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Conciliarism

A History of Decision-Making in the Church

  • Hardback
  • 302 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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For theologians and church leaders seeking guidance

Addresses conflicts and decision-making in the Church

You will gain insights to navigate church challenges

Conciliarism explores the vital role of councils in church decision-making throughout history.

Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian Church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the Church, we must, therefore, see the Church herself as a council.' Paul Valliere tells the story of councils and conciliar decision-making in the Christian Church from earliest times to the present. Drawing extensively upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has appeared in the last half-century, Valliere brings a broad ecumenical perspective to the study and shows how the conciliar tradition of the Christian past can serve as a resource for resolving conflicts in the Church today. The book presents a conciliarism which involves historical legacy, but which leads us forward, not backward, and which keeps the Church's collective eyes on the prize - the eschatological kingdom of God.
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  • Title

    Conciliarism

  • Author

    Paul Valliere

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    February 2012

  • Weight

    577g

  • Page Count

    302

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107015746

  • ISBN-10

    110701574X

  • Eden Code

    4027438

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