A letter from Christ to the world : an exploration of the role of the laity in the church today
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- Publication Date
- c1998
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BV 687 L47 1998
- Place of Publication
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Physical Description
- xi, 147 p. ; 21.5 x 13.4 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Edited by Nicholas Apostola".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- This volume is largely the product of a consultation on the theme "Towards a Common Understanding of the Theological Concepts of Laity/Laos : The People of God" which was held 7-10 March 1997 at LeCenacle, in Geneva.
- "Through a variety of articles, surveys and statements, this book gives an account of the work the World Council of Churches has done during the last two decades on issues related to the laity." It affirms "the missionary role of the laity, in the spirit of messages from WCC assemblies such as the one from New Delhi which said: `The real letter written to the world today does not consist of words. We Christian people, wherever we are, are a letter from Christ to the world'." -- Preface, p. [vii].
- Contents: Preface / Evelyn Appiah -- Introduction / Nicholas Apostola -- Statement of the Consultation -- Profile of the Laity in the Ecumenical Movement: Towards a New Definition / Konrad Raiser -- The People of God: The Ecumenical Discussion Continues / Thomas Fitzgerald -- On Being Christians in the World: Reflections on the Ecumenical Discussion about the Laity / Hans-Ruedi Weber -- Towards an Ecumenical Theology of the "People of God" / Barbara Schwahn -- Formation of the Laos / Godlind Bigalke -- A View from Aotearoa New Zealand / Robyn Brown -- Laity, Pluralism and Theology / Elizabeth Tapia -- Formation of Christian Folks in a Plural World / Krister Stendahl -- Baptism, Ecclesiology and Vocation / Werner Schwartz -- Baptism, Ecclesiology and Vocation: A Roman Catholic Perspective / Joan Patricia Black -- Taking Care of the Charisms Given to the Church by the Spirit / Arne Fritzson -- Ecclesiology of the Laity: A Roman Catholic Perspective / Guzman Carriquiry -- Ecclesiology of the Laity: A Lutheran Perspective / Anne Louis Tveter -- The Role of the Laity in the Church / Nicholas Apostola -- People of God, Laity and Laos / Maha Milki Wehbe -- A Spiritual Reflection / John Fotopoulos -- Worship at the Laos Consultation -- A Letter to All God's People -- Contributors.
- The author is "chancellor of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada and moderates the WCC Unit I's stream on Lay Participation towards Inclusive Community". -- back cover.
- Added Entry
- Apostola, Nicholas K.
- World Council of Churches
- Appiah, Evelyn V.
- Back, Joan Patricia
- Bigalke, Godlind
- Brown, Robyn
- Carriquiry, Guzman, 1944-
- FitzGerald, Thomas E., 1947-
- Fotopoulos, John
- Fritzson, Arne
- Raiser, Konrad, 1938-
- Schwahn, Barbara, 1965-
- Schwartz, Werner
- Stendahl, Krister (Krister Olofson), 1921-2008
- Tapia, Elizabeth S., 1950-
- Tveter, Anne Louise
- Weber, Hans Ruedi, 1923-2020
- Wehbe, Maha Milki
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1280-5
- Call Number
- BV 687 L47 1998
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries