This article proposes a theological understanding of 'reconciliation' for the ecumenical model 'unity in reconciled diversity'. Although reconciliation has become an important task in ecumenical relations, particularly after condemnations and violence in the past, the concept itself has not yet found sufficient theological grounding. Discussing a theology of the cross, the paper highlights the grace of being reconciled with God which stands before any division in the church and calls for re-establishing Christian unity. In order to relate this priority of grace to an understanding of reconciliation in the world and among Christian communities, the concept of the church as sacrament proves helpful. Both the theology of the cross and the church as sacrament provide significant specifications to the idea of a 'unity in reconciled diversity'.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2018
توصيف ظاهري
147-163
عنوان
Ecclesiology
شماره جلد
14/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1745-5316
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اصطلاح موضوعی
church as sacrament
اصطلاح موضوعی
ecumenism
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
grace
اصطلاح موضوعی
History of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
reconciled diversity
اصطلاح موضوعی
reconciliation
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Theology and World Christianity
اصطلاح موضوعی
theology of the cross
اصطلاح موضوعی
unity
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