Title: That all may believe : a theology of the Gospel and the mission of the church /
Authors: Braaten, Carl E., 1929-
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Catholic Church Doctrines.; Catholic Church Relations Lutheran Church.; Theology, Doctrinal.; Mission of the church.; Lutheran Church Doctrines; Lutheran Church Relations Catholic Church
Abstract: "That all may believe brings an evangelical catholic theological perspective to bear on controversial issues having to do with the truth of the gospel, the ecumenical quest for church unity, and the encounter of Christianity with other world religions. Here Carl Braaten argues and demonstrates that a theology may be evangelical without being Protestant, catholic without being Roman, and orthodox without being Eastern. In sharp contrast to the older style of doing theology to bolster a particular denominational tradition or the newer style that revises the Christian faith to conform to modern culture, the ecumenical orthodoxy that emerges here does theology out of the common biblical and creedal mainstream of the Christian tradition. Braaten focuses on the core of Christianity--faith in Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures. He applies the criterion of Christ to many questions of Christian theology, pointing the way to a more complete and foundational theology for today"--From publisher description.
Contents: Doing theology Pro Ecclesia -- Evangelical and Catholic theology -- Christ the center of ecumenical orthodoxy -- Revelation through creation and the Gospel -- The unity of Scripture -- Theology -- The interpretation of the Bible in the church -- Sola scriptura versus partim-partim -- The authority of the Bible reconsidered -- An open question -- The role of dogma in church and theology -- Theology without dogma and dogmatics -- Reclaiming dogma for the church -- Catholics and Lutherans : being and becoming church together -- The question of Lutheran identity -- Catholic-Lutheran relations since Vatican II -- The joint declaration on the Doctrine of Justification -- Paul Tillich on the "Protestant principle and Catholic substance" -- Paul Tillich's self-understanding -- The meaning of "Protestant principle" -- The meaning of "Catholic substance" -- Gospel -- The Gospel proviso : paradigms of theology in conflict --^