Churches Respond To Bem Official Responses To The Baptism Eucharist And Ministry Text Vol 1
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Author | : Max Thurian |
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Release | : 1986 |
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Author | : Max Thurian |
Publisher | : World Council of Churches |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9782825408865 |
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Churches Respond to BEM (Baptism, Eucharist & Ministry), Volume 5
Author | : Neal D. Presa |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2012-10-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1610976169 |
Download Here I Am, Lord, Send Me Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Church leadership and authority have been perennial theological issues facing Protestant churches of the Reformed tradition since the sixteenth century. What is ordination and what occurs when the Church ordains women and men to offices are questions that Reformed churches have attempted to answer for over five hundred years. In Here I Am, Lord, Send Me, Neal Presa combs the rich confessional, constitutional, and theological tradition of the Reformed churches. He critiques previous methods that have tried to answer questions of the meaning of ordination, and then proposes a new methodology that focuses on the ritual and stories of ordination, the shape and content of an assembly's worship. This work provides pathways for deeper and helpful engagement with present church debates and ecumenical discussions on ordination and ecclesiastical authority.
Author | : Stanley Jayakumar Yesudass |
Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 476 |
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ISBN | : 3643916388 |
Download An Ecumenical Odyssey Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
No less than two decades were needed for the composition of the ecumenical convergence document The Church: Towards a Common Vision (TCTCV) which was published by the World Council of Churches in 2013. The document was intended to reflect a common vision of churches and ecumenical stakeholders on a myriad of ecclesiological themes. The book investigates whether the convergence document TCTCV delivers on its promises. The book focuses on the formation and the reception of TCTCV along with the two draft versions, The Nature and Purpose of the Church (1998) and The Nature and Mission of the Church (2005) and uncovers whether the responses by the churches to TCTCV hold an affirmation of the convergences registered in the document. Furthermore, it seeks to establish whether the responses point towards a "common vision" concerning various ecclesiological themes that are still contested by the churches today. The book also explores whether the responses to TCTCV reveal an advancement in the conversation surrounding several debated issues, and examines to what extent the churches are willing to creatively engage with the ecclesial other.
Author | : David J. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1317140117 |
Download Eucharistic Sacramentality in an Ecumenical Context Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book explores the epiclesis or invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharistic Prayer, using the Anglican tradition as an historical model of a communion of churches in conscious theological and liturgical dialogue with Christian antiquity. Incorporating major studies of England, North America and the Indian sub-Continent, the author includes an exposition of Inter-Church ecumenical dialogue and the historic divisions between western and eastern Eucharistic traditions and twentieth-century ecumenical endeavour. This unique study of the relationship between theology and liturgical text, commends a theology and spirituality which celebrates the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharist as present and eschatological gift. It thus sets historic, contemporary and ecumenical divisions in a new theological context.
Author | : Anthony R. Cross |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 551 |
Release | : 2017-06-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1532617062 |
Download Baptism and the Baptists Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Since its first publication in 2000, Baptism and the Baptists has become the definitive work on the subject. It examines the theology and practice of believers' baptism among twentieth-century Baptists associated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and identifies the major influences which have led to its development. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the majority of Baptists concentrated predominantly on the mode and subjects of baptism (immersion and believers), understanding the rite merely as an ordinance--the believer's personal profession of faith in Christ. However, in continuity with a tradition of Baptists going back as far as the first Baptists in the second and third decades of the seventeenth century, there were also a significant number of ministers and scholars who saw the inadequacy of this view of baptism both biblically and theologically. This sacramental view developed and grew throughout the twentieth century, and influenced a resurgence of baptismal sacramentalism in the early twenty-first century among Baptists not just in Britain, but also in North America, Europe, and further afield.
Author | : Jeffrey W. Cary |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2012-11-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1621894835 |
Download Free Churches and the Body of Christ Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Those within the free church tradition have often appealed to the notion of the invisible church to account for the unity of the Body of Christ. A growing number of free church theologians, however, are giving increased attention to the importance of visible ecclesial unity, which immediately raises the perennial problem of the authorities by which unity is maintained. There is also a growing recognition among free church theologians of the need to recognize the authority of tradition in tandem with the authority of Scripture. In this book, Cary affirms these recent developments but then inquires whether a turn toward visible unity, together with an embrace of the authority of tradition, can eventually be coherent without also embracing the authority of an extra-congregational teaching office. To guide his study, Cary engages the work of two theologians from outside the free church tradition: Robert Jenson and Rowan Williams. He then brings them into contact with the prominent free church theologian James McClendon in order to supplement some of the deficiencies Cary perceives in McClendon's groundbreaking work. Once these deficiencies are addressed, however, the question intensifies whether the free church tradition, as such, can remain a coherent ecclesial option over time.
Author | : Thomas F. Best |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780814662212 |
Download Baptism Today Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Our common belonging to Christ through baptism creates a bond that transcends the historic and theological differences among the churches; and the mutual recognition of baptism has emerged as a cornerstone of the modern ecumenical movement. Yet significant differences--some threatening the search for the unity of the Church--remain. This book explores the significance of baptism for the churches, and the ecumenical movement, today. Descriptive articles explain the understanding and practice of baptism within a wide range of Christian churches and confessions; these are complemented by baptismal liturgies from many churches, examples of mutual recognition agreements, and reflections on topics such as the role of baptism in increasingly secularized societies. The volume is enhanced by survey articles by prominent liturgists, reviewing the current opportunities--and challenges--facing the churches in the area of baptism. This book will be an important resource for all who wish to explore the understanding and practice of baptism, and its role in the life of the churches and of the ecumenical movement today.
Author | : Bryan D. Spinks |
Publisher | : Saint Andrew Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2020-09-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1800830025 |
Download Scottish Presbyterian Worship Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This seminal work by one of the world’s most distinguished liturgical scholars fills an important gap in the history of the Church of Scotland and of Scottish worship. It offers an in-depth narrative of a neglected liturgical legacy and a perceptive analysis of the Church’s evolving patterns of worship from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.
Author | : Jeffrey Thomas VanderWilt |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780814628959 |
Download Communion with Non-Catholic Christians Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
How should a Catholic pastor respond to non-Catholics who wish to have Communion without conveying harshness, scrupulosity, legalism, or rudeness? Intended to help Christians recognize the present provisional norms and to seek new possibilities in eucharistic sharing, Communion with Non-Catholic Christians examines the risks, challenges, and opportunities involved in the admission of Communion to non-Catholic Christians.