EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-10-19DOI: 10.1163/17455316-bja10014
Ryan L. Faber
{"title":"Infant Baptism and Church Membership: Issues and Ambiguity","authors":"Ryan L. Faber","doi":"10.1163/17455316-bja10014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-bja10014","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000People are initiated into the church by baptism. But what does it mean when baptism is administered to an infant? What does it mean that a baptised child is a member of the church? What privileges and responsibilities accompany that membership? This article explores discussions of and decisions about the admission of baptised members to the Lord’s Supper and the discipline of baptised member in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Marked by a lack of consensus about the status and spiritual standing of baptised children, these discussions and decisions reveal ambiguity about infant baptism and church membership.","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44221244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-10-19DOI: 10.1163/17455316-bja10013
S. Paas, H. Schaeffer
{"title":"Reconciled Community","authors":"S. Paas, H. Schaeffer","doi":"10.1163/17455316-bja10013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-bja10013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Recent experience suggests that there is insufficient reflection on the ‘why’ of mission among missionary pioneers, that is, on the soteriology that underpins missional practices in the West. This article argues, first, that a social view of salvation is the best way to make theological sense of missional community formation (mcf). Second, this implied soteriology is further developed as an integrative lens on various dimensions of salvation in Christianity. Third, it is argued that this relocation of mcf in this social view of salvation offers rich opportunities for witness, and thus a potential remedy against soteriological embarrassment.","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46595837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-10-19DOI: 10.1163/17455316-17030004
Dr.David R. Law
{"title":"Paul Avis, (2020) Jesus and the Church: The Foundation of the Church in the New Testament and Modern Theology","authors":"Dr.David R. Law","doi":"10.1163/17455316-17030004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17030004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47564110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-07-12DOI: 10.1163/17455316-17020013
R. Saarinen
{"title":"Kimberly Hope Belcher, (2020) Eucharist and Receptive Ecumenism: From Thanksgiving to Communion","authors":"R. Saarinen","doi":"10.1163/17455316-17020013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17020013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44276722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-07-12DOI: 10.1163/17455316-17020003
P. Sedgwick
{"title":"Tensions in Anglican – Roman Catholic Dialogue Doctrinal and Moral Absolutes 1980–2020","authors":"P. Sedgwick","doi":"10.1163/17455316-17020003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17020003","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The article surveys Anglican – Roman Catholic ecumenical relationships from 1980–2020. It examines the belief in doctrinal and moral absolutes in official statements of the cdf, and the impact this had on documents from arcic. This was different from statements from the pcpcu, especially in relationship to wcc texts. The article concludes by looking at the changes since the election of Pope Francis, and whether ecumenical relationships will be different in the future.","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45347253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-07-12DOI: 10.1163/17455316-17020015
Elizabeth Welch
{"title":"Pieter Vos, (2018) Liturgy and Ethics: New Contributions from Reformed Perspectives","authors":"Elizabeth Welch","doi":"10.1163/17455316-17020015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17020015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42067137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-07-12DOI: 10.1163/17455316-17020017
A. Chandler
{"title":"Norman Doe (ed.), (2020) A New History of the Church in Wales: Governance and Ministry, Theology and Society","authors":"A. Chandler","doi":"10.1163/17455316-17020017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17020017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42493975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcclesiologyPub Date : 2021-07-12DOI: 10.1163/17455316-17020005
N. Knoepffler, Martin O’Malley
{"title":"Dignity, Autonomy, and Assisted Suicide: An Ecumenical Perspective on the German Context","authors":"N. Knoepffler, Martin O’Malley","doi":"10.1163/17455316-17020005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17020005","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000A 2020 decision by Germany’s highest court dramatically shifted the national discussion on assisted suicide. The decision stressed the ‘right to a self-determined death’ which must ‘be respected by state and society as an act of personal autonomy and self-determination’. Moreover, it clarified the non-criminality of assistance for suicides by third parties. The reaction of the main churches in Germany to this decision reflects ecclesiological differences. Protestant positions on assisted suicide are defined by pluralism; the Roman Catholic official position remains tied to ontologically-referenced principles of natural law that prohibit assisted suicide as intrinsically evil. Thus, ecumenical efforts on bioethics are complicated by a context where many Protestant leaders prioritize autonomy and pluralism, whereas Roman Catholic leaders stress consensus and orthodoxy. Even official church guidelines on such matters are received differently in Protestant and Roman Catholic communities. For Protestant Christians, an opinion functions primarily as guideline; for Catholic Christians, there is a goal at least of reaching principles reflecting the objective order of God’s creation.","PeriodicalId":41078,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47651021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}