) Church and its values in Europe and vis-à-vis the European Constitution is examined. The Church of Nigeria's Constitutional Revision (2005) and its ecclesial- ecumenical implications comes into focus, and three notable concepts of unity, as developed by three Indian scholars, S.K. George, John Sadiq and Karem David, are evaluated. Finally, the Japanese diaspora in the States is appraised as a place where a particular Japanese Christian vision could emerge through the "internationalist ecclesiology" developed by Japanese Christian missionaries
Download or read book Church of Churches written by Jean-Marie-Roger Tillard and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
