On believing in the church as prefiguration of the world to come

This article focuses on the question of ‘believing in the church,’ as it is part of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. Investigating some of the problems that this article of the creed causes, it is proposed that a prefigurative understanding of the church and its qualities (one, holy, catholic, a...

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Main Author: Smit, Peter-Ben 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2025, Volume: 86, Issue: 2/4, Pages: 253-267
Further subjects:B prefiguration
B World Council of Churches
B Ecclesiology
B The church: towards a common vision
B Lima report
B Eschatology
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Summary:This article focuses on the question of ‘believing in the church,’ as it is part of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. Investigating some of the problems that this article of the creed causes, it is proposed that a prefigurative understanding of the church and its qualities (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic) can both place them in proper perspective and thereby alleviate some of the theological (and spiritual) problems connected with this part of the creed.
ISSN:2169-2335
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2025.2563585