The Motherhood of the Church in Henri de Lubac and John Calvin
Both Henri de Lubac and John Calvin described the Church as "mother". From the patristic tradition, the motherhood of the Church had two dimensions: (i) the Mother Church as an institution delimited by the episcopacy of which inclusion was a necessity for salvation; and (ii) the Church as...
| Published in: | International journal for the study of the Christian church |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2018]
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International journal for the study of the Christian church
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| RelBib Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
reformed ecclesiology
B Henri de Lubac B Motherhood of the Church B Roman Catholic Ecclesiology B John Calvin |
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| Summary: | Both Henri de Lubac and John Calvin described the Church as "mother". From the patristic tradition, the motherhood of the Church had two dimensions: (i) the Mother Church as an institution delimited by the episcopacy of which inclusion was a necessity for salvation; and (ii) the Church as the mother of believers through whose "motherly" care of bringing to life, nourishing and teaching through the sacraments God makes provision for his children. Both de Lubac and Calvin stress the maternal functions of the Church, but differ over how the Church's motherhood relates to its visible identity and why inclusion in the Church is necessary for salvation. This article argues that this connection represents a rich theme for ecumenical ecclesiology. Despite divergent ecclesiological grammars and themes, Catholic and Reformed traditions are drawing from a shared patristic inheritance which gives good ground for dialogue for respective ecclesial self-understandings. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-0234 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of the Christian church
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1474225X.2018.1493763 |