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"Avis gives a forceful and convincing demonstration of the relevance of the conciliar tradition for the contemporary church; he raises precisely the issues we need to be discussing concerning authority, reception, and role of the entire community in the decision-making of the church. His ecumenical insights are rooted in a thorough grasp of the historical realities; he presents an eminently readable introduction to a portion of our past we ignore at our loss. This is a book I will return to regularly in the future."
Michael Root
"Paul Avis's study is a timely reminder of the importance of the late—medieval conciliar tradition for questions about the reformation and reunification of the Western church. A historian and a practical ecumenist, he shows us the pervasive influence of conciliarist constitutional principles through the intervening centuries, as well as their continuing relevance to our contemporary search for Christian unity. And - of special interest to Anglicans at a difficult juncture - he draws out especially the promise of these principles for the episcopally ordered communions. There is much to be learned here by those who concern themselves with the church in our times and its roots in the past."
Oliver O'Donovan and Joan Lockwood O'Donovan
"This timely study of the historical debates between conciliarists and monarchists/papalists throws light on the catholicity of the Church. It shows the continuing relevance of conciliarism and the necessity of an ecumenical balance between the two principles of collegiality and of primacy. It will be an excellent introduction to contemporary dialogues on the structure of the Church."
George H. Tavard
"Paul Avis’s study is a timely reminder of the importance of the late–medieval conciliar tradition for questions about the reformation and reunification of the Western church. A historian and a practical ecumenist, he shows us the pervasive influence of conciliarist constitutional principles through the intervening centuries, as well as their continuing relevance to our contemporary search for Christian unity. And - of special interest to Anglicans at a difficult juncture - he draws out especially the promise of these principles for the episcopally ordered communions. There is much to be learned here by those who concern themselves with the church in our times and its roots in the past."
Oliver O’Donovan and Joan Lockwood O’Donovan
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION : 2006. Hardback. Black cloth, gilt lettered spine. Bright and clean. Book now in protective archival quality jacket. (xx), 234 pages. Bibliography. Index. [ Rosley Books for Theology and Church History. ] 'Beyond the Reformation?' sheds fresh light on divisive issues of authority in the Christian Church and puts them in a new historical and ecumenical perspective. This book is a sequel to Paul Avis' successful 'Anglicanism and the Christian Church: Theological Resources in Historical Perspective' (T&T Clark, 1st Edition; 1990, 2nd; 2002). In this major, ground-breaking work, Anglican theologian and ecumenist Paul Avis adds to his repertoire of studies of authority in the Christian Church, brings together historical, confessional and ecumenical aspects of ecclesiology, and charts a course for convergence between the major traditions on the thorny questions of authority, primacy and unity. Seller Inventory # 0041223