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Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John (Hardcover)
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Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John (Hardcover)
Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
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For the author of the fourth Gospel, there is neither a Christless
church nor a churchless Christ. Though John's Gospel has been
widely understood as ambivalent toward the idea of 'church', Andrew
Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as
Christology. Rather than focusing on the community behind the text,
John's Gospel directs attention to the vision of community
prescribed within the text, which is presented as a 'narrative
ecclesiology' by which the concept of 'church' gradually unfolds
throughout the Gospel's sequence. The theme of oneness functions
within this script and draws on the theological language of the
Shema, a centerpiece of early Jewish theology and social identity.
To be 'one' with this 'one God' and his 'one Shepherd' involves the
believers' corporate participation within the divine family. Such
participation requires an ontological transformation that warrants
an ecclesial identity expressed by the bold assertion found in
Jesus' citation of Psalm 82: 'you are gods'.
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