The unity of the church : a theological state of the art and beyond / / edited by Eduardus Van der Borght.
In contrast to its original name, Ecclesia Reformata, ecclesiology did not develop into a major theme within the Reformed tradition. Notwithstanding the undeniable schismatic tendency and the ecclesial embarrassment about disunity, the unity of the church did not rise to prominence as a theological...
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Superior document: | Studies in Reformed theology, v. 18 |
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Reformed theology ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Notes: | "The articles in this volume stem from contributions to the Seventh Biannual Conference of the academic network of International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI) held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania from 3 to 8 July 2007."--P. |
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Table of Contents:
- The unity of the church and the Reformed tradition : an introduction / Eduardus Van der Borght
- Pt. 1. Framing unity of the church as a theological problem. Communion : responding to God's gift / Lukas Vischer
- Church unity, territorialism, and state formation in the era of confessionalisation / Wim Janse
- Parallel coexistence of churches : the church in Transylvania : its unity and disunity : a contextualized example / Juhász Tamás
- "Is Christ divided?" : an analysis of the theological justification of a church schism / J.H. (Amie) van Wyk
- Calvinus Oecumenicus : Calvin's vision of the unity and Catholicity of the church / I. John Hesselink
- Pt. 2. The tools for the unity of the church : a theological analysis. One church and the pure preaching of the word : theses and observations on the theme / Alasdair Heron
- A biblical theological hermeneutics, the pure preaching of the word of God, and the unity of the church / Seung-Goo Lee
- The medium and the message : sola scriptura and (dis)unity in the Reformed tradition / Dora Bernhardt
- The unity of the church and the pure administration of the sacraments / Lyle D. Bierma
- Confessions as instruments of (dis)unity? / Dirkie Smit
- Forms of unity or of disunity : the confessions in the recent history of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands / Henk van den Belt
- Gospel discipline and church (dis)unity in the Reformed tradition / Alan P.F. Sell
- Pt. 3. Ecumenical explorations on the unity of the church. The healing of memories : finding one another again in Christ / Jeffrey Gros
- An asymptotic dialogue? : a response to Jeffrey Gros / Leo J. Koffeman
- Ecumenical theology and the unity of the church : a Reformed understanding of ecumenical engagement and the unity of the church / Setri Nyomi
- 'No popery' : a blessing or a curse? : ministry as an instrument of unity within the Reformed tradition / Eduardus Van der Borght
- Office as an instrument of unity / Allan Janssen
- Pt. 4. The theological basis for the unity of the church. One God and one church : considerations on the unity of the church from the perspective of biblical theology / Abraham van de Beek
- One Savior, one church : reconciliation as justification and "new creation" / Philippe Theron
- The reality of the unified church / Annette Mosher
- The church as an echo of the Triune God / Christiaan Mostert
- Is the Triune God a model for the one church? : reply to Christiaan Mostert / Paul Wells
- Trinitarian ecclesiology and the search for unity : a Reformed reading of Miroslav Volf / Gijsbert van den Brink
- The church as sacrament / Martien E. Brinkman.