02165nam a2200181Ia 4500 230822s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97808814102970881410292 eng BX323 .Z59 1985 Zizioulas, John D. Being as communion : studies in personhood and the church / John D. Zizioulas Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1985 269 p ; 22 cm. Contemporary Greek theologians Personhood and being -- From mask to person : the birth of an ontology of personhood -- From biological to ecclesial existence : the ecclesiological significance of the person -- Truth and communion -- Introduction : the problem of truth in the Patristic Era -- Truth, being and history : the Greek Patristic synthesis -- Truth and salvation : the existential implications of truth as communion -- Truth and the church : ecclesiological consequences of the Greek Patristic synthesis -- Christ, the Spirit and the Church -- The problem of the synthesis between Christology and Pneumatology -- Implications of the synthesis for ecclesiology -- Eucharist and Catholicity -- The "one" and the "many" in the Eucharistic consciousness of the early church -- The composition and structure of the Eucharistic community as reflections of Catholicity -- The Eucharistic community and the "Catholic church in the world" -- Apostolic continuity and succession -- The two approaches, "historical" and "eschatological," to apostolic continunity -- Towards a synthesis of the "historical" and the eschatological" approach -- Concrete consequences for the life of the church -- Conclusion for the ecumenical debate -- Ministry and communion -- The theological perspective -- The relational character of ministry -- The "sacramental" character of the ministry -- Ministry and unity -- The "validity" of the ministry -- The local church in a perspective of communion -- The historical and ecclesiological background -- Questions concerning the theology of the local church today. Church.Theological anthropology Christianity.Theology, Doctrinal. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-08-23 24.50 0 BX323 .Z59 1985 00026680 2023-08-23 00:00:00 2023-08-23 BK 44215 44215