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Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian Church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the Church, we must, therefore, see the Church herself as a council.' Paul Valliere tells the story of councils and conciliar decision-making in the Christian Church from earliest times to the present. Drawing extensively upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has appeared in the last half-century, Valliere brings a broad ecumenical perspective to the study and shows how the conciliar tradition of the Christian past can serve as a resource for resolving conflicts in the Church today. The book presents a conciliarism which involves historical legacy, but which leads us forward, not backward, and which keeps the Church's collective eyes on the prize – the eschatological kingdom of God.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Conciliarism
• Author: Paul Valliere
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 302
• EAN: 9781107015746
• ISBN: 110701574X
• ID: 04449537
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 614 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 158 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. February 2012

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