Sacrificing the Church - Mass, Mission, and Ecumenism

This book articulates an ecclesiology in which the sacrifice of Christ forms the church's innermost reality, focusing on three areas of importance: the worship of God, the mission of the church, and the church's striving for unity of all people.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Trinitarian Soteriology: Towards a Theology of the One Sacrifice of Christ
Chapter Two: Augustine and the One Sacrifice of Christ
Interlude: The Mass Preceded by Mission
Chapter Three: The Sacrifice of Christ in the Mass
Interlude: The Mass Flows into Mission (and Back)
Chapter Four: The Sacrifice of Christ in Mission
Interlude: Both Mission and Mass Depend upon Ecumenism
Chapter Five: The Sacrifice of Christ in Ecumenism
Conclusion: Sacrificing the Church as the Church's Being

About the author

By Eugene R. Schlesinger

Summary

This book articulates an ecclesiology in which the sacrifice of Christ forms the church’s innermost reality, focusing on three areas of importance: the worship of God, the mission of the church, and the church’s striving for unity of all people.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene R. Schlesinger, Schlesinger Eugene R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781978700000
• ISBN: 978-1-978700-00-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, ecumenism