Ecumenism, Christian Origins and the Practice of Communion.

By: Sagovsky, NicholasMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511151415Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ecumenism, Christian Origins and the Practice of CommunionDDC classification: 234.163 LOC classification: BX6.5 .S25 2000Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 The common life -- CHAPTER 2 Communion: Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and ecumenical consensus -- ANGLICANS AND COMMUNION -- ROMAN CATHOLICS AND COMMUNION -- THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND COMMUNION -- CONCLUSION: COMMUNION AND THE CHURCHES -- CHAPTER 3 Plato's vision -- KOINONIA AND THE LIFE OF THE POLIS -- KOINONIA WITH AND IN A HIGHER REALM -- KOINONIA IN DIALOGUE -- CONCLUSION: PLATO'S VISION OF KOINONIA -- CHAPTER 4 Aristotle's revisionism -- CRITIQUE OF PLATO -- ARISTOTLE ON VIRTUE AND FRIENDSHIP -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND 'THE DESIRE TO KNOW' -- CONCLUSION: 'THE MASTER OF THOSE WHO KNOW'? -- CHAPTER 5 Covenant and community -- GREEK AND JEW IN THE POLIS -- JEWISH COVENANT-BELIEF AT THE TIME OF THE SECOND TEMPLE -- A NEW COVENANT -- A NEW COVENANT-COMMUNITY? -- CONCLUSION: JESUS AS THE COVENANT -- CHAPTER 6 Little communities and the Catholic church -- THE COMMUNITY OF JESUS -- THE MARKAN COMMUNITY -- THE JERUSALEM COMMUNITY AND THE SPREAD OF KOINONIA -- THE COMMUNITY AT CORINTH -- THE JOHANNINE COMMUNITIES -- KOINONIA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7 Cappadocian 'koinonia' -- MYSTICAL PARTICIPATION -- THE CAPPADOCIANS: BASIL OF CAESAREA -- GREGORY OF NAZIANZEN -- GREGORY OF NYSSA -- CONCLUSION: CAPPADOCIAN KOINONIA -- CHAPTER 8 Augustine and the story of communion -- THE CONFESSIONS: COMMUNIO AND PARTICIPATIO -- THE CITY OF GOD: PARTICIPATIO AND SOCIETAS -- AUGUSTINE'S THEOLOGY OF COMMUNION -- CHAPTER 9 Ecumenism and the practice of communion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book, first published in 2000, examines the significance of the theology of communion in the continuing practice of ecumenism.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 The common life -- CHAPTER 2 Communion: Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and ecumenical consensus -- ANGLICANS AND COMMUNION -- ROMAN CATHOLICS AND COMMUNION -- THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND COMMUNION -- CONCLUSION: COMMUNION AND THE CHURCHES -- CHAPTER 3 Plato's vision -- KOINONIA AND THE LIFE OF THE POLIS -- KOINONIA WITH AND IN A HIGHER REALM -- KOINONIA IN DIALOGUE -- CONCLUSION: PLATO'S VISION OF KOINONIA -- CHAPTER 4 Aristotle's revisionism -- CRITIQUE OF PLATO -- ARISTOTLE ON VIRTUE AND FRIENDSHIP -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND 'THE DESIRE TO KNOW' -- CONCLUSION: 'THE MASTER OF THOSE WHO KNOW'? -- CHAPTER 5 Covenant and community -- GREEK AND JEW IN THE POLIS -- JEWISH COVENANT-BELIEF AT THE TIME OF THE SECOND TEMPLE -- A NEW COVENANT -- A NEW COVENANT-COMMUNITY? -- CONCLUSION: JESUS AS THE COVENANT -- CHAPTER 6 Little communities and the Catholic church -- THE COMMUNITY OF JESUS -- THE MARKAN COMMUNITY -- THE JERUSALEM COMMUNITY AND THE SPREAD OF KOINONIA -- THE COMMUNITY AT CORINTH -- THE JOHANNINE COMMUNITIES -- KOINONIA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7 Cappadocian 'koinonia' -- MYSTICAL PARTICIPATION -- THE CAPPADOCIANS: BASIL OF CAESAREA -- GREGORY OF NAZIANZEN -- GREGORY OF NYSSA -- CONCLUSION: CAPPADOCIAN KOINONIA -- CHAPTER 8 Augustine and the story of communion -- THE CONFESSIONS: COMMUNIO AND PARTICIPATIO -- THE CITY OF GOD: PARTICIPATIO AND SOCIETAS -- AUGUSTINE'S THEOLOGY OF COMMUNION -- CHAPTER 9 Ecumenism and the practice of communion -- Select bibliography -- Index.

This book, first published in 2000, examines the significance of the theology of communion in the continuing practice of ecumenism.

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