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

• Autore: Brent Allen
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; New York : , : E.J. Brill, , 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 pages)
• Disciplina: 262/.12/09
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural episcopacy and ecumenism
• ISBN: 90-04-31987-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163130003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Christian mission ; ; v. 6.