That All May be One: Hierarchy and Participation in the ChurchMust hierarchy mean dominance, patriarchy, and oppression? Should it be eliminated? Or is there an alternative view of hierarchy? These questions split the Church during the Reformation and are polarizing it today. This book presents a perspective on hierarchy drawn from church history, the natural sciences, and contemporary social models. It argues that the role of hierarchy in the Church is to preserve apostolic teaching and to foster integration, but that domination deforms hierarchy, which should be participatory, integrative, ecumenical, and universal. It concludes that a balanced understanding of hierarchy is critical for ecumenical progress, for the integrity of Roman Catholicism, and for the catholicity of the whole Christian Church. |
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Contents
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| 23 | |
Hierarchy in the New Testament | 39 |
The Apostles and Their Successors | 71 |
The Early Church | 95 |
Hierarchy and Participation in the Middle Ages | 133 |
The Reformation | 171 |
Catholic Reformation and the PostTridentine Church | 201 |
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Page 26 - You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine, but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.
Bibliographic information
| Title | That All May be One: Hierarchy and Participation in the Church |
| Author | Terence L. Nichols |
| Publisher | Liturgical Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0814658571, 9780814658574 |
| Length | 355 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Church / Administration Religion / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology Religion / Christianity / Catholic |
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