Church As Communion

The Gift and Goal Koinonia

Philip Kariatlis

• Publisher: ATF Press Publishing
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781925612592
• Topic: Teología y religión
• Subtopic: Historia del cristianismo

'Kariatlis depicts a fascinating history of the Christian Church, which includes, together with the past and present, its future. Indeed, the central theme of his book (koinonia as gift and goal) becomes the pretext for a comprehensive analysis of the Church in the light of his historical developments and contemporary structures. Nevertheless, it likewise points to the yet unachieved spiriaual maturity of the ecclesial context, inviting a serious meditation on the role of the Church in the world'. 'Kariatlis employs his considerable scholarly gifts to draw attention to an important and heretofore little-explored dynamic within the theology and life of the Orthodox Church. In an age of information, where both the glory of the Church as well as the failings of its members are so widely known, it is vital that we understand the Church's oneness, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity, as both a gift and a goal.'

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Half-title Page
• Contents
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 KOINONIA: PRE-EMINENT PRINCIPLE IN ORTHODOX ECCLESIOLOGY
• 2 A COMMUNAL THEOLOGY OF CHURCH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 3 THE EUCHARIST: REALISATION AND SACRAMENT OF THE CHURCH’S KOINONIA
• 4 AUTHORITY AS KOINONIA: THE COMMUNAL STRUCTURES OF THE EKKLESIA
• 5 PRIMACY AND KOINONIA: ORDERED COMMUNION OF THE CHURCHES
• GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS
• INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES