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Cruciform Ecumenism - The Intersection of Ecclesiology, Episcopacy, and Apostolicity from a Catholic Perspective (Hardcover)
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Cruciform Ecumenism - The Intersection of Ecclesiology, Episcopacy, and Apostolicity from a Catholic Perspective (Hardcover)
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The truth claims of Christianity appear compromised by the division
of Christ’s followers into different denominations. The Great
Commission (Matt. 28:16-20) calls Christians to spread the Gospel,
but that goal is hindered as the church remain fractured. What,
then, keeps Christians separated, retreating to their corners
labeled “Catholic,” “Orthodox,” “Protestant,” and the
like? Building on the great ecumenical work of Christians in
generations past, Elizabeth M. Smith Woodard accounts for Christian
disunity in terms of ecclesiology (how each group of Christians
understands the definition of what it means––or what it looks
like––to be “the Church”), episcopacy (the significance of
the historic succession of bishops in relation to the authority of
Church leadership and oversight), and apostolicity (what it means
to claim that the Church today is the same Church Christ handed on
to the apostles): in brief, Who are we? Who is in charge? And are
we who we say we are? Smith-Woodard argues that the controversial
issues dividing Christians today––abortion, gay marriage, the
role of women, Eucharistic theology––stem from these questions
of authority and identity. What would it look like, Smith-Woodard
asks, if Christians did not insist on making any “others” more
“like us,” but instead worked toward all of “us” becoming
more and more like Christ? She answers that growing in cruciformity
should serve as the basis for unity Using recent unity-achieving
Anglican-Lutheran discussions as a case study, she examines the
crucial intersection of ecclesiology, episcopacy, and apostolicity
to argue that Christians grow in Christ’s mission and receptive
heart as they continue to grow in cruciformity. Christ isthe heart
of true ecumenical work, and of a truly Christian life.
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