Church: A Spirited Communion

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Av Michael G. Lawler, Thomas J. Shanahan, Michael G. Lavler

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Theologians today take for granted that the principal achievement of the Second Vatican Council was its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium. The central core of this central document - its Vision of Church as communion - is also being taken for granted. But this Vision was hard won - or, rather, recovered - at the Council, and its significance should not be allowed to fade with time or familiarity.The Church: A Spirited Communion emanates from the ecclesiology of Vatican II as a systematic treatment of this Vision of communion: graced, prophetic, sacramental, spiritual, and ministerial. It is about a Church in communion with the laity, the hierarchy, and with all the Churches. Since Church" is God in communion with the faithful, this book is primarily theo-logical and only secondarily ecclesio-logical. It is primarily about the God who is Triune, who calls the Church into existence, and who seeks in every age a people who adhere to "God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-03-01
Mått140 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt255 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTheology And Life
Antal sidor192
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780814658215

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Michael G. Lawler, PhD, Amelia and Emil Graff Professor Emeritus of Catholic Theology at Creighton University, received his training in theology at Dublin, Oxford, Rome, and St. Louis. He was a member of the Theology Department at Creighton for thirty-five years and is a prolific lecturer and writer. He has published twenty-two books and some 150 scholarly essays on topics related to sacraments, marriage, and sexuality. His most recent books are co-authored with Todd Salzman: the award winning and best-selling The Sexual Person: Towards a Renewed Catholic Anthropology (Georgetown University Press, 2008); Sexual Ethics: A Theological Introduction (Georgetown University Press, 2012). Dr. Lawler and his wife Susan have three adult children and four grandchildren. Thomas J. Shanahan, S.J., is a professor and chair of the department of theology at Creighton University.

ContentsAbbreviations xiForeword xiii1. Church as Graced Communion 1Preamble 1Church as Trinitarian 3Church as Mystery 7Church as Communion 7People of God and Communion 10Body of Christ and Communion 12Vatican II Ecclesiology 15Summary 18Questions for Reflection 182. Church as Prophetic Communion 19Holy Spirit 19Prophet 22The Rule of God 27The Holy Spirit and the Contemporary Church 32Summary 35Questions for Reflection 363. Church as Sacramental Communion 37Sacrament 37Church as Sacrament 38