The Communion of Saints: A Dogmatic Inquiry into the Sociology of the Church

1964 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Robert C. Dodds ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Keyword(s):  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
The Church

scholarly journals Making the Invisible Visible: Inviting Persons with Disabilities into the Life of the Church

Horizons ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-73
Author(s):  
Mary Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
Christian Anthropology ◽  
Psychological Disabilities ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Invisible

Christianity espouses the dignity of all humanity and professes welcome for all to the communion of saints. Yet people with disabilities, especially those with more severe or profound physical or psychological disabilities, are largely invisible inside our houses of worship. This article examines the meaning of dignity and inclusion through the lenses of Christian anthropology, disabilities liberation theology, and the lived experience of persons with disabilities. It concludes with some suggestions on how to begin inclusion.

The Church Irrelevant: Paul Hanly Furfey and the Fortunes of American Catholic Radicalism

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene B. McCarraher
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Intellectual Life ◽  
American Catholicism ◽  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
Dorothy Day ◽  
Milk Cows ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Radicalism ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
The Church

When prophets are honored, it is time to be wary. Placing prophets on pedestals can be a way not only of disarming them but also of evading all the lessons they can teach. American Catholic radicals, for instance, occupy several revered niches in the history of American Catholicism. Here, Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin break bread on Mott Street and milk cows on Maryfarm; there, Daniel Berrigan destroys draft records and leads G-men on a merry chase through New England. Though vilified in their times, this communion of saints now commands respect in most quarters of American Catholic intellectual life and could even constitute a Catholic wing in the pantheon of American radicalism.

scholarly journals Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika: ’n Vrywillige vereniging of ’n vereniging sui generis?

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Gregan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
South African ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Body ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
English Court ◽  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
The Church

The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika: A voluntary association or an association sui generis The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk is seen as a voluntary association in South African law which is founded on a contractual basis. Recent case law has re-affirmed this fact. This was not always the case. Earlier case law referred to the church as a legal person (universitas). Because of the influence of English law and also the role of De Mist in the Cape during the nineteenth century, the courts have adopted the view that the church is a voluntary association The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk, however, disagrees with this view of the courts. According to the the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk, one cannot simply talk of ‘voluntariness’ when membership of the church is at stake. The church is also not found on a contractual basis; Christ brought it together. The church is the communion of saints, because the believers, being members of the body of Jesus Christ, share in Christ and all He has. Recently an English court found that a church had the power to decide whether a preacher (rabbi) was fit to be a preacher and declared that the court will not interfere in such matters. This case could help to convince South African courts that the church differs from the ordinary voluntary association. The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk also has the task to convince the courts in this regard and should be adamant in its stance that it should not be considered as a voluntary association, but rather as an association sui generis.

On Evangelical Ecclesiology

Ecclesiology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Webster
Keyword(s):  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
Triune God ◽  
Doctrine Of The Church ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

AbstractEvangelical ecclesiology describes the relation between the gospel and the church, and in particular the way in which the grace of the triune God constitutes the church as the communion of saints. Consequently: (1) The doctrine of the church is shaped by an account of the perfection of God, i.e. the sufficiency and fullness of God’s being and act. This perfection is not inclusive (as in some communion ecclesiologies), but is to be thought of as a movement of grace in which God determines himself for fellowship with his creatures. (2) The visibility of the church (pervasive in modern ecclesiology) is properly a spiritual visibility, which the church has by virtue of the Spirit’s act. The primary visible acts of the church are its attestations of the presence and action of God.

scholarly journals Overcoming violence - a basic task of Christian churches

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Huber
Keyword(s):  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
Community Of Faith ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Basic Task ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
The Right ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
The Church ◽  
Christian Message

In this article � based on the second of two keynote lectures at a conference on violence � the view is developed that the task of the church with respect to violence consists mainly in overcoming violence. In the first part of the article dealing with the basic tasks of the church it is argued that the task to overcome violence is close to the essence of the church. The point of departure is taken in Article 7 of the Augsburg Confession, which understands the church as the �communion of saints� and names the pure proclamation of the gospel and the right administration of the sacraments as the two characteristics of the church. The Christian message that the church has to proclaim the gospel entails a preferential option for nonviolence that includes the responsibility to put an end to existing violence. In the second part of the article attention is given to the implications the basic task of the church in overcoming violence holds for the practice of the church. It is argued that the starting point is that the church has to proclaim the gospel of peace and as a community of faith become a community of peace herself. Some of the most important practical consequences the proclamation of the gospel of peace has for the church as a community of action, for her work in education, for her promotion of justice and for her solidarity with those in need, are discussed.

scholarly journals Toward a Pentecostal Understanding of Communio Sanctorum: Reflections on Peter Kuzmič & Miroslav Volf ’s “Theology of the Church as a Fellowship of Persons” in the Context of the Pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue

Kairos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111
Author(s):  
Ciprian Gheorghe-Luca
Keyword(s):  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Core ◽  
Pentecostal Theology ◽  
Miroslav Volf ◽  
World Class ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
The Church

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the Pentecostal understanding of the communion of saints by critically engaging with the ecclesiological vision of two world-class Pentecostal theologians from post-communist countries: Peter Kuzmič and Miroslav Volf. Th e paper has three sections: in the first one, a brief historical and theological overview of the doctrine of communio sanctorum is presented, to both set the stage for the core of the paper, and to point out the usefulness of reflecting on this particular ecclesiological topic. The second section offers an outline of “Perspectives on Koinonia” (the final report from the Third Quinquennium of the Pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue), focusing on the first round of talks (Riano, Italy, 1985), which were on the topic of communio sanctorum. In the third section, the author presents and engages with Kuzmič & Volf ’s paper, “Theology of the Church as a Fellowship of Persons” which represents one of the earliest attempts to articulate a Pentecostal ecclesiology based on the notion of communio sanctorum. In the end, the author will attempt to show how this ecclesiological vision helps the shaping of a Pentecostal theology of public life.

Our Lady and the Saints

2018 ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Emery de Gaál
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Virgin Mary ◽  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Church

This chapter considers the nature and development of Mariology—the theology of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God—within the context of the Church understood as the communion of saints. The chapter begins by detailing the gradual unfolding of Marian theology and devotion in the Church from the New Testament until the sixteenth century. The development and proclamation of the dogmas of the immaculate conception and of the assumption are then studied. Treatment of Mary and the Church is followed by discussion of the theology of sainthood. The chapter ends with reference to Vatican II’s emphasis on Mary’s role within the Church.

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