Ecclesiology

About: Ecclesiology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2100 publications have been published within this topic receiving 11726 citations.

Religion, Law and the Growth of Constitutional Thought, 1150-1650

Abstract: To understand the growth of Western constitutional thought, we need to consider both ecclesiology and political theory, ideas about the Church as well as ideas about the state. In this book Professor Tierney traces the interplay between ecclesiastical and secular theories of government from the twelfth century to the seventeenth. He shows how ideas revived from the ancient past - Roman law, Aristotelian political philosophy, teachings of Church fathers - interacted with the realities of medieval society to produce distinctively new doctrines of constitutional government in Church and state. The study moves from the Roman and canon lawyers of the twelfth century to various thirteenth-century theories of consent; later sections consider fifteenth-century conciliarism and aspects of seventeenth-century constitutional thought. Fresh approaches are suggested to the work of several figures of central importance in the history of Western political theory. Among the authors considered are Thomas Aquinas, Marsilius of Padua, Jean Gerson, Nicholas of Cues and Althusius, along with many lesser-known authors who contributed significantly to the growth of the Western constitutional tradition.

The community of the beloved disciple

Abstract: The life, loves and hates of an individual church in New Testament times. Considers the life and writings of St. John.

Introducing African women's theology

Abstract: Introduces the work of African women's Christian theology by highlighting the influence of cultural hermeneutics and of relationality in this 'narrative theology'. This volume describes the context and methodology of Christian theology by Africans in the past two decades and provides brief descriptions of sample treatments of theological issues, such as creation, Christology, ecclesiology and eschatology. The aim of the book is to lead interested persons to the sources of African women's Christian theology. Throughout an effort has been made to illustrate how African culture and the multi-religious context has influenced Christian women's selection of theological issues. The importance of daily life to theology and the attempt to probe the spirituality of African Christian women is also evident in this introduction to African women's theology.

Foundations of the Conciliar Theory: The Contribution of the Medieval Canonists from Gratian to the Great Schism

Abstract: Preface List of abbreviations Introductory: the conciliar theory and the Canonists Part I. Decretists Theories of Church Goverment: 1. Pope and Church 2. Pope and general council 3. Pope and Cardinals Part II. Aspects of Thirteenth-Century Ecclesiology: 4. Changing views of Church government 5. The structure of a medieval ecclesiastical corporation 6. The whole church as corporation Part III. Conciliar Ideas in the Fourteenth Century: 7. John of Paris 8. Conflicting criticisms of Papal monarchy 9. The attitude of the academic Canonists 10. Franciscus Zabarella Conclusion Appendices List of works cited Index.