A guide to the church
Subtitle: its origin and nature, its mission and its ministries
By: Lawrence B. Porter.
Publisher: Society of St. Paul
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Staten Island, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780818912559
Subjects: Church
Table of contents: title: The church as a form of community; title: The church as sacred assembly; title: The origin of the church; title: The church and the kingdom of God; title: Models of the church; title: A biblical image of the church : Jesus, little flock; title: More biblical images : people of God and body of Christ; title: An image from three North African theologians; title: Introduction to the essential attributes or marks of the church; title: The unity of the church; title: The holiness of the church; title: The church's Catholic character; title: A church that is Apostolic; title: The church is a communion; title: Its mission and ministries; title: The church's mission : its origin and goals; title: The home mission : biblical portraits; title: The foreign mission : Paul's inculturation of the Gospel; title: The church's mission and other religions; title: Relations between church and state; title: Introduction to the concept of ministry; title: The ordering of Christian ministries; title: Promotion to ministry; title: Priestly ministry; title: Diaconal ministry; title: The petrine ministry; title: The teaching ministry; title: Women and ministry; title: The ministry of the vowed or consecrated life.