The Catholicity Of The Reformation

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As the title of this engaging book suggests, "catholicity" was the true intent of the Reformation. The Reformers did not set out to create what later came to be known as Protestant Christianity. Theirs was a quest for reformation and renewal in continuity with the "one holy catholic and apostolic church" of ancient times. The authors of the essays collected here demonstrate this catholicity of the Reformers and stress the importance of recovering the church's catholic tradition ...
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Overview

As the title of this engaging book suggests, "catholicity" was the true intent of the Reformation. The Reformers did not set out to create what later came to be known as Protestant Christianity. Theirs was a quest for reformation and renewal in continuity with the "one holy catholic and apostolic church" of ancient times. The authors of the essays collected here demonstrate this catholicity of the Reformers and stress the importance of recovering the church's catholic tradition today.
Contributors: Robert W. Jenson, David S. Yeago, Frank C. Senn, Carl E. Braaten, James R. Crumley, Robert L. Wilken, Günther Gassmann
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First Things
The essays in this volume present fine examples of the theological work that results when the Reformation's catholicity and commitment to the unity of the Church are properly valued and when the need for genuine renewal and reform is positioned by Protestants for Protestantism.... The authors anthologized by Carl Braaten and Robert Jenson, however, show what continuing reform and ecumenical seriousness might require.
Sixteenth Century Journal
This volume should prove of great interest not only to Lutheran or Reformation scholars but also to anyone interested in the state of Christianity today.... Thought provoking.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780802842206
  • Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 12/11/1996
  • Pages: 120
  • Product dimensions: 0.28 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
The Church as Communio 1
The Catholic Luther 13
The Reform of the Mass: Evangelical, but Still Catholic 35
The Problem of Authority in the Church 53
The Pastoral Office: A Catholic and Ecumenical Perspective 67
Lutheran Pietism and Catholic Piety 79
The Church Is a Communion of Churches 93
Contributors 107
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