The Unity We Have Not Found: The Ontology of Relation in Koinonia

The search for the unity of the church is foundational to the World Council of Churches. This vocation has led the council to form unity statements that describe the motivation, requirements, and goals of unity. Subsequently, many models of unity have been created to meet these requirements. Koinoni...

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Subtitles:The World Council of Churches at 70
Main Author: Ahola, Miika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2018]
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2018, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 470-483
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDJ Ecumenism
NBN Ecclesiology
Further subjects:B World Council of Churches
B Communion
B Unity
B The Church: Towards a Common Vision
B Relationstechnik
B Koinonia
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Summary:The search for the unity of the church is foundational to the World Council of Churches. This vocation has led the council to form unity statements that describe the motivation, requirements, and goals of unity. Subsequently, many models of unity have been created to meet these requirements. Koinonia ecclesiology provides the possibility to overcome the problems that have hindered these models of unity from becoming a reality. The relational ontology of koinonia has much to offer the churches in their search for visible communion. At its best, koinonia could bring together different facets of the council's work: the doctrinal, the ethical, the diaconal, the liturgical, the structural, and the contextual.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12376