The Local Church Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology

by Ruddy, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780824523473
• ISBN10: 0824523474
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Herder & Herder

Summary

Is the true meaning of Catholicism to be found in the papacy, which should establish the framework for the rest of the church? Or does Catholicism exist primarily at the local level, in individual dioceses and parishes, each with their own practices and theologies? Christopher Ruddy uses the thought of Tillard, Congar, and others to offer a revitalized understanding of Church identity and authority. Topics include: The relationship of papal primacy and episcopal collegiality; Inculturation and evangelization; The quest for Christian unity; The ecclesiology of Pope Benedict XVI and its future implications; The centrality of Christology and soteriology to ecclesiology; Baptism and Eucharist; Diverse visions of communion ecclesiology.

Author Biography

Christopher Ruddy is an assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Jean-marie roger tillard and the theology of the local church	p. 1
Biography	p. 4
Overview	p. 6
Clarification of Terms	p. 6
The development of the theology of the local church in nineteenth- and twentieth-century orthodoxy	p. 9
Alexei Stepanovich Khomiakov (1804-60): Slavophilism and Sobornost	p. 10
Nikolai Nikolaevich Afanasiev (1893-1966): The Local Church is Eucharistic	p. 15
John Zizioulas (b. 1931): The Simultaneity of the One and the Many in Communion	p. 22
The development of the theology of the local church in nineteenth- and twentieth-century catholicism	p. 31
Johann Adam Mohler (1796-1838): Tubingen and the Fathers-The First Modern Catholic Ecclesiology of Communion	p. 32
Yves Congar (1904-95): Pioneer of the Ecclesiology of Communion and Ecumenism, Herald of Vatican II	p. 38
Second Vatican Council (1962-65): Seeds of Renewal of the Local Church	p. 46
The fundamental principles of jean-marie roger tillard's theology of the local church	p. 54
Pentecost	p. 55
Church of God	p. 57
Jerusalem	p. 58
Unity	p. 60
Holiness	p. 63
Catholicity	p. 66
Apostolicity	p. 72
Conclusion	p. 74
The local church is a communion of faith and sacrament	p. 75
Faith	p. 76
Sacrament	p. 86
Conclusion	p. 94
The church of god is a communion of local churches	p. 96
Recognition	p. 97
Priority or Simultaneity? The Relationship of the Local and Universal Churches	p. 99
Synodality and Collegiality: Structured Life in Communion and Catholicity	p. 109
Papacy: Vicar of Peter, Bishop of Rome, Servant of Unity	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 122
Evaluation and trajectories of tillard's theology of the local church	p. 123
Critiques	p. 124
Prospects	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 150
Conclusion: The future of catholic ecclesiology	p. 153
Study questions for the local church	p. 159
Notes	p. 163
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 255
About the Author	p. 262
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