“Achieves a comprehensive systematic doctrinal synthesis that is rare in ecclesiological studies since the [Second Vatican] Council. This lengthy and profound study is the best introduction to ecclesiology that exists today and one that sets the bar high for future synthetic and systematic studies of doctrine on the Church.” — Nova et Vetera “Displays a sensitivity to both the Christological and pneumatological aspects in ecclesiology, and more broadly to ecclesiology’s connections with other areas of theology. Such Thomistic attention to the unity of theology must be applauded, rarely being found in today’s theological landscape, but yet so crucial to the renewal of authentic Catholic thought.” —from the foreword by Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, OP, Vatican City
