That They May All Be One

That They May All Be One
Author: Pope John Paul II
Publisher:
Total Pages: 115
Release: 1995
Genre: Christian union
ISBN: 9781875570676

Encyclical letter calling for Christian unity, given by Pope John Paul II, at Saint Peter's on 25 May, 1995.

The Challenges of Vatican II for an Authentic Indian Catholic Church

The Challenges of Vatican II for an Authentic Indian Catholic Church
Author: Suhas Pereira
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2021
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3643803052

The Vatican II was an event of a new facelift for the entire edifice of the Catholic ecclesiology. It called for the renewal in the universal Catholic Church. This book deals with the question: How can the Catholic Church in India accept the council's challenge for renewal and become truly Indian in its being and essence? Undertaking a systematic examination of the post-conciliar ecclesiological development in the Indian Catholic Church, in its existential multi-religious and multi-cultural context, the author attempts to develop an ecclesiological reflection for the Indian context.

Yves Congar's Vision of the Church in a World of Unbelief

Yves Congar's Vision of the Church in a World of Unbelief
Author: Gabriel Flynn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351870491

Yves Congar (1904-1995) was one of the chief architects of a remarkable renewal in Roman Catholic ecclesiology in the twentieth century. His vision for ecclesial renewal led to a profound transformation of the Roman Catholic Church, its relationship with other churches and the world. This book considers the contribution made by Congar to that transformation. Situating Congar’s ecclesiology in the context of his whole theology, the book presents for the first time a comprehensive study of two related aspects of Congar's thought - unbelief and the notion of 'total ecclesiology'. Dr Flynn shows how unbelief provides the common inspiration for Congar's thought on the Church and constitutes the raison d’être for his entire programme of ecclesial reform at the Second Vatican Council. This study demonstrates how Congar's 'total ecclesiology' contributes to the restoration of unity and helps to redress unbelief. Congar's vision for the future and his programme for ecclesial renewal, centering on a church committed both to the preservation of its heritage and an openness to true reform, is shown to be still pertinent to the churches in the third millennium, a point accented by Pierre-Marie Gy, OP in his Preface to the work.

The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy

The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
Author: James Likoudis
Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1645853152

Despite real progress in ecumenical relations between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, the last several years have seen an increase in bitter attacks on papal supremacy and infallibility. In this newly revised and expanded work, James Likoudis treats in detail Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology and replies to objections made to critical elements of Roman Catholic doctrine on: The pope’s primacy of supremacy and infallibility, The procession of the Holy Spirit, The filioque clause, The dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Purgatory, and The development of doctrine. With The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome & Modern Eastern Orthodoxy, Likoudis contributes to today’s Catholic–Orthodox dialog by going back to the “undivided Church of the First Millennium,” where we see clearly the existence of a papal primacy of universal jurisdiction.

The Trinity and Ecumenical Church Thought

The Trinity and Ecumenical Church Thought
Author: William C. Ingle-Gillis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351880934

Some hundred years from inception, the ecumenical movement is stagnating. William C. Ingle-Gillis argues that the problem lies in modern ecumenism’s treatment of denominational Churches as provisional entities requiring reunion to be more fully Christ’s Body. In a work unique both to ecumenical studies and to trinitarian theology, the author redefines ecclesial life from the premise that God’s essence is personhood-in-communion and that the ultimate calling of human persons is to share as fully in the divine life as Christ himself. Concluding that the Churches are, by the Spirit’s action, a tangible, dynamic event, wherein God makes visible his on-going reconciliation of the world to himself, Ingle-Gillis argues that the Churches’ true life lies in coming-together, rather than being-together. This conclusion places ecumenism at the heart of Church life and witness.

Rome and Canterbury

Rome and Canterbury
Author: Mary Reath
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2007-08-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1461731445

Rome and Canterbury tells the story of the determined but little known work being done to end the nearly five hundred year old divisions between the Roman Catholic and the Anglican/Episcopal Churches. The break was never intended, has never been fully accepted and is experienced, by many, as a painful and open wound. It is a personal account that begins the story by reviewing the relevant history and theology, looks at where we are today, and concludes with some reflections on faith and belief in the US.

Catholics, Conflicts and Choices

Catholics, Conflicts and Choices
Author: Angela Coco
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-09-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317544676

Many Catholics today are disenchanted with the Church's continuing distrust of women and laity. But, despite this widespread dissatisfaction, traditional power relations have hardly changed over the last century. "Catholics, Conflicts and Choices" presents detailed interviews with lay people, priests, Sisters, and Christian Brothers, each discussing their personal struggles with church teachings and practices. The conversations are selected to illustrate different experiences of power relations - particularly different aspects of gender dynamics - within the organisational structures of the Church. The interviews are examined within a framework of feminist, sociological and psychological theory. "Catholics, Conflicts and Choices" reveals how, despite a long history of challenging official notions of authority and obedience and assumptions about intimate relationships, there is little potential for change if the established power relations of the Church are not confronted.

Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church - Local, Regional, Universal

Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church - Local, Regional, Universal
Author:
Publisher: SPCK
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2018-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0281078785

Walking Together on the Way is the first agreed statement of the third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, and the first ARCIC agreed statement since 2005. The language of 'walking together' is used by both Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis to describe our ecclesial life and the ecumenical journey. Both have also, in different ways, endorsed the approach of receptive ecumenism: that we have much to learn and much to receive from each other. In Walking Together on the Way the Commission asks what Anglicans and Catholics can learn from one another to make us better able to walk together in the way of communion. Both our communions have an understanding that all the baptized share in the threefold office of Christ as prophet, priest and king. The document considers how this common understanding is lived out in our processes of governance and discernment at the local, regional and global levels. The Commission not only examines our respective ecclesial processes of discernment, but also seeks to identify the tensions and difficulties we experience; it asks where Angicans and Catholics can look to one another for wisdom. In this way, the Commission proposes, we can grow together through a journey of mutual enrichment. As the text affirms, 'We are pilgrims together walking on the way of penitence and renewal towards full communion.'

Church Unity and the Papal Office

Church Unity and the Papal Office
Author: Carl E. Braaten
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0802848028

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.