Sentences with phrase «historical ecclesiology»

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The ecclesiology implicit in what Moore commends is a familiar one — even, arguably, a historical one for many Protestants.

Theological interpretation of scripture (when it is not burdened by large - scale hermeneutical theory or an inflated ecclesiology); historical theology (especially when animated by astonishment at the gifts which the Spirit has given to the saints through the great thinkers of the past); systematics (when it sets aside anxieties about relevance or plausibility and gives itself to the task of loving description of the gospel).

(14) A third has been the historical and systematic investigation of the relationship between the part played by reception and the contemporary ecclesiology of a given period.

It is clear that historical diversity and the development of ecclesiology permit a richness in the Church's own self - understanding.

A missional ecclesiology is biblical, historical, contextual, praxeological (it can be translated into practice), and eschatological.