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While they often go hand-in-hand and the distinction between the two is frequently blurred, authority and power are distinct concepts and abilities - this was a problem that the Church tussled with throughout the High and Late Middle Ages. Claims of authority, efforts to have that authority recognized, and the struggle to transform it into more tangible forms of power were defining factors of the medieval Church's existence. As the studies assembled here demonstrate, claims to authority by members of the Church were often in inverse proportion to their actual power - a problematic paradox which resulted from the uneven and uncertain acceptance of ecclesiastical authority by lay powers and, indeed, fellow members of the ecclesia. The chapters of this book reveal how clerical claims to authority and power were frequently debated, refined, opposed, and resisted in their expression and implementation. The clergy had to negotiate a complex landscape of overlapping and competing claims in pursuit of their rights. They waged these struggles in arenas that ranged from papal, royal, and imperial curiae, through monastic houses, law courts and parliaments, urban religious communities and devotional networks, to contact and conflict with the laity on the ground; the weapons deployed included art, manuscripts, dress, letters, petitions, treatises, legal claims, legates, and the physical arms of allied lay powers. In an effort to further our understanding of this central aspect of ecclesiastical history, this interdisciplinary volume, which effects a broad temporal, geographical, and thematic sweep, points the way to new avenues of research and new approaches to a traditional topic. It fuses historical methodologies with art history, gender studies, musicology, and material culture, and presents fresh insights into one of the most significant institutions of the medieval world.

Church history --- Church --- Popes --- Authority --- History --- Temporal power --- History. --- Ekklesiologie --- Autorität --- Macht --- Konferenzschrift --- Hochschulschrift --- Christian church history --- anno 800-1199 --- anno 1200-1499 --- Ecclesiastical theology --- Ecclesiology --- Theology, Ecclesiastical --- People of God --- Theology --- Holy See --- See, Holy --- Papacy --- Christianity --- Middle Ages, 600-1500

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Divided into 3 parts, this handbook provides a wide-ranging survey and analysis of the Christian Church. The first section addresses the scriptural foundations of ecclesiology; the second section outlines the historical and confessional aspects of the topic; and the final part discusses a variety of contemporary and topical themes in ecclesiology. Compiled and written by leading scholars in the field, the T&T Clark Handbook of Ecclesiology covers a range of key topics in the context of their development and importance in each stream of historic Christianity and the confessional traditions. The contributors cover traditional matters such as creedal notes, but also tackle questions of ordination, orders of ministry, and sacraments. This handbook is extensive enough to provide a true overview of the field, but the essays are also concise enough to be read as reference selections.

Church --- Ecclesiastical theology --- Ecclesiology --- Theology, Ecclesiastical --- People of God --- Theology --- 26 --- 26 <03> --- Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch --- Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken --- 26 Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch --- 26 Ecclesiologie. L'Eglise catholique --- Ecclesiologie. L'Eglise catholique --- 26 <03> Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken --- 26 <03> Ecclesiologie. L'Eglise catholique--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken --- Ecclesiologie. L'Eglise catholique--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken

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"This publication investigates new ways of understanding international churches. Based upon recent fieldwork, six migrant Christian communities in Rotterdam were analysed using congregational study methods on how they construct identity. Through the frames of 'koinonia', 'diakonia' and 'kerygma', this research reflects on their composition, characteristics, leadership style, language and social capital. Language is found to be an important shaper or 'carrier' of identity and acts both as badge and bridge of identity. In building identity, MCCs do not behave in ways expected or consistent with the process of integration"--

Church work with immigrants --- Identification (Religion) --- Globalization --- Church work with immigrants. --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Rotterdam (Netherlands) --- Netherlands --- Religious life and customs. --- Emigration and immigration --- Religious aspects. --- Pastorale des immigrants --- Mondialisation --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Rotterdam (Pays-Bas) --- Vie religieuse --- Emigration et immigration --- Church --- 316:2 <492> --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Ecclesiastical theology --- Ecclesiology --- Theology, Ecclesiastical --- People of God --- Theology --- Church work with emigrants --- Missions to immigrants --- Immigrants --- Identity (Religion) --- Religious identity --- Psychology, Religious --- 316:2 <492> Godsdienstsociologie--Nederland --- Godsdienstsociologie--Nederland --- Case studies --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity

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Ecclesiology is the study of the church and has two focal points; the one is the historical and doctrinal perspective on the church, and the other is the church as situated in a local context in the sense of the local practices of actual congregations. The ecclesiology or, more correctly, the ecclesiologies of this volume mainly focuses on the second aspect, i.e., understanding the local congregation or parish as a community of believers. A congregation may firstly be described by posing a theological question: What is the local missional church or congregation all about? This question may be answered from different perspectives, but it remains essential to answer it from a theological perspective. The first five chapters in this book focus mainly on a theological understanding of the congregation. This is done from different disciplines within the study field of theology. Congregations are, secondly, social realities and should be described and analysed through an analytical or empirical lens, or, to answer the question attached to the first empirical-descriptive task of practical theology, “What is going on?”. The remaining chapters use a quantitative and qualitative lens and give an empirical analysis of the congregation. The intention is to critically reflect on the church and congregations’ ecclesiology from a theological and analytical perspective with an emphasis on the South African context. It wants to map markers for the development of contemporary ecclesiologies, and the different chapters are meant as mirrors to look in and reflect on the theological and contextual relevance of denominations and congregations in South Africa.

Religious gatherings --- Church --- Congregational churches --- Mission of the church --- 260.1 --- 26 <6> --- 26 <6> Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch--Afrika --- 26 <6> Ecclesiologie. L'Eglise catholique--Afrique --- Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch--Afrika --- Ecclesiologie. L'Eglise catholique--Afrique --- 260.1 Ecclesiologie:--algemene vraagstukken --- Ecclesiologie:--algemene vraagstukken --- Christian sects --- Ecclesiastical theology --- Ecclesiology --- Theology, Ecclesiastical --- People of God --- Theology --- Assemblies, Religious --- Congregations (Religious gatherings) --- Gatherings, Religious --- Religious assemblies --- Religious meetings --- Councils and synods --- Meetings --- Mission --- Purpose --- Christian Churches & denominations --- Christianity --- faith communities --- theology --- denominational perspective --- Dutch Reformed Church --- congregations --- church --- ecclesiology --- missio dei --- the Jesus walk --- spiritual