Conflict and Agreement in the Church, Volume 1

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.