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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163130003321

Autore

Brent Allen

Titolo

Cultural episcopacy and ecumenism : representative ministry in church history from the Age of Ignatius of Antioch to the Reformation, with special reference to contemporary ecumenism / / by Allen Brent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; New York : , : E.J. Brill, , 1992

ISBN

90-04-31987-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 pages)

Collana

Studies in Christian mission, , 0924-9389 ; ; volume 6

Disciplina

262/.12/09

Soggetti

Indigenous church administration - History of doctrines

Church polity - History of doctrines

Bishops - Appointment, call, and election - History

Anglican Communion - Missions

Episcopacy and Christian union

Christianity and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / ALLEN BRENT -- CHALLENGES TO TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION / ALLEN BRENT -- CULTURE AND ECUMENISM / ALLEN BRENT -- ORDER IN IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH / ALLEN BRENT -- PSEUDONYMITY AND APOSTOLIC TRADITION / ALLEN BRENT -- JURISDICTIONAL EPISCOPACY / ALLEN BRENT -- ECUMENICAL DIMENSIONS / ALLEN BRENT -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY / ALLEN BRENT -- INDEX / ALLEN BRENT -- STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION / ALLEN BRENT.

Sommario/riassunto

Bishops are to be understood primarily as representatives of cultures regardless of where their people are territorially located. The vindication of this thesis has implications also for ecumenical reconciliation between episcopal and non-episcopal communions occupying the same geographical territory. The author compares the approaches and insights of both Vatican II and Lambeth 89 on this issue, and then proceeds to a historical and theological analysis of the development of the threefold Order in the early centuries, which he illuminates with the aid of contemporary sociological and cultural



theory, in particular that of Durkheim. Key themes in the development of Order are identified in the classical texts of Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Tertullian and the Church Order literature. The author's conclusion is that we need both to break the geographical and jurisdictional mould in which our understanding of church Order has become set.