RT Book
T1 Conciliarism: a history of decision-making in the church
A1 Valliere, Paul
LA English
PP Cambridge u. a.
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1616623373
AB "Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian Church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the Church, we must, therefore, see the Church herself as a council.' Paul Valliere tells the story of councils and conciliar decision-making in the Christian Church from earliest times to the present. Drawing extensively upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has appeared in the last half-century, Valliere brings a broad ecumenical perspective to the study and shows how the conciliar tradition of the Christian past can serve as a resource for resolving conflicts in the Church today. The book presents a conciliarism which involves historical legacy, but which leads us forward, not backward, and which keeps the Church's collective eyes on the prize - the eschatological kingdom of God"--
NO Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BV720
SN 110701574X
SN 9781107015746
K1 Conciliar theory : History