The Trinity And Ecumenical Church Thought (Routledge New Critical Thinking In Religion, Theology And Biblical Studies)

Some hundred years from inception, the ecumenical movement is stagnating. William C. Ingle-Gillis argues that the problem lies in modern ecumenism's treatment of denominational Churches as provisional entities requiring reunion to be more fully Christ's Body. In a work unique both to ecumenical studies and to trinitarian theology, the author redefines ecclesial life from the premise that God's essence is personhood-in-communion and that the ultimate calling of human persons is to share as fully in the divine life as Christ himself. Concluding that the Churches are, by the Spirit's action, a tangible, dynamic event, wherein God makes visible his on-going reconciliation of the world to himself, Ingle-Gillis argues that the Churches' true life lies in coming-together, rather than being-together. This conclusion places ecumenism at the heart of Church life and witness.

• • Author: William C. Ingle-Gillis
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Oct 19, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 236 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1138259527
• • ISBN-13: 9781138259522