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
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-90-04-09432-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: Studies in Christian Mission

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brent, Revd Allen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Ökumenik, Konfessionskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche

Über Autor(innen)

Allen Leonard Brent M.A. is Senior Lecturer in History, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia. He has published various articles on theological and philosophical subjects.