TY  - BOOK
AU  - Valliere,Paul
TI  - Conciliarism: a history of decision-making in the church 
SN  - 9781139233828 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BV720 .V35 2012eb
U1  - 262/.5 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Conciliar theory
KW  - History
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Church / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The conciliar testament; 2. The conciliar tradition; 3. The conciliar theory; 4. Conciliarism in Anglican experience; 5. The Pan-Anglican Council; Conclusion; Bibliography
N2  - "Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian Church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the Church, we must, therefore, see the Church herself as a council.' Paul Valliere tells the story of councils and conciliar decision-making in the Christian Church from earliest times to the present. Drawing extensively upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has appeared in the last half-century, Valliere brings a broad ecumenical perspective to the study and shows how the conciliar tradition of the Christian past can serve as a resource for resolving conflicts in the Church today. The book presents a conciliarism which involves historical legacy, but which leads us forward, not backward, and which keeps the Church's collective eyes on the prize - the eschatological kingdom of God"--
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