Making Unity More Visible
Making Unity More Visible

Author: Meissen Commission

Publisher: Church House Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780715157657

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This second quinquennial report from the Meissen Commission describes a busy and fruitful period of fellowship and common mission between the Church of England and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in the years 1997-2001. Parish, diocesan and other links have grown, intense theological dialogue has taken place, and the two Churches have strengthened their work together in ministerial development and a wide range of other areas of ecumenical co-operation and reconciliation. The report brings to the Churches an ambitious set of recommendations for the next five years. These include initiatives in the key mission area of passing on the faith to the next generation, and detailed proposals for the setting up of Local Ecumenical Partnerships under the Meissen Agreement.

Agreeable Agreement
Agreeable Agreement

Author: Minna Hietamäki

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2011-10-20

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0567074129

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In recent bilateral ecumenical dialogue the aim of the dialogue has been to reach some form of doctrinal consensus. The three major chapters of the book discuss the variety of forms of doctrinal consensus found in ecumenical dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans and Roman Catholics. In general, the dialogue documents argue for agreement/consensus based on commonality or compatibility. Each of the three dialogue processes has specific characteristics and formulates its argument in a unique way. The Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue has a particular interest in hermeneutical questions and proposes various forms of "differentiated" or perspectival forms of consensus. The Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue emphasises the correctness of interpretations. The documents consciously look towards a "common future", not the separated past.

Perpetually Reforming: A Theology of Church Reform and Renewal
Perpetually Reforming: A Theology of Church Reform and Renewal

Author: John P. Bradbury

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0567363333

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One of the slogans of the reformation was ecclesia reformata semper reformanda – 'the reformed church always reforming'. Churches throughout the western world are currently engaged in reform and renewal programmes through internal structural reforms as well as movements such as 'emerging church'. This book presents a challenging theology of church reform and renewal that offers a contemporary understanding of this historic slogan. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Bradbury discerns processes and practices which are perpetually reforming and renewing the identity of the church. It examines doctrinal and confessional conceptions of the church, re-examines texts concerned with covenantal renewal and explores Jewish-Christian dialogue as an example of renewal. A constructive theology is offered utilizing the categories of collective memory and mimetic practice. This upholds fundamental Christian identity, whilst driving the process of reform and renewal under God in the context of a three-way relationship between God, the church and the world.

Towards Interchangeability
Towards Interchangeability

Author: Mark Chapman

Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

Published: 2022-08-30

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 3374071244

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This book examines how the practice of episcopacy in the Church of England and the EKD affects the claim that the 'historic episcopate' is a necessary condition for 'the full interchangeability of ministers'. It addresses four questions relating to the practice of oversight: How have different forms of oversight sought to maintain the apostolic 'historic' faith in history and today? How does the exercise of authority within contemporary societies relate to the pre-modern ideas expressed in the idea of historic episcopate? How has the practice of oversight changed in the light of demographic changes and declining levels of church membership? What are the implications of synodical government and shared oversight for the concept of 'historic episcopate'? The book's goal is to explore whether an interdisciplinary analysis of episcopacy can assist the churches in establishing a new understanding of the "historic episcopate". With papers by Mark Chapman, Jonathan Gibbs, Matthias Grebe, Miriam Haar, Alex Hughes, Frances Knight, Morwenna Ludlow, Ralf Meister, Friederike Nüssel, Bernd Oberdorfer and Peter Scherle.

Ecumenical Theology in Worship, Doctrine, and Life
Ecumenical Theology in Worship, Doctrine, and Life

Author: David S. Cunningham

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000-01-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0195351304

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This book presents twenty essays written in honor of the noted theologian and ecumenist Geoffrey Wainwright, Cushman Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University. The editors have assembled a remarkable international roster of contributors and have organized the volume around three major themes in Wainwright's work: worship, liturgy, and mission. Contributors include Nicholas Lossky, Eberhard Jungel, Dietrich Ritschl, and Gunther Gassman.

Episcopal Ministry
Episcopal Ministry

Author: Church of England. Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate

Publisher: Church House Publishing

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780715137369

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The 1994 report of the Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate looking at the nature of the episcopate, the role of the suffragan and the theological issues underlying the ordination of women as bishops.

The Caroline Divines and the Church of Rome
The Caroline Divines and the Church of Rome

Author: Mark Langham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-04

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1351390902

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In the early seventeenth century, as the vehement aggression of the early Reformation faded, the Church of England was able to draw upon scholars of remarkable ability to present a more thoughtful defence of its position. The Caroline Divines, who flourished under King Charles I, drew upon vast erudition and literary skill, to refute the claims of the Church of Rome and affirm the purity of the English religious settlement. This book examines their writings in the context of modern ecumenical dialogue, notably that of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) to ask whether their arguments are still valid, and indeed whether they can contribute to contemporary ecumenical progress. Drawing upon an under-used resource within Anglicanism’s own theological history, this volume shows how the restatement by the Caroline Divines of the catholic identity of the Church prefigured the work of ARCIC, and provides Anglicans with a vocabulary drawn from within their own tradition that avoids some of the polemical and disputed formulations of the Roman Catholic tradition.

Pushing at the Boundaries of Unity
Pushing at the Boundaries of Unity

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Publisher: Church House Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780715140529

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Although Baptists and Anglicans share a common faith, they seem poles apart in their understanding of Church. This report, arising from more than a decade of dialogue between the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Church of England, reveals surprising convergence, especially in the deeper patterns of Christian initiation and pastoral oversight.

The Interruptive Word
The Interruptive Word

Author: R. David Nelson

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0567134806

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While German Lutheran theologian Eberhard Jüngel (1934-) has made a number of significant contributions to contemporaneous discussions of sacramental theology, this topic has largely been ignored by interpreters of his thought. This study summarizes and evaluates, through a close reading of primary and secondary source materials, Jüngel's approach to the problem of sacrament. R. David Nelson considers Jüngel's claim that the word of God functions sacramentally as it addresses its hearer, and analyses his assertion that Jesus Christ is the unique and preeminent sacrament of God for the world. Progressing to an exploration of Jüngel's ecclesiology, Nelson reveals Jüngel's interesting approach to the question of the church's sacramentality. The volume concludes with an investigation into Jüngel's doctrines of baptism and the Lord's Supper. The Interruptive Word demonstrates that Jüngel consistently appeals to the category of 'interruption' for describing God's sacramental relation to the world and its actualities, concluding that the hegemony of the category of 'interruption' in Jüngel's theology of sacrament raises important questions concerning its coherence and tenability.