The Body of Christ: An Aligning Union Model
In the context of recent debate about whether “Reformed Catholics” and Protestants, more generally, should accept Augustine’s totus Christus Christological ecclesiology, I illustrate the notion of an asymmetric aligning union. This is a metaphysically real union, but not a substantial union. I sugge...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2021
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Pro ecclesia
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 345-370 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Body of Christ
/ Ecclesiology
/ Reformed theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KDD Protestant Church NBF Christology NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B TotusChristus B Aligning union B Ecclesiology B Reformed catholicity B body of Christ B substantial union |
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| Summary: | In the context of recent debate about whether “Reformed Catholics” and Protestants, more generally, should accept Augustine’s totus Christus Christological ecclesiology, I illustrate the notion of an asymmetric aligning union. This is a metaphysically real union, but not a substantial union. I suggest that Reformed catholic theology would be better served by deploying the notion of an asymmetric aligning union. It preserves the Reformation solas and is compatible with the notion of the mystical body of Christ, without the disadvantages of the totus Christus notion, if that is taken to involve a substantial union. This form of union should be of wider ecumenical interest. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/10638512211013493 |