From Recognition to Reception

Martikainen, Eeva

ISBN 10: 390676494X / ISBN 13: 9783906764948

Verlag: Peter Lang Verlag, 2002

Beschreibung

Zustandsbeschreibung: Mängelexemplar/near mint. The Apostolic Faith and the Unity of the Church in the World Council of Churches. This study analyses the so-called Apostolic Faith project. The final document was published in the year 1991 with the title Confessing the One Faith. However, it is neither a new ecumenical creed nor a so-called convergence document bringing the churches doctrinally closer to each other. Instead, it is a kind of a theological instrument aiding the churches? effort to recognise apostolic faith, first in their own church and then in other churches also. The author shows how during the process it was found necessary to give up the original plan of drawing up a convergence document as was done in the preceding project «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry». The study chronologically follows the eventful and multiphase completion of the document and draws attention to those problems of fundamental theology and methodology inherent in the conceptions of the Church?s doctrine, its nature and language as well as of the relationship with non-Christian religions, culture and the whole surrounding world. 224 Seiten, broschiert (Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XXIII: Theologie; vol. 739/Peter Lang Verlag 2002). Statt EUR 81,95. Gewicht: 291 g - Softcover/Taschenbuch - Sprache: Englisch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7264

Bibliografische Details

Titel: From Recognition to Reception

Verlag: Peter Lang Verlag

Erscheinungsdatum: 2002

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Wie Neu

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Inhaltsangabe:

Can the churches today confess a common faith which the World Council of Churches has set as the first condition for the unity of the Church? This study analyses the so-called Apostolic Faith project, perhaps the most essential research project of the WCC. The decision to initiate the project was taken at the Faith and Order World Conference held in Bangalore in 1978. The final document was published in the year 1991 with the title Confessing the One Faith. However, it is neither a new ecumenical creed nor a so-called convergence document bringing the churches doctrinally closer to each other. Instead, it is a kind of a theological instrument aiding the churches' effort to recognise apostolic faith, first in their own church and then in other churches also.
The author shows in the book how during the process it was found necessary to give up the original plan of drawing up a convergence document as was done in the preceding project «Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry». The study chronologically follows the eventful and multiphase completion of the document and draws attention to those problems of fundamental theology and methodology inherent in the conceptions of the Church's doctrine, its nature and language as well as of the relationship with non-Christian religions, culture and the whole surrounding world. In their ecumenical efforts the churches not only need to take into account each other, but also the diverse challenges arising from the surrounding society, culture and science.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

The Author: Eeva Martikainen was educated at the University of Helsinki where she obtained a Ph.D. in Theology in 1980. From 1983 to 1988 she was Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland. She has been Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Helsinki since 1996.