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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Irving, Alexander J. D. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge [2018]
In: International journal for the study of the Christian church
Jahr: 2018, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 48-66
RelBib Classification:KAG Kirchengeschichte 1500-1648; Reformation; Humanismus; Renaissance
KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit
KDB Katholische Kirche
KDD Evangelische Kirche
NBN Ekklesiologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B reformed ecclesiology
B Henri de Lubac
B Motherhood of the Church
B Roman Catholic Ecclesiology
B John Calvin
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1747-0234
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal for the study of the Christian church
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1474225X.2018.1493763