FLESH OF THE CHURCH, FLESH OF CHRIST |
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FOREWORD |
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A New Ecclesiology |
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Abbreviations |
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CHAPTER ONE All Linked Together by Salvation: For God, in Communion |
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I. In Christ, in the Spirit |
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II. The Branches of the Vine |
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III. Bound with One Another, One Single Community |
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IV. Never Alone in Salvation |
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CHAPTER TWO All Joined into One Body, Eucharistic Body, Ecclesial Body |
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I. A Ritual of Mutual Love |
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II. Augustine, Witness of the West |
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III. The Church Is Catholic because It Is a Communion |
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IV. Body of Communion |
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V. The Rites in the East |
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VI. John Chrysostom, Witness of the Church of Antioch |
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VII. Cyril, Witness of the Church of Alexandria |
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VIII. The Faith of the Tradition |
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CHAPTER THREE All Taken into the One Sacrifice: The Sacrifice of Christ in the Church of |
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I. The Sacrifice of Mercy and Service |
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II. The Sacrifice of Laying Down One's Whole Self |
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III. The Sacrifice of Life in the Priestly People |
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IV. The Sacrifice Celebrated, Unified, and Nourished by the Eucharist |
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V. The Sacrifice of Praise Culminating at the Synaxis |
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VI. The Sacrifice of Faith |
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VII. The Sacrifice: The Church of God |
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CONCLUSION Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ |
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INDEXES |
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Subject Index |
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Scripture Index |
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