عنوان

Ecumenism and the Visible Unity of the Church

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LA109387

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Ecumenism and the Visible Unity of the Church

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

David M. Chapman

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

This paper traces the origins and subsequent use of the concepts of 'organic union' and 'reconciled diversity' as alternative descriptions of the visible unity of the Church and the method and goal of ecumenism, with special reference to the documents of the World Council of Churches and a select number of related texts emanating from theological dialogue at a world level. The paper argues: (1) that each of these concepts preserves valuable insights into the unity and diversity of the Church; (2) that the corresponding approaches to inter-church relations and dialogue need not be incompatible as ecumenical method; (3) but that 'reconciled diversity', as it is usually described, is only a temporary state on the way to 'organic union' and not itself a sufficient expression of the full visible unity of the Church. This paper traces the origins and subsequent use of the concepts of 'organic union' and 'reconciled diversity' as alternative descriptions of the visible unity of the Church and the method and goal of ecumenism, with special reference to the documents of the World Council of Churches and a select number of related texts emanating from theological dialogue at a world level. The paper argues: (1) that each of these concepts preserves valuable insights into the unity and diversity of the Church; (2) that the corresponding approaches to inter-church relations and dialogue need not be incompatible as ecumenical method; (3) but that 'reconciled diversity', as it is usually described, is only a temporary state on the way to 'organic union' and not itself a sufficient expression of the full visible unity of the Church.

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

350-369

Title

Ecclesiology

Volume Number

11/3

International Standard Serial Number

1745-5316

Subject Term

dialogue

Subject Term

ecumenism

Subject Term

faith and order

Subject Term

General

Subject Term

History of Religion

Subject Term

organic union

Subject Term

reconciled diversity

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Religious Studies

Subject Term

Theology and World Christianity

Subject Term

unity

David M. Chapman

Call Number

10.1163/17455316-01103006

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[Article]

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