The Broken Body of the Whole Christ: Augustine’s Totus Christus and Intra-Christian Ecumenism

(Lang: English):, This essay argues that Augustine’s doctrine of the totus Christus, the “whole Christ,” provides a fruitful starting point for ecumenical theology. The whole Christ signifies the church as the body joined to Christ its head. I suggest that we must seek where else the body of Christ...

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Main Author: Ployd, Adam (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2023
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-98
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KDJ Ecumenism
NBF Christology
NBN Ecclesiology
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