John Calvin''s Ecclesiology : Ecumenical Perspectives.

John Calvin''s Ecclesiology : Ecumenical Perspectives.

Many events were staged and a plethora of new books appeared to mark the quincentenary of the birth of John Calvin, in 2009. But one area received considerably less attention in that anniversary year - namely, Calvin''s ecclesiology. This study explores the development and fundamental lega...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mannion, Gerard
Other Authors: Van der Borght, Eduardus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
Series:Ecclesiological investigations.
Subjects:
Calvin, Jean, > 1509-1564.
Calvin, Jean, > 1509-1564
1500-1599
Church > History of doctrines > 16th century.
Ecumenical movement.
Christian union.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ecclesiology.
Christian union
Church > History of doctrines
Ecumenical movement
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1 Calvin and the Church: Trajectories for Ecumenical Engagement Today
  • Volume Introduction; Chapter 2 John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola on an Ecclesial Spirituality of Social Engagement; Chapter 3 In What Sense Does Calvin Affirm 'Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus'?; Chapter 4 Merely Quantifiable Realities? The 'Vestigia Ecclesiae' in the Thought of Calvin and its Twentieth-Century Reception; Chapter 5 Priest, Prophet and King: Jesus Christ, the Church and the Christian Person.
  • Chapter 6 Practical Ecclesiology in John Calvin and Jonathan EdwardsChapter 7 Preaching Makes the Church: Recovering a Missing Ecclesial Mark; Chapter 8 Rectifying Calvin's Ecclesiology: The Doctrinal and Ecumenical Importance of Separatist-Congregational Catholicity; Chapter 9 Making Calvin Modern: Form and Freedom in Abraham Kuyper's Free Church Ecclesiology; Chapter 10 REGNUM CHRISTI: Thomas Torrance's Appropriation of John Calvin's Ecclesiology; Chapter 11 The Spirit, the Church and the Decade to Overcome Violence: Trajectories in Reformed and Orthodox Theology.

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