Conciliarism In Anglicanism
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Anglican Conciliarism
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Author : Phil Ashey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06
Anglican Conciliarism written by Phil Ashey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06 with Religion categories.
This book is about how Anglicans can find each other around a common confession of faith and doctrine in a coherent way that is Biblical, apostolic, catholic and classically Anglican. Its premise is simple: Conciliar decision making (placing final ecclesiastical authority in church councils) has never been practiced at the international level of the Anglican Communion, where governance developed through "bonds of affection" while there was still a shared faith and doctrine. That consensus collapsed during the 20th Century, so that survival of the Anglican Communion is now in question. What would it look like if, at the international level, Anglicans were to make decisions together in the same conciliar way of decision-making that is found among the national Anglican Churches and their sub-jurisdictions? Such an extrapolation "From below" begins by examining the laws of various Anglican Churches to identify the common principles and practices of the "Church meeting to decide together." In sum this book proposes that the established theory and practice of Anglican conciliarism can be a viable organizing principle for the entire Communion of Anglican Churches - and does so from a canonical approach, that this, from an examination of the laws of Anglican churches: - Chapters ONE and TWO examine the evidence for the principles and practice of conciliar decision-making in the laws and canons of the Church of England - from before the Reformation to the present. - Chapter THREE examines the evidence from four representative Churches (Australia, South East Asia, Nigeria, and Ireland), with two of their dioceses each. Since this is a canonical study "from below" of the actual laws (constitutions and canons) of these Churches, the Chapter is heavily footnoted with citations to those laws. - Chapters FOUR and FIVE focus on the historical development of Eleven (11) Principles and Practices of conciliarism, from the Great Schism of the 14th and 15th Century Medieval Catholic Church to the Reformation in the 16th Century. - Chapter SIX examines the loss of conciliar principles and practices at the global level of Anglican Communion in light of unilateral actions by some Churches in the last 50 years that have stretched the current "Instruments of Communion" beyond the breaking point. - Chapters SEVEN documents the significant differences in the principles and practice of conciliarism among the two contrasting North American Provinces and their sub-sets. - Chapter EIGHT extrapolates the evidence in order to propose a model for conciliarism at the global level of Communion governance. The model that is proposed seeks to overcome the causitive "deficit of authority" via Fundamental Declarations, giving enhanced responsibility to Primates for doctrine, discipline and order, and a "Council of the Anglican Communion." conciliar principles in this proposed model seek to promote "communion" and mission that is both loyal to its Christological center and intelligible to Anglicans and other Christians all over the world. - Chapter NINE explains why the proposed and failed Anglican Communion Covenant is no substitute for the adoption of Fundamental Declarations of faith and doctrine. - Chapter TEN explains why a shared and common good is essential to the very nature of Communion, and how that common good is rooted in the Scriptures themselves - specifically in Philippians 2:5-11. Included as an Appendix is a comparison and contrast between the laws of the Churches in North America - The Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church in North America, and two of their dioceses each - around the same Eleven Principles and Practices of Anglican conciliarism.
Conciliarism
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Author : Paul Valliere
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-09
Conciliarism written by Paul Valliere and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-09 with Religion categories.
Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the church, we must, therefore, see the church herself as a council.' Paul Valliere tells the story of councils and conciliar decision-making in the Christian church from earliest times to the present. Drawing extensively upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has appeared in the last half-century, Valliere brings a broad ecumenical perspective to the study and shows how the conciliar tradition of the Christian past can serve as a resource for resolving conflicts in the church today. The book presents a conciliarism which involves historical legacy, but which leads us forward, not backward, and which keeps the church's collective eyes on the prize - the eschatological kingdom of God.
Conciliarism In Anglicanism
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Author : Raymond W. Albright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Conciliarism In Anglicanism written by Raymond W. Albright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Beyond The Reformation
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Author : Paul Avis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2008-10-09
Beyond The Reformation written by Paul Avis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-09 with Religion categories.
Beyond the Reformation? sheds fresh light on divisive issues of authority in the Christian Church and puts them in a new historical and ecumenical perspective. Against the background of the perennial tension between the mystical and the institutional dynamics in the life of the Church, it goes beyond the tragic divisions of the Reformation era in two major ways. First, it examines the power struggles of the medieval period, the largely abortive attempts at reform, and the theological solutions to apparently intractable divisions that were proposed by the Conciliar Movement and enacted by the reforming councils of the fifteenth century. It shows how the legacy of conciliar theology was both continued and modified by the Continental and Anglican Reformers and how this has shaped the churches in the modern world. It examines the question of continuity and discontinuity in the Reformation, seeing that event as an unresolved argument within the family of the Western Church. But this book also seeks to move beyond the Reformation in a second way. Drawing on Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican theology, the book explores the theme of conciliar and primatial authority in relation to the ecumenical quest for reconciliation and unity in the fragmented Church of today. In this major, ground-breaking work, Anglican theologian and ecumenist Paul Avis adds to his repertoire of studies of authority in the Christian Church, brings together historical, confessional and ecumenical aspects of ecclesiology, and charts a course for convergence between the major traditions on the thorny questions of authority, primacy and unity.
The Future Of Conciliarism As A Model For Church Governance Within Anglicanism
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Future Of Conciliarism As A Model For Church Governance Within Anglicanism written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The Future Of Anglicanism
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Author : Robert Hannaford
language : en
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Release Date : 1996
The Future Of Anglicanism written by Robert Hannaford and has been published by Gracewing Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Anglican Communion categories.
The Promise Of Anglicanism
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Author : Robert S. Heaney
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2019
The Promise Of Anglicanism written by Robert S. Heaney and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Religion categories.
Anglicanism is one of the largest and most widely dispersed of all religious traditions. How it reached this status is replete with irony and with conflict. The origins of Anglicanism lie in the Church of England, still its largest branch and arguably its defining center. But the majority of Anglicans now reside in sub-Saharan Africa and do not speak English as their primary language. Given Anglicanism’s roots, and its integration into British colonialism, the expansion of this branch of Christianity seems puzzling. Moreover, intramural Anglican conflict, from the end of colonialism onward, seemingly has torn the fabric of Anglican life. It seems problematic that this tradition, and the church bodies that represent it, will remain intact. By looking at the Church through the lens of the biblical theme of promise, this book seeks to offer neither lament for a tattered tradition nor facile hope for an expanding one. It considers the key phases of Anglican history, each defined by clear intentions, from securing English national life, to mission, to finding contextual roots in various locales. Whilst not denying that the ongoing contestation about the proper shape of Anglican faith and practice has become central, the book highlights the emergence of fresh consensus among Anglicans, centered on grassroots initiative and innovation, creating informal patterns of collaboration that can transcend context and overlook divergence.
Conciliarism
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Author : Paul Valliere
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-09
Conciliarism written by Paul Valliere and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-09 with History categories.
A comprehensive introduction to conciliarism, decision-making and conflict-resolution in the history of the Christian church.
A Polity Of Persuasion
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Author : Jeffrey W Driver
language : en
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Release Date : 2014-08-28
A Polity Of Persuasion written by Jeffrey W Driver and has been published by Lutterworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-28 with Religion categories.
At an international level, Anglicanism has almost no mandating or juridical power. Stresses and threats of division over issues such as human sexuality have resulted in moves to enhance the Communion's central structures and instruments. However, itis becoming clear that there is little likelihood of substantial change in this direction succeeding, at least in the medium term. The challenge for Anglicanism is to make a 'polity of persuasion' work more effectively. This volume seeks to identifysome trends and shifts of emphasis in Anglican ecclesiology to serve that end. Jeffrey W. Driver argues that there is more at stake in such an exercise than Anglican unity. In an ever-shrinking, pluralist, and conflicted world, where oneness is often forced by dominance, the people of God are called to model something different. The injunction of Jesus, 'it is not so among you', challenged his followers to use power and live in community in a way that contrasted with what occurred 'among the Gentiles' (Mark 10:41-45). This is why the sometimes tedious debates about authority and structure in the Anglican Communion could actually matter - because they might have something to say about being human in community, about sharing power and coexisting, about living interdependently on a tiny and increasingly stressed planet. The Anglican experiment in dispersed authority, for all its grief, could be a powerful gift.
The Hope Of Things To Come
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Author : Mark Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-04-08
The Hope Of Things To Come written by Mark Chapman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-08 with Religion categories.
A collection of essays on the past, present and future of Anglican theology in the context of the Lambeth Conference of 2008.