Being As Communion

by Zizioulas, John D.

• ISBN13: 9780881410297
• ISBN10: 0881410292
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: St. Vladimir's Press

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(2)
Preface	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(12)
Personhood and Being	27	(40)
From Mask to Person: The Birth of an Ontology of Personhood	27	(22)
From Biological to Ecclesial Existence: The Ecclesiological Significance of the Person	49	(18)
Truth and Communion	67	(56)
Introduction: The Problem of Truth in the Patristic Era	67	(5)
Truth, Being and History: The Greek Patristic Synthesis	72	(29)
The ``Logos'' Approach	72	(6)
The Eucharistic Approach	78	(5)
The Trinitarian Approach	83	(6)
The ``Apophatic'' Approach	89	(4)
The Christological Approach	93	(6)
The Approach through the ``Eikon''	99	(2)
Truth and Salvation: The Existential Implications of Truth as Communion	101	(9)
Truth and the Fallen Existence: the Rupture Between Being and Communion	101	(4)
Truth and the Person	105	(2)
Truth and the Savior	107	(3)
Truth and the Church: Ecclesiological Consequences of the Greek Patristic Synthesis	110	(13)
The Body of Christ formed in the Spirit	110	(4)
The Eucharist as the Locus of Truth	114	(9)
Christ, the Spirit and the Church	123	(20)
Introduction	123	(3)
The Problem of the Synthesis between Christology and Pneumatology	126	(6)
Implications of the Synthesis for Ecclesiology	132	(7)
Conclusions	139	(4)
Eucharist and Catholicity	143	(28)
The ``One'' and the ``Many'' in the Eucharistic Consciousness of the Early Church	145	(4)
The Composition and Structure of the Eucharistic Community as Reflections of Catholicity	149	(5)
The Eucharistic Community and the ``Catholic Church in the World''	154	(4)
Some General Conclusions	158	(13)
Apostolic Continuity and Succession	171	(38)
The Two Approaches, ``Historical'' and ``Eschatological,'' to Apostolic Continunity	172	(9)
Towards a Synthesis of the ``Historical'' and the ``Eschatological'' Approach	181	(8)
Concrete Consequences for the Life of the Church	189	(15)
Conclusion for the Ecumenical Debate	204	(5)
Ministry and Communion	209	(38)
The Theological Perspective	209	(5)
The Relational Character of Ministry	214	(11)
The ``Sacramental'' Character of the Ministry	225	(11)
Ministry and Unity	236	(7)
The ``Validity'' of the Ministry	243	(4)
The Local Church in a Perspective of Communion	247	(14)
The Historical and Ecclesiological Background	247	(6)
Questions Concerning the Theology of the Local Church Today	253	(8)
Ecclesiality and Locality	253	(4)
Locality and Universality	257	(2)
The Local Church in a Context of Division	259	(2)
List of Sources	261	(2)
Index	263