The realm of redemption
Subtitle: studies in the doctrine of the nature of the church in contemporary Protestant theology
By: by J. Robert Nelson
Publisher: Seabury Press
Published: 1951
Place of publication: Greenwich, Ct
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Church; Doctrinal Theology
Notes: Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [235]-246.
Table of contents: title: 1. The origin of the church; title: The viewpoint: history and faith; title: The church's roots in Israel; title: The relation of Jesus to the church; title: 2. The church and the Holy Spirit; title: Faith in the person and work of the Holy Spirit; title: Pentecost; title: The Holy Spirit as gift in the church; title: The work of the Spirit in the church; title: Koinonia in the church today; title: 3. The church's relation to Christ; title: The 'body of Christ' in New Testament thought; title: The 'body of Christ' in contemporary theology; title: 4. The word of God as the church's authority; title: The need for authority; title: What is meant by the word of God?; title: How the word of God is the church's authority; title: 5. The sacraments and the ministry; title: Part One: The sacraments of the church; title: Verbum visible; title: The meanings of holy communion and baptism; title: The word of God includes the sacraments; title: The word and the sacraments constitute the church; title: Part Two: The ministry of the church; title: A matter of faith or of order?; title: The priesthood of all Christians; title: The servant of the word; title: Apostolic succession; title: 6. Salvation in the church; title: The problem for modern Christians; title: The 'visibility' and 'invisibility' of the church; title: Membership in the church; title: The church and salvation; title: Recovery and reinterpretation of 'extra ecclesiam nulla salus'; title: 7. The church's essential unity; title: Rationalizations of disunity; title: Why the church is one; title: 8. The church and eschatology; title: The Christian and the 'last things'; title: Thoroughgoing eschatology; title: Realized eschatology; title: The kingdom present and still to come; title: Conclusion.