Conflict and Agreement in the Church, Volume 1

Order and Disorder

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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T.F. Torrance's collected writings on ecclesiology and ecumenical disputes, informed by his work for the Faith and Order Commission.T.F. Torrance's Conflict and Agreement in the Church gathers together his most influential essays and articles on topics relating to ecumenism. Himself involved heavily in the ecumenical movement, he wrote that 'ours must be the task of learning together again how to confess, like the early Church, faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and God in all its breadth and length and height and depth, and therefore in the overflowing love of God.' Out of this conviction grew a comprehensive doctrine of the Church 'in which our differences are lost sight of because they are destroyed from behind by a masterful faith in the Saviour of men.'In this first volume, Torrance presents a set of essays engaging theologically with different denominations, along with responses to particular problems facing the ecumenical project. In particular, writing after the third world conference on faith and order, he addresses the hopes and barriers it raised to closer ecumenical relations. Throughout, Torrance's acute awareness of contrasting theological principles establishes a firm basis for further progress, without obscuring the doctrinal and ecclesiological differences that remain.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-11-30
Mått228 x 152 x 22 mm
Vikt2 122 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieJames Clarke
Antal sidor336
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780227179680

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Thomas F. Torrance (1913-2007) was Professor of Christian Dogmatics at the University of Edinburgh. A prolific writer on many topics, he is known particularly for his study of Karl Barth, and his early work on theology and natural science. In 1976-7 Torrance served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and in 1978 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

Preface 7Introduction 11Part 1 Discussions with Churches1 With Anglicans(a) The Apostles And The Ministry of The Church 23(b) The Apostolic Ministry 34(c) Catholicity 48(d) The Fulness of Christ 57(e) Problems of Reunion 692 With Presbyterians(a) What is The Reformed Church? 76(b) Our Witness Through Doctrine 893 Presbyterian - Anglican Relations(a) What is The Church? 104(b) Intercommunion and the Union of the Church 122(c) A New Approach 1344 With Romans(a) The Problem of Discussion With Rome 146(b) The New Mariological Dogma 156(c) Romans and Reform 163Part 2 Problems of Faith and Order1 Amsterdam - The Nature and Mission of the Church 1952. Lund 226Where do we go from Lund?3 The Atonement and the Oneness of the Church 2384 Towards Evanston 263Our Oneness in Christ and our Disunity as Churches5 The Hope of Israel 284Israel and the Incarnation6 Christ the Hope of the World 304Christ the First and the LastIndex of Biblical References 317NamesSubjects

The book is one that demands the closest attention from any theologian who interests himself in the field of Faith and Order, and since this field now coincides with the major doctrines of the faith, it is not too much to say that no one who is interested in the proper formulation of these doctrines in our time can afford to neglect it. For the non-specialist. . . the theology becomes lucid if one is prepared to give oneself to it with the attention and concentration it demands and deserves, and then it becomes plain that something of the highest importance is being said.