Communion of the saints Foundation, Nature, and Structure of the Church |
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Introduction: "Credo Ecclesiam" |
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The position of the Church in the Creed Christology or Pneumatology as the point of departure for Ecclesiology |
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The position meaning of " Credo Ecclesiam" |
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Frist Part: fundamental Ecclesial directions in the New Testament |
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Fundamental concepts of the Church's Self-Understanding |
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Ekklesia-The Church of God |
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The Church as the Body of Christ |
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The Phrase "Body of Christ" in Paul |
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The Phrase " Body of Christ" in the Letters to the Colossians and Ephesians |
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The Church as Temple of God or the Temple of the Holy Spirit |
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Jesus and the Church Jesus Proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the Church that Arose after the Events of Eater/Pentecost |
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Sketch or the Problematic |
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Overview of the different position of Researchers |
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The "new consensus" and its decline |
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Positions within Catholic Theology |
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Analysis and reflection |
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Jesus ' proclamation of the Kingdom of God |
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Jesus' farewell meal |
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Additional observations |
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The Church, "Built on the Foundation of the Apostles" |
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The term "apostles" the "Twelve Apostles" |
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The Missionary commissioning of the Apostles by the Risen One |
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Clarification od the missionary commissioning through the Apostles' Practice |
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Paul and his communities |
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Apostles anf communitiy in the Acts of the Apostles |
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Conclusion |
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The Organization of the Church in Its Successive Developmental Stages; Community Structures in the New Testament |
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Preliminary remark in the problematic |
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The Pauline Communities during Paul's lifetime |
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The charisms in the community |
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The role of those who minister to the community |
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community structures in the Acts of the Apostles |
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The Jerusalem Community |
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The Community in Antioch |
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Community structures at the time of the composition og the Acts of the Apostles |
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Community organization in the Post-Apostolic New Testament Period |
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In the Sphere of the Pauline Communities |
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In the Petrine Sphere |
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In the Johanine Sphere |
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Conclusion and remaning problems |
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Conclusion |
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Remaning problems |
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Excursus the Apostolic Succession |
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The transition to the Monarchical Bishop |
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Apostolic Tradition-Apostolic Succession |
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Conclusion |
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Peter in the New Testament |
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The Common Tradiotion concerning Peter |
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Special status in the Tradition of Matthew's Gospel |
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Peter as the Rock on which Christ will Build his Church |
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The Construction of the Church and its endurance |
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The Giving of the keys and the power to bind and to Loose |
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Complementary Text Luke 22;31; John 21:15-19; and the Petrine Letters |
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Conclusion and reflection |
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Second part |
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The nature of the Church and Its Essential Characteristics |
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Essential Element in a Theological description of the Church |
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The Church as the Fruit of Salvation and the Means to Salvation |
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Fundamental concepts of the Nature of the Church |
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The Church as a Society |
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The Church as the Body of Christ |
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The Church as Sacrament |
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The Ecumenical problem |
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The Church as the Communion of the Faithful |
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Koinoia and the people of God |
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The Church as Communio |
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The Church as the people of God |
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Church and Eucharist |
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The Church realizes Itself in the Celebration of the Eucharist |
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The universal Church as the Koinonia of the Local Churches |
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The Problem of communion in the means of salvation |
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The one Church and the many Churches |
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Different models of unity |
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The relation of the Catholic Church to the Church of Christ |
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The significance of the Other Churches and Their traditions for the Catholicity of the Church on the expression Catholic |
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Church membership or tho be in communion with the Church |
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The problem of Church membership before Vatican II |
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The Emphasis on Baptism by Vaticano II |
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The necessity of the Church for salvation |
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The historical meaning of the sentence Extra ecclesiam nulla salus |
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Theological reflection |
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A pilgrim Church |
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Ecclesia semper reformanda |
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A sinful Church |
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Conclusion |
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The Church is oriented toward the Eschatological Kingdom of God |
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Third Part The structures of the Church |
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Community and office |
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The teaching of Lumen gentium |
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The priesthood of all believers |
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The sense of the faithful and the Charisms of the Christian people |
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The cumenical problem |
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The orthodox position |
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The position of the reformation |
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Theological reflection |
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Foundations |
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Sharing in Christ' Priestly office |
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Sharing in Christ' Prophetic office |
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Sensus fidelium and the teaching office |
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Laity and offcials in the proclamation of the word |
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Summarizing thesis |
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All members of the Church are responsible |
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Toward a theology of the Laity |
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The Hierachical composition of the Church |
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The bishop with His-workers |
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The presbytes and deacons |
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The teaching of Lumen gentium |
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The bishop as the successors to the Apostles |
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The sacramentality of the Bishop's office |
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The distinction between bishop and presbyter |
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The Ecumenical problem: The position of the reformation |
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Theological reflection |
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The Foundation of the Catholic Thesis |
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The bishop as the successors to the Apostles |
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The designation successors to the Apostles |
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The later development and its significance for the distinction between bishop and presbyters |
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The function of bishops |
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The teaching offfice of the bishops |
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Foundation of the task of the teaching office |
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The Ecumenical problem the reformation's position |
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Additionas remarks |
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The relation between the teaching office and the community |
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Infallibility or indefectibility? |
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The incontrovertibility of Dogmatic formulations |
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Apostolic Succession |
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The office of the pope and the collegiality of Bishops |
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Toward a statement of the question |
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The Catholic teaching |
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The Dogmatic constitution Pator aetenus of Vatican I |
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The primacy of Jurisdiction |
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The infallible teaching office of the Pope |
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The Dogmatic constitution Lumen gentium of Vatican II |
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Problem of the other Churches |
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Problem of the Lutheran Churches |
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The Church's historical understanding of primacy and the collegiality of bishop down to the split between East and West |
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The martyrdoms of Peter and Paul in Rome as the foundation for the Preeminence of Rome in the Earliest Testimonies |
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The invocation by the Roman Bishops of the Pertrine Texts |
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The unity of the Church as a Koinonia of the Churches and the role of Rome within such a conception |
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Rome's role in the understanding of the Eastern Churches |
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The example of the council of Chalcedon |
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Express recognition of the role of Roma on the part of the Eastern bishops |
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Theological reflection |
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A theological legitimation of primacy |
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Primacy within the Framework of Collegiality |
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Toward a theology of the Local Churches |
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Fourth part The mission and task of the Church |
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Evangeliaztion and its implications |
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Toward a statement of the question |
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The mission of the Church according to the office documents |
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Vatican II |
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Post-conciliar documents |
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Theological reflection |
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Conclusion theses |
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Church and Word |
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Presentation of the problematic |
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Biblical perspectives |
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Sense and significance of the World |
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The Church accoding to God's Eternal plan |
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Systematic reflection |
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The dialectial tension between Church and World as a fundamental Theological perspective |
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The Church as sacramet for the World |
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The World in its Twofold meaning |
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The help which the Church receives from the modern world |
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List of Abbreviations |
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