Partendo dai dati della Sacra Scrittura e attraversando la storia della Chiesa, scopriamo le categorie importanti per la vita ecclesiale, dalle quali derivano anche gli indirizzi e modelli ...ecclesiologici. Uno di quelli è la comunione che deriva dal mistero fondamentale della fede cattolica: la SS. Trinità, che mediata agli uomini tramite l’incarnazione del Figlio, diventa per la Chiesa l’impegno centrale. Quell’impegno tiene insieme la partecipazione alla vita divina da una e l’edificazione dell’unità tra gli uomini dall’altra parte. Con questo articolo vorrei mostrare innanzitutto tre aspetti della comunione, cioè l’aspetto teologico, poi quell’ ecclesiologico e infine l’aspetto sacramentale. Tutti e tre hanno le radici nei testi della Sacra Scrittura e dalla Tradizione cattolica sono stati definiti la dimensione significativa per la vita ecclesiale e come tali sono stati riconosciuti anche dal concilio Vaticano II la base dell’ecclesiologia e del futuro della Chiesa. Provo a dimostrare che la comunione era ed è l’impego centrale per la Chiesa cattolica.
Polazeći od činjenica iz Svetoga pisma i promatrajući povijest Crkve, u prilici smo otkriti važne kategorije za život Crkve iz kojih potom izviru i različiti ekleziološki modeli. Jedna od tih kategorija svakako je zajedništvo ( communio ) koje proizlazi iz središnjega otajstva kršćanstva i teološki se u njemu ogleda: Presveto Trojstvo, čije je zajedništvo posredništvom Isusa Krista i otajstvom Utjelovljena postalo središnja crkvena tema i istodobno njezino osnovno poslanje. Njime ostvaruje dvije temeljne odrednice, sudjelovanje na božanskom životu i na izgradnji jedinstva među ljudima.Cilj je ovoga članka prikazati tri bitna svojstva zajedništva, najprije teološko obilježje, potom ekleziološku vrijednost i najzad sakramentalno svojstvo zajedništva. Sva tri korijen pronalaze u tekstovima Svetoga pisma i u crkvenoj tradiciji, stoga je temu zajedništva ( communio ) i Drugi vatikanski sabor prepoznao kao iznimno važnu dimenziju crkvenoga života i, još uže, označena je temeljom ekleziologije i u budućnosti. Pokušat ćemo približiti osnovna obilježja zajedništva koje je bilo i ostaje središnja tema i izazov crkvenoga života.
In Exclusion and Judgment in Fellowship Meals, Lanuwabang Jamir seeks to demonstrate that the tradition of fellowship meals in the ancient world form the background against which the Lord's Supper ...must be understood. Similarly, the basis of Paul's response to the situation in Corinth and his theology of the Lord's Supper is to be found in these traditions. The role of the fellowship meal in Greco-Roman and Jewish culture indicate that it was an important institution that played a pivotal role in the functioning of society. Judgment was an integral part of the fellowship meal traditions and it made such meal practices all the more significant in ancient cultures. For example, Jamir reveals that social-economic factors were only part of the problem in Corinth, where differences in ideology were the underlying cause of divisions in the church. Paul's response to the problem shows that he upheld the fellowship meal traditions, linking sickness and death with the abuse of the Lord's Supper. The concept of judgment in the Lord's Supper, while based on the fellowship meal traditions, has been redefined in the light of the Gospel tradition.
Why did the Wesleyan Methodists and the Anglican evangelicals divide during the middle of the eighteenth century? Many would argue that the division between them was based narrowly on theological ...matters, especially predestination and perfection. Ryan Danker suggests, however, that politics was a major factor throughout, driving the Wesleyan Methodists and Anglican evangelicals apart. Methodism was perceived to be linked with the radical and seditious politics of the Cromwellian period. This was a charged claim in a post-Restoration England. Likewise Danker explores the political force of resurgent Tory influence under George III, which exerted more pressure on evangelicals to prove their loyalty to the Establishment. These political realities made it hard for evangelicals in the Church of England to cooperate with Wesley and meant that all their theological debates were politically inflected. Rich in detail, here is a book for all who seek deeper insight into a critical juncture in the development of evangelicalism and early Methodism.
Sydney Anglicans, always ultra-conservative in terms of liturgy, theology and personal morality, have increasingly modelled themselves on sixteenth century English Puritanism. Over the past few ...decades, they have added radical congregationalism to the mix. They have altered church services, challenged church order, and relentlessly opposed all attempts to ordain women as priests, let alone bishops. Muriel Porter unpacks how Australia's largest and, until recently, richest diocese developed its ideological fervour, and explores the impact it is having both in Australia and the Anglican Communion.
Muriel Porter is a leading lay Anglican in Australia (member of General Synod since 1987; member of GS Standing Committee since 1989; member Melbourne Synod since 1984; member Melbourne Diocesan Council since 1985, formerly member of General Synod Doctrine Commission); she is the author of numerous books and journal articles on contemporary church issues, the most recent being Sex, Power and the Clergy, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2003; The New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2006;and Women in Purple: Women Bishops in Australia (Voices: Quarterly Essays on Religion in Australia), John Garratt Publishing, Melbourne, 2008. She is also an occasional commentator/opinion writer in mainstream and Anglican press, and a professional journalist and journalism academic, formerly senior lecturer in journalism at RMIT University, Melbourne, and for the past 20 years, Australia correspondent for Church Times (UK).
Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Anglicanism in Sydney today; Sydney Anglicans; how it came to this; Tensions: Sydney and the Anglican communion; Tensions: Sydney and the Australian church; Women: equal but different; Current challenges; Conclusion: the end of the experiment?; Select bibliography; Index.
Christian Law: Contemporary Principles offers a detailed comparison of the laws of churches across ten distinct Christian traditions worldwide: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, ...Reformed, Presbyterian, United, Congregational and Baptist. From this comparison, Professor Doe proposes that all denominations of the faith share common principles in spite of their doctrinal divisions; and that these principles reveal a concept of 'Christian law' and contribute to a theological understanding of global Christian identity. Adopting a unique interdisciplinary approach, the book provides comprehensive coverage on the sources and purposes of church law, the faithful (lay and ordained), the institutions of church governance, discipline and dispute resolution, doctrine and worship, the rites of passage, ecumenism, property and finance, as well as church, State and society. This is an invaluable resource for lawyers and theologians who are engaged in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, showing how dogmas may divide but laws link Christians across traditions.
While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with TheBook of ...Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how TheBook of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today--became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for many.
The book's chief maker, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, created it as the authoritative manual of Christian worship throughout England. But as Jacobs recounts, the book has had a variable and dramatic career in the complicated history of English church politics, and has been the focus of celebrations, protests, and even jail terms. As time passed, new forms of the book were made to suit the many English-speaking nations: first in Scotland, then in the new United States, and eventually wherever the British Empire extended its arm. Over time, Cranmer's book was adapted for different preferences and purposes. Jacobs vividly demonstrates how one book became many--and how it has shaped the devotional lives of men and women across the globe.
This original and persuasive book examines the moral and religious revival led by the Church of England before and after the Glorious Revolution, and shows how that revival laid the groundwork for a ...burgeoning civil society in Britain. After outlining the Church of England's key role in the increase of voluntary, charitable, and religious societies, Brent Sirota examines how these groups drove the modernization of Britain through such activities as settling immigrants throughout the empire, founding charity schools, distributing devotional literature, and evangelizing and educating merchants, seamen, and slaves throughout the British empire-all leading to what has been termed the "age of benevolence."
Objectives
We aimed to introduce, validate, and showcase the utility of a new construct: communal collective narcissism.
Method
We conducted four studies, in which we developed a new scale for ...communal collective narcissism (Study 1, N = 856), tested the construct's unique predictions (Study 2, N = 276), examined its social relevance (Study 3, N = 250), and assessed its implications for intergroup outcomes (Study 4, N = 664).
Results
In Study 1, we verified the structural soundness of the Communal Collective Narcissism Inventory. In Study 2, we obtained evidence for a defining feature of communal collective narcissism, namely, that it predicts communal, but not agentic, ingroup‐enhancement. In Study 3, we illustrated the social relevance of communal collective narcissism. Communal collective narcissists derogated outgroup members, if those outgroups threatened the ingroup and the threat targeted the ingroup's communion. Finally, in Study 4, we showed that communal collective narcissism predicts intergroup outcomes in the communal domain (e.g., humanitarian aid) better than agentic collective narcissism does, whereas agentic collective narcissism predicts intergroup outcomes in the agentic domain (i.e., preferences for military aggression) better than communal collective narcissism does.
Conclusions
The construct of communal collective narcissism is conceptually and empirically distinct from classic (i.e., agentic) collective narcissism.
Costly Communion D. Chapman, Mark; Bonner, Jeremy
01/2019, Volume:
4
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Costly Communion explores a variety of twentieth century Anglican theological responses to concerns regarding Eucharistic doctrine and church order in both English and African contexts and seeks to ...provide insight into the current divisions confronting the Anglican Communion.
