Authority in the church
Subtitle: an ecumenical reflection on hermeneutic boundaries and their implications for inter-church relations
By: R. Keelan Downton ; with a foreword by Howard J. Loewen.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Church -- Authority -- History -- Comparative studies; Reformation; Church -- Unity; Papacy and Christian union; Christian union conversations
Genres: Comparative studies.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University of Belfast, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218] - 228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Developments leading up to the sixteenth century; title: Martin Luther's conception of authority; title: John Calvin's conception of authority; title: The Anabaptist conception of authority; title: Thomas Cranmer's conception of authority; title: Authority at the Council of Trent; title: The growth of the ecumenical movement; title: Authority at Vatican II; title: Authority in baptism, eucharist, and ministry; title: Authority in international bilateral dialogues; title: Implications for inter-church relations.