Catholicization: towards a theological praxis of the unity of the Church of Jesus Christ in celebration of the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation

Jesus's prayer for unity needs a face. Evangelicals have been accused of a pathological tendency to fragment. And unless the Church addresses its disunity and deals with its calling for unity, both its life and ministry are at risk. Catholicization is an attempt to offer a theological praxis of...

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Published in:Evangelical quarterly
Main Author: Hallig, Jason Valeriano (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Paternoster Press [2016]
In: Evangelical quarterly
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDG Free church
KDJ Ecumenism
Further subjects:B PRAXIS (Social sciences)
B Catholic
B Trinity
B Scripture
B Contextualization
B Protestants
B Reformation
B CREEDS (Religion)
B Protestant
B CHRISTIANITY & culture
B Creeds
B Unity
B catholicization
B Liturgy
B Liturgics
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Summary:Jesus's prayer for unity needs a face. Evangelicals have been accused of a pathological tendency to fragment. And unless the Church addresses its disunity and deals with its calling for unity, both its life and ministry are at risk. Catholicization is an attempt to offer a theological praxis of the unity of the Church, putting emphasis both on theology and its practical relation to the life and ministry of the Church to make its spiritual unity an empirical one. This is a new "Reformation" but this time towards a catholic movement. Catholicization is anchored in and founded upon four "distinctives" of the unity of the Church, namely the Trinity, the Scripture, the creeds, and the liturgy.
ISSN:0014-3367
Contains:Enthalten in: Evangelical quarterly