New Testament Pattern

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-227-17857-7
Verlag: James Clarke & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 266 g

Reihe: Foundations in New Testament Criticism

What is the nature of Christian unity? Is it Sacramental, Organic, Federal, Spiritual? These are questions that demand careful examination when different Christian traditions are drawing closer to one another in a common desire to heal the divisions that hinder the witness of the Church to the world. In any attempt to deal with these questions, full weight must be given to the evidence of the New Testament itself: what kind of unity does it reveal?
In New Testament Pattern, Jean-Louis Leuba reveals a two-fold framework of unity in the New Testament. One strand - in its witness to Christ, to the Apostles and to the Church - emphasises the institutional, traditional and particular. The other strand emphasises the personal, dynamic and universal. Yet the two strands are actually one. Their unity is more comprehensive, more creative, than any undifferentiated unity could be, with important implications for ecumenism and broader scriptural study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leuba, Jean-Louis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part One: The Christ
Chapter 1. Christological Dualism
1. The Two Categories of Titles of Jesus: Institutional and Spiritual
2. Theology of Christological Dualism
Chapter 2. The Unity of the Christ
1. The Christ is the Lord
2. The Lord is the Christ

Part Two: The Apostles
Chapter 1. Apostolic Dualism
1. The Institutional Apostolate of the Twelve and the Spiritual Apostolate of Paul
2. Theology of Apostolic Dualism
Chapter 2. The Unity of the Apostles
1. The Union of the Twelve with Paul
2. The Union of Paul with the Twelve

Part Three: The Church
Chapter 1. Ecclesiastical Dualism
1. The Institutional Church of Jewish Christianity and the Spiritual Church of Gentile Christianity
2. The Theological Basis of Ecclesiastical Dualism
Chapter 2. The Unity of the Church
1. The Union of the Jewish Christian with the Gentile Christian Church
2. The Union of the Gentile Christian with the Jewish Christian Church

Conclusion
1. Institution and Event According to the New Testament
2. The Perpetual Validity of the Fundamental New Testament Dualism

Notes