The Trinity and ecumenical church thought : the church-event / William C. Ingle-Gillis.

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Ingle-Gillis, William C, 1968-

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TextSeries: Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studiesPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780754688013
0754688011
1351880942
9781351880947
1315236737
9781315236735
1281894133
9781281894137
9786611894139
6611894136

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trinity and ecumenical church thought.DDC classification:

262.001/1 22

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BX8.3 .I55 2007eb

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART 1 The provisionalist ecclesiology of modern ecumenism; 1 Ecumenism and ecclesiology; 2 Survey of ecumenical provisionalism; PART 2 Trinitarian ontology: the ecclesiological cornerstone; 3 Principles of trinitarian ontology and cosmology; 4 The Spirit in the economy of being and salvation; PART 3 Event-ecclesiology and -ecumenism; 5 Ecclesiological principles; 6 Event-ecclesiology: a response to provisionalism; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

Summary: Some hundred years from inception, the ecumenical movement is stagnating. William C. Ingle-Gillis argues that the problem lies in modern ecumenism's treatment of denominational Churches as provisional entities requiring reunion to be more fully Christ's Body. In a work unique both to ecumenical studies and to trinitarian theology, the author redefines ecclesial life from the premise that God's essence is personhood-in-communion and that the ultimate calling of human persons is to share as fully in the divine life as Christ himself. Concluding that the Churches are, by the Spirit's action, a ta.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.

Some hundred years from inception, the ecumenical movement is stagnating. William C. Ingle-Gillis argues that the problem lies in modern ecumenism's treatment of denominational Churches as provisional entities requiring reunion to be more fully Christ's Body. In a work unique both to ecumenical studies and to trinitarian theology, the author redefines ecclesial life from the premise that God's essence is personhood-in-communion and that the ultimate calling of human persons is to share as fully in the divine life as Christ himself. Concluding that the Churches are, by the Spirit's action, a ta.