The common corps of Christendom : : ecclesiological themes in the writings of Sir Thomas More / / by Brian Gogan.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume 26
• VerfasserIn: Gogan, Brian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1982]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 1982
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Sir Thomas More Controversialist -- -Sources -- -Historiography -- -Plan -- I. The Course of Medieval Ecclesiology -- Introduction -- -The Early Medieval Period: Institutional Structures -- -Mediating Revelation -- -The Central Medieval Period: Institutional Structures -- -Mediating Revelation -- -The Later Middle Ages: Ockham -- -Conciliarists and their Opponents -- -Spirituals -- -Humanists -- -Conclusion -- II. Sources and Methods -- Linguistics -- -The Scriptures -- -Patristic Sources -- -Medieval Scholarship -- -Contemporary Sources -- III. The Responsio -- Introduction -- -Church and Revelation -- -Sacramental Order -- -Evil in the Church -- -Signs of Christ's Church -- -Definition of the Church -- -Conclusion -- IV. The Dialogue -- Introduction -- -The Church Inerrant -- -Revelation in the Church -- -Church and Revelation -- -Which is the Church of Christ? -- -Church and Revelation: further precision -- -Signs of Christ's Church -- -Conclusion -- V. The Confutation -- Introduction -- -The Nature of the Church -- -Revelation and the Church -- -Transmission of Revelation -- -Church and Revelation -- -The Signs of the Church -- -Conclusion -- VI. The Trial Proceedings -- Introduction -- -The Church of the Spirit -- -Christendom -- -Consensus -- -The General Council -- -The Roman Primacy -- -Pope and Council -- -Conclusion -- VII. Synthesis -- Introduction -- -Revelation -- -Christ's Church -- -The Church and Revelation -- -Signs of the True Church -- VIII. Sir Thomas More's Ecclesiology In Context -- The Modes of Divine Revelation -- -Transmission of Revelation -- -Definition of Church -- -The Inward Church -- -Institutional Structures -- -Roman Primacy -- -Council -- -Consensus -- -Subsequent Influence -- Bibliography.

Index of Subjects -- Index of Names.