1. Alister McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction
Chapter 15
The Doctrine of the Church
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2. The Early Development of Ecclesiology
Biblical Models of the Church
The Old Testament (Israel)
“Common commitment to Israel’s central story”
Monarchy
Postexilic/second temple
The New Testament
The church as the people of God
The church as a community of salvation
The church as the body of Christ
The church as a servant people
The church as the community of the Spirit
The Early Development of Ecclesiology
Elements of consensus
The conversion of Constantine
The “pope”
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3. The Donatist Controversy
Persecution and the traditores
Cyprian of Carthage
Schism is never justified
Lapsed or schismatic bishops lose their spiritual gifts and authority
Donatists
Augustine
Church as a “mixed body”
The parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13:24-31)
Theology of the sacraments
The church as a hospital
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4. Early Protestant Doctrines of the Church
Martin Luther ( )
The preaching of the Word of God
The historical institution of the church as a means of grace
John Calvin ( )
The collapse of the Colloquy of Ratisbon, 1541
The marks of the true church
Gospel rightly preached
Sacraments rightly administered
The visible and invisible church
Sanctification of the elect
The radical Reformation
The true church in heaven
The church as alternative society
The assembly of the righteous
Noninvolvement, nonresistance
The “ban”
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5. Christ and the Church: Some Twentieth-Century Themes
Christ is present sacramentally
Second Vatican Council (1962-5)
Henri de Lubac ( )
Edward Schillebeeckx ( )
Karl Rahner ( )
Christ is present through the word
Karl Barth ( )
Christ is present through the Spirit
Leonardo Boff (b.1938)
John Zizioulas (b.1930)
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6. The Second Vatican Council on the Church
Pre-Vatican II
The church as a “perfect society”
Distinction between the clergy and laity
The church as communion
Fellowship: sharing in a common life
The church as the people of God
Continuity with Israel
The church as a charismatic community
The importance of the charismatic gifts
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7. The “Notes” of the Church
One
Problem of lapses under persecution
Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Catholic Church
The Reformation
Approaches to the unity of the church
An imperialist approach
A Platonic approach
An eschatological approach
A biological approach
Theological unity
Anglicanism
Evangelicalism
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8. Holy Catholic Donatism and Anabaptism Eschatological perspective
Old and New Testaments
Holiness as being “set apart”
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994)
Catholic
Universal, general
Conversion of Constantine
Stages of meaning
A universal and all-embracing church
A church which is orthodox in its theology
A church which extends throughout the world
Cyril of Jerusalem
Thomas Aquinas
The Reformation: catholic and reformed
Orthodox churches
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9. Apostolic Originating with the apostles
Having a direct link to the apostles
Apostle:
Commissioned by Christ
Witness to the risen Christ
H.B. Swete ( )
Origins of the church
Teaching of the church
Ministry of the church
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