عنوان

Baptismal and Missional Ecclesiology in the American Book of Common Prayer

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LA109379

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Title Proper

Baptismal and Missional Ecclesiology in the American Book of Common Prayer

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Eugene R. Schlesinger

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

I argue that the ecclesiology expressed in the American 1979 Book of Common Prayer is, in addition to being a baptismal ecclesiology, also inherently missional. After briefly attending to debates about patterns of initiation, I turn my attention to the prayer book's theology of ministry, wherein all ecclesial ministry is rooted in baptismal identity. I weigh the relative merits of considering the laity as an 'order' within the Church, and consider the diaconal nature of the Church and its mission. I finally pursue the connections between between a baptismal ecclesiology and Christian mission. This involves a consideration of the prayer book's baptismal liturgy (with particular reference to the baptismal covenant), and of the fact that baptism implicates the Church in mission because it implicates Christians in the paschal mystery. I argue that the ecclesiology expressed in the American 1979 Book of Common Prayer is, in addition to being a baptismal ecclesiology, also inherently missional. After briefly attending to debates about patterns of initiation, I turn my attention to the prayer book's theology of ministry, wherein all ecclesial ministry is rooted in baptismal identity. I weigh the relative merits of considering the laity as an 'order' within the Church, and consider the diaconal nature of the Church and its mission. I finally pursue the connections between between a baptismal ecclesiology and Christian mission. This involves a consideration of the prayer book's baptismal liturgy (with particular reference to the baptismal covenant), and of the fact that baptism implicates the Church in mission because it implicates Christians in the paschal mystery.

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

177-198

Title

Ecclesiology

Volume Number

11/2

International Standard Serial Number

1745-5316

Subject Term

baptism

Subject Term

ecclesiology

Subject Term

initiation

Subject Term

ministry

Subject Term

mission

Subject Term

paschal mystery

Subject Term

sacraments

Eugene R. Schlesinger

Call Number

10.1163/17455316-01102004

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[Article]

275578

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