An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church : an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria ; a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan. …

XXII, 462 S. ; 22 cm Tadelloses Exemplar. - Table of Contents -- Abbreviations XIX -- General Introduction 1 -- Structure of the Work 2 -- The Aim of the Work and the Choice of Francis Sullivan 3 -- Chapter One: Francis Sullivan and His Notion of the Church 5 -- Introduction 5 -- 1.1 An Overview of the Life and Works of Francis Sullivan 5 -- 1.1.1 Early Life and Education 6 -- 1.1.2 The Development of Sullivan's Ecclesiological -- and Theological Thoughts 8 -- 1.1.3 Historico-Theological Context of Sullivan's Ecclesiology 11 -- 1.1.4 Sullivan's Theological Method 15 -- 1.1.5 The Theological Vision of Sullivan 17 -- 1.2 Sullivan's Notion of the Church 21 -- 1.2.1 The Church: Any Possibility of Definition? 21 -- 1.2.1.1 The Church as Mystery of Faith 23 -- 1.2.1.2 The Church as a 'Kind of Sacrament' 26 -- 1.2.1.3 The Church as the Work of the Trinity 30 -- 1.2.1.4 The Church and the Kingdom of God 32 -- 1.2.1.5 The Church as the Body of Christ 35 -- Concluding Remarks 38 -- Chapter Two: The Marks of the Church 41 -- Introduction 41 -- 2.1 The Oneness of the Church 41 -- 2.1.1 The Church's Oneness as Understood in the -- New Testament Period and in the Early Church 42 -- 2.1.2 The Essential Constitutive Bond of the -- Oneness of the Church 44 -- 2.1.2.1 Oneness of Apostolic Faith 47 -- 2.1.2.2 Oneness of Sacramental Life 49 -- 2.1.2.3 Oneness of Apostolic Ministry 52 -- 2.1.3 The Foundational Source of the Oneness of the Church 54 -- 2.1.4 The Notion of Unity in Diversity 56 -- 2.1.5 The Theological Implication of the Profession -- of Oneness of the Church 59 -- 2.1.5.1 The Oneness of the Church as a Gift and as a Task ... 59 -- The Holiness of the Church 60 -- 2.2.1 The Biblical Notion of Holiness 63 -- 2.2.2 The Essential Constitutive Elements of the -- Holiness of the Church 64 -- 2.2.2.1 Holiness of the Constitutive Elements 65 -- 2.2.2.2 Holiness of Consecration 66 -- 2.2.2.3 Holiness of Grace and Charity 68 -- 2.2.3 Grounds for the Indefectibility of the -- Holiness of the Church 70 -- 2.2.3.1 Holiness as the Fruit of Christ's Sacrifice 72 -- 2.2.3.2 The Church as the Bride of Christ 73 -- 2.2.3.3 The Abiding Gift of the Holy Spirit 73 -- 2.2.4 The Theological Implication of the -- Profession of Holiness 74 -- 2.2.4.1 Holiness and Sinfulness as Constitutive Components -- of the Church's Holiness 76 -- 2.2.4.2 The Implication of Holiness as Renewal in -- ever Continuum 77 -- 2.2.4.3 The Holiness of the Church as a Gift and -- a Vocation 79 -- The Catholicity of the Church 80 -- 2.3.1 The Identity of the Church's Catholicity 82 -- 2.3.2 The Catholicity of the Church and -- some basic Distinctions 83 -- 2.3.2.1 Catholicity as Primarily Distinguished -- from Catholicism 84 -- 2.3.2.2 Catholicity as Primarily Distinguished from -- a Geographical Concept 85 -- 2.3.2.3 Catholicity as Primarily Distinguished from -- Statistical Concept 86 -- 2.3.2.4 Catholicity as Primarily Distinguished from -- a Sociological Concept 87 ISBN 9783631649510

Sullivan, Francis A. ; Ekklesiologie ; Katholische Theologie; Nigeria ; Katholische Kirche ; Ökumene, Theologie, Christentum