The Ontology of the Church in Hans Kung
- Oxford Peter Lang 2007
- 252p
1. The Unity of the Church .............3 The Church History and Renewal ........3 The Church between Truth and Falsity ........8 The Church between Catholic and Protestant Theology .....16 The Mission of the Church in History ........22 The Church Between History and Eschatology ........29 The Church and Fundamental Plurality ........34 The Complexity of Ecclesiastical Guilt .........41 Five Suggestions for Acquiring Church Unity ..........45 The Church and the Importance of Christ .....60 2. The Catholicity of the Church ......65 Main Historical Perspectives .........65 The Denominational and particularist Aspects of the Church .....75 Working Difinistions of Catholicity ......77 The Universality of the Church .....82 The Case of the Roman Catholic Church .......89 The Desire for Unification ........107 The Fullness of the Church in Christ, Salvation and Faith ....112 3. The Holiness of the Church ....119 The Church between Holiness and Sinfulness .......119 The Sad Reality of Sin .......125 The Church and the Fight against Sin ........129 Ecclesiology, Soteriology, and Eschatology .....150 The Church of God in the World ...........163 4. The Apostolicity of the Church .........177 The Relationship Between Apostolicity, Unity, Catholicity and Holiness as Practical Realities .........178 Working Definitions of Apostolicity .......180 The Concept of Apostle in the Epistles of Paul ........191 The Concept of Apostle in the Acts of the Apostles ......194 The Importance of the Apostles .........200 The Apostles and Missionary Work ........203 The Christological Significance of the Apostles and Their Duties ............208