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| Titre : | For the Conversion of the Churches |
| Auteurs : | Groupe des Dombes, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Genève [Suisse] : World Council of Churches (WCC), 1993 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-2-8254-1123-0 |
| Format : | xi + 97 p. |
| Note générale : | Titre original: Pour la conversion des Eglises (1991) |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | LA/I (Groupe des Dombes) |
| Résumé : |
This significant and closely reasoned ecumenical text grows out of intensive discussions within an independent ecumenical group which meets annually at the Cistercian Abbey of Les Dombes, near Lyon, France. Small and ecclesiastically independent, the Group, founded by Abbé Paul Couturier in 1937, has been instrumental in articulating many important ecumenical insights which have later found their way into such documents as the WCC's Lima Text (1982) on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry.
This new document develops a theme which has long been central to the work of the Group: the conviction that church unity can come about only through a process of conversion. Recognizing that the conversion required for church unity is not only that of individuals nor of the church of Christ as a whole, but also “confessional conversion”, the document faces squarely the great obstacle to such conversion — the fear that distinctive elements of “confessional identity” will be lost in the process — by showing that Christian, ecclesial and confessional identities are inseparable from and indeed grounded in conversion. The text highlights examples of such conversions through church history and in the modern ecumenical movement, takes “soundings” of biblical material on conversion and concludes with some down-to-earth and practical suggestions of how the confessions today can move towards conversion. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Preface (Konrad Raiser) - Outline of argument: I. Clues for a Terminology II. A Glance at History III. The Witness of Scripture IV. Final Suggestions - Introduction - Part I: Identity and Conversion : Clues for a Terminology I. Some Paradoxes on Identity in General II. Christian, Ecclesial and Confessional Identities III. Christian, Ecclesial and Confessional Conversion - Part II: Examples from History Introduction I. The Ancient Church and the Medieval Church: a) Three examples of conversion (metanoia) in the ancient church (fourth-fifth centuries) / b) The “conversions” of St Augustine (354-430) / c) Identity without conversion: theocratic hardening and the breach between East and West (ninth-fourteenth centuries) / d) Balance-sheet II. The Church at the Beginning of the Modern Age: a) The Protestant Reformation / b) The Catholic reform / c) From confessions of faith to confessionalism (seventeenth-eighteenth centuries) / d) Balance-sheet III. The Ecumenical Movement: Conversion Underway: a) Conversion at the source of the ecumenical movement / b) Conversion underway / c) Balance-sheet - Part III: The Witness of Scripture: a) Repentance and conversion / b) Identity and identities / c) Identity, renunciation and conversion / d) Balance-sheet - Part IV: Final Recommendations I. The Four Marks of the Church: Invitation to Conversion II. Our Respective Temptations III. For a Competitive Approach in Conversion: a) A call to the churches of the Protestant Reformation / b) A call to the Roman Catholic Church / c) A call to all our churches - Appendix: Some Simple Suggestions for Catechesis Where There Is Conversion - Notes |
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| LA/I 007 | LA/I 007 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
