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Conciliarism
Paul Valliere
其他書名
A History of Decision-Making in the Church
出版Cambridge University Press, 2012-02-09
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralReligion / GeneralReligion / Christianity / CatholicReligion / Christian Theology / EcclesiologyReligion / Christian Church / History
ISBN110701574X9781107015746
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Qrt3Z7fyzlUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian Church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the Church, we must, therefore, see the Church herself as a council.' Paul Valliere tells the story of councils and conciliar decision-making in the Christian Church from earliest times to the present. Drawing extensively upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has appeared in the last half-century, Valliere brings a broad ecumenical perspective to the study and shows how the conciliar tradition of the Christian past can serve as a resource for resolving conflicts in the Church today. The book presents a conciliarism which involves historical legacy, but which leads us forward, not backward, and which keeps the Church's collective eyes on the prize - the eschatological kingdom of God.