The Church We Believe in: One, Holy, Catholic, and ApostolicPaulist Press, 1988 - 241 páginas While it is generally recognized that differences in ecclesiology are the ones that constitute the most stubborn obstacles to Christian reunion, there are good grounds for hope in the fact that most Christians do agree in professing their faith in "one, holy, catholic and apostolic church." Indeed, honest facing up to the contradiction between our common faith in the "one church" and the divided state of Christianity is a prime motive for the ecumenical movement. It is true, of course, that the mere fact that Christians use the same words in professing their faith about the church does not eliminate their deep differences in ecclesiology. Profoundly divergent answers will be given when one asks: What do you mean when you say "the church"? and How do you understand it to be one, holy, catholic and apostolic? Ecumenical progress, then, calls for the effort to reach a common under- standing of the faith we profess. Theology has an important role to play here, because theology is defined as "faith seeking understanding." Ecumenical dialogue is most fruitful when it is a concerted effort, on the part of people coming from different theological traditions, to seek a deeper understanding of the creed in which they already profess a common faith, in the hopes that such a deeper understanding will get beneath their differences to the common ground where they are at one. An essential step in this process is for Christians to seek to deepen and clarify their understanding of their faith to the light of their own respective traditions. Such is the purpose of this book. What we are seeking here is an understanding of our profession of faith concerning the church, in the light of the Roman Catholic tradition. + |
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... statement of Pius XII did not really eliminate the impression that , at least in popular thinking , the mystical body was a purely spiritual reality , something that could hardly be identified with the visible , hierarchical church ...
... statement of Pius XII did not really eliminate the impression that , at least in popular thinking , the mystical body was a purely spiritual reality , something that could hardly be identified with the visible , hierarchical church ...
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... statements of Roman Pontiffs ) . Our next chapter will be devoted to the examination of the many questions which this text raises . We shall conclude the present chapter on " the church as a mystery of faith " by simply quoting the ...
... statements of Roman Pontiffs ) . Our next chapter will be devoted to the examination of the many questions which this text raises . We shall conclude the present chapter on " the church as a mystery of faith " by simply quoting the ...
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... statement in the draft of the constitution on the church that was presented by this commission to the council in the fall of 1962 : " The Roman Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ . . . and only the one that is Roman Catholic ...
... statement in the draft of the constitution on the church that was presented by this commission to the council in the fall of 1962 : " The Roman Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ . . . and only the one that is Roman Catholic ...
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... statement in the same decree , n . 4 : " We believe that the unity with which Christ from the beginning endowed his church is something it cannot lose ; it subsists in the Catholic Church , and we hope that it will continue to increase ...
... statement in the same decree , n . 4 : " We believe that the unity with which Christ from the beginning endowed his church is something it cannot lose ; it subsists in the Catholic Church , and we hope that it will continue to increase ...
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Índice
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The One Church A Communion of Churches | 34 |
Marked with a Genuine Though Imperfect Holiness | 66 |
The Catholic Unity of the People of God | 84 |
Universal Sacrament of Salvation | 109 |
Sacrament of Integral Salvation | 132 |
The Church Is Apostolic | 152 |
Apostolicity in Ecumenical Dialogue | 185 |
One Holy Catholic and Apostolic | 210 |
Notes | 225 |
Index of Names | 236 |
Términos y frases comunes
apostolic succession apostolic tradition baptism baptismal creed baptized believe bishops body of Christ bond called catholic and apostolic Catholic Church chapter charity Christian churches Christian faith church of Christ churches and ecclesial Decree on Ecumenism describe the church disciples divine doctrine documents eastern Catholic churches eastern churches ecclesial communion ecclesial communities elements episcopal Eucharist expressed fact Father full communion Gentiles gifts God's gospel grace Hippolytus Holy Spirit human indefectibly holy integral salvation Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jews kingdom letter Lord Lumen gentium Lutheran means of salvation ministry mission mystery mystical body olic ordination ostolic particular churches pastoral Paul Paul's person Pope Pope Paul VI prayer preaching profess question reality reason recognized role Roman Catholic Church sacrament of salvation Second Vatican Council sense share sign and instrument sins speak statement subsists Synod teaching term things tians unity universal sacrament Vatican II visible word
Pasajes populares
Página 68 - But you are a chosen race/ a royal priesthood/ a holy nation/ God's own people/ in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Página 46 - The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me
Página 82 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Página 44 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John : who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.
Página 80 - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Página 37 - So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you are also built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Página 140 - Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or, in other words, of the Church's mission for the redemption of the human race and its liberation from every oppressive situation.
Página 91 - Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
Página 218 - And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all,
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101 Questions and Answers on the Church Paulist Press,Richard P. McBrien Vista previa restringida - 2003 |