The Misunderstanding of the Church

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9134-3
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

Reihe: The Lutterworth Press

An instructive an insightful analysis of what is wrong with the modern churches, when compared with the early, Spirit-filled fellowship of the New Testament.

Brunner sees St Paul's Epistle to the Romans as 'the chapter of destiny of the Christian Church'. Here, in Luther's words, is the 'purest gospel' upon which the very existence of the Christian faith depends and from which it draws its life.

Concentrated, decisive and instructive, nothing within the New Testament is more closely argued both theological and personal. Out of his years of scholarly wisdom Brunner meditates on the great Question: What is wrong with the Churches? Brunner finds an answer in the contrast between the virile Spirit-filled fellowship of the New Testament and the institutions which are now called 'churches'. He writes in his preface: "The title of the book, The Misunderstanding of the Church, is equivocal. Is it a question of a misunderstanding of which the Church is guilty, or of a misunderstanding of which it is the victim? Or is it that the Church itself, as such, is perhaps the product of a misunderstanding? The author is not responsible for this ambiguity; it is intrinsic in the theme itself."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brunner, Emil

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. The Supernatural Christian Community and the Problem of the Church
2. The Historical Origin of the "Ecclesia"
3. The Apostles and the Fellowship
4. The Christian Fellowship and Tradition
5. The Christian Fellowship and the Holy Spirit
6. The Christian Community in its Messianic Eschatological Character
7. Divine Service, the Life of the "Ecclesia"
8. The Starting Point of Ecclesiastical Development
9. The Christian Fellowship and the Rise of the Church
10. The Christ-Community and the Churches of History
11. The Task Before the Churches - To Serve the Growth of the "Ecclesia"
12. The Summing Up; Outlook for the Future

Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Brunner, Emil
EMIL BRUNNER (1889-1966) was one of the leading theologians of the twentieth century, and helped pave the course of modern Protestant theology.
He was Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at the University of Zürich and lectured around the world. His extensive writings published by James Clarke & Co. include The Letter to the Romans and Dogmatics.