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9780567033574

Beyond the Reformation? Authority, Primacy and Unity in the Conciliar Tradition

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  • Copyright: 2008-12-09
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Summary

Beyond the Reformation? sheds fresh light on divisive issues of authority in the Christian Church and puts them in a new historical and ecumenical perspective.

Author Biography

Paul Avis is the General Secretary of the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity, Canon Theologian of Exeter and convening editor of the journal Ecclesiology

Table of Contents

Abbreviationsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
The Church as Mystery and Institutionp. 1
Institutions and their Ideologyp. 1
The Mystical and the Institutionalp. 3
Three Essential Elements and Three Phases of Developmentp. 5
A Protestant Parallelp. 6
Three Criteria of Ecclesial Integrityp. 7
Newman's Seminal Schemap. 9
Calvin and Anglicans on Christ's Triple Officep. 10
The Triple Office of the Churchp. 10
An Anglican Alternativep. 12
The Conciliar Tradition, the Reformation and the 'Three Elements'p. 14
Newman and Historical Perspectivep. 15
Models of Authority in the Churchp. 17
The Monarchical and Conciliar Paradigmsp. 17
The Monarchical Modelp. 18
The Emergence of the Papal Monarchy and the Longing for Reformp. 19
The Conciliar Modelp. 22
The Emergence of Monarchical Authorityp. 25
Spiritual and Temporalp. 26
Early Foundations of Plenitude of Powerp. 30
Gregory VIIp. 30
Innocent IIIp. 33
'Fullness of Power'p. 34
Boniface VIIIp. 36
Precursors of Conciliarismp. 39
The Ideological Backgroundp. 39
Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law and the Common Goodp. 40
Pre-conciliar Thoughtp. 43
John of Parisp. 43
Dantep. 47
Marsilius of Paduap. 50
William of Ockhamp. 54
Wyclif and Hus: Subversive Non-Conciliaristsp. 59
Wyclif and Hus: Similarities and Differencesp. 61
John Wyclifp. 61
Jan Husp. 67
The Great Schism of the West and the Council of Pisap. 71
The Schism of 1378p. 71
The First Conciliar Theoriesp. 74
The Council of Pisap. 75
Dietrich of Niemp. 76
Pierre d'Aillyp. 77
Jean Gerson's Early Conciliar Thoughtp. 79
Gerson and the Council of Pisap. 82
The Unification of the Church and the Council of Constancep. 84
The Council of Constancep. 84
Gerson at Constancep. 84
Zabarella at Constancep. 86
The Contested Status of Haec Sanctap. 87
Assessment of Constancep. 89
The Eclipse of Conciliarism and the Council of Baselp. 91
The Shaping of the Councilp. 91
Nicholas of Cusap. 92
Cusanus Changes Sidesp. 95
The Post-Basel Eclipse of Conciliarismp. 97
The Legacy of the Conciliar Movementp. 99
From the Council of Basel to the Reformationp. 99
Principles of Conciliar Thoughtp. 101
The Reformation as a Perpetuation of Conciliar Ideals by Non-ideal Meansp. 106
The Continental Reformation and Conciliar Thoughtp. 109
Martin Luther as Conciliarist?p. 109
Luther: The Two Kingdomsp. 111
Luther and Councilsp. 113
John Calvin and Concliarismp. 118
Calvin on the Papacyp. 120
Zwingli and Bucer on Conciliarityp. 121
The Reformers and Natural Lawp. 122
A Necessary Revisionismp. 123
Luther on Natural Lawp. 124
Zwingli: Law and Natural Lawp. 128
Melanchthon: Natural Law and Social Fabricp. 129
Bucer: Natural Law and the Kingdom of Godp. 130
Calvin: Natural Law and Equityp. 131
Concliarity in the Anglican Traditionp. 134
The English Reformers and Conciliar Ideasp. 134
A Modified Conciliarismp. 139
Natural Law and the English Reformationp. 141
Hooker as Constitutional Thinkerp. 142
Hooker on Natural Lawp. 144
Hooker: The Church as a Political Societyp. 146
Hooker on General Councilsp. 147
Richard Field on Councilsp. 149
Lancelot Andrewes: Exponent of Conciliarismp. 150
William Laud's High Conciliarismp. 152
Herbert Thorndike: The Authority of Councilsp. 153
William Palmer: Tractarian Conciliarismp. 153
Modern Anglican Views: Dixon, Creighton, Figgisp. 154
Conciliarity, Primacy and Unity in the Western and Eastern Churchesp. 156
The Scope and Limits of Monarchical Authority in Vatican Ip. 156
Conciliar and Monarchical Authority in Vatican IIp. 158
Anglicanism as an Expression of Conciliar Catholicismp. 164
Anglicanism: A Deficit of Authority?p. 170
Anglican Views of Collegiality and Universal Primacyp. 173
The Eastern Orthodox Churchesp. 178
Zizioulas on Conciliarity and Primacyp. 182
Semper Reformanda: The Imperative of Reform in the Conciliar Movement, the Reformation and the Modern Churchp. 184
The Legacy of the Conciliar Traditionp. 184
The Common Good of the Churchp. 185
Natural Law and Church Lawp. 192
Continuity and Discontinuityp. 196
The Reformation Impetus in the Roman Catholic Churchp. 200
Vision and Realism in Ecclesiologyp. 203
Bibliographyp. 207
Index of Namesp. 229
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