The unity of the church
Subtitle: a theological state of the art and beyond
By: edited by Eduardus Van der Borght.
Contributors: Borght, Ed. A. J. G. van der, 1956-
Series: Studies in Reformed theology -- v. 18; Studies in Reformed theology -- 18.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9789004179684
Subjects: Reformed Church -- Doctrines -- Congresses; Church -- Unity -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: The articles in this volume stem from contributions to the Seventh Biannual Conference of the academic network of International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI) held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania from 3 to 8 July 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The unity of the church and the Reformed tradition : an introduction / Eduardus Van der Borght; title: Pt. 1. Framing unity of the church as a theological problem. Communion : responding to God's gift / Lukas Vischer; title: Church unity, territorialism, and state formation in the era of confessionalisation / Wim Janse; title: Parallel coexistence of churches : the church in Transylvania : its unity and disunity : a contextualized example / Juhász Tamás; title: "Is Christ divided?" : an analysis of the theological justification of a church schism / J.H. (Amie) van Wyk; title: Calvinus Oecumenicus : Calvin's vision of the unity and Catholicity of the church / I. John Hesselink; title: Pt. 2. The tools for the unity of the church : a theological analysis. One church and the pure preaching of the word : theses and observations on the theme / Alasdair Heron; title: A biblical theological hermeneutics, the pure preaching of the word of God, and the unity of the church / Seung-Goo Lee; title: The medium and the message : sola scriptura and (dis)unity in the Reformed tradition / Dora Bernhardt; title: The unity of the church and the pure administration of the sacraments / Lyle D. Bierma; title: Confessions as instruments of (dis)unity? / Dirkie Smit; title: Forms of unity or of disunity : the confessions in the recent history of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands / Henk van den Belt; title: Gospel discipline and church (dis)unity in the Reformed tradition / Alan P.F. Sell; title: Pt. 3. Ecumenical explorations on the unity of the church. The healing of memories : finding one another again in Christ / Jeffrey Gros; title: An asymptotic dialogue? : a response to Jeffrey Gros / Leo J. Koffeman; title: Ecumenical theology and the unity of the church : a Reformed understanding of ecumenical engagement and the unity of the church / Setri Nyomi; title: 'No popery' : a blessing or a curse? : ministry as an instrument of unity within the Reformed tradition / Eduardus Van der Borght; title: Office as an instrument of unity / Allan Janssen; title: Pt. 4. The theological basis for the unity of the church. One God and one church : considerations on the unity of the church from the perspective of biblical theology / Abraham van de Beek; title: One Savior, one church : reconciliation as justification and "new creation" / Philippe Theron; title: The reality of the unified church / Annette Mosher; title: The church as an echo of the Triune God / Christiaan Mostert; title: Is the Triune God a model for the one church? : reply to Christiaan Mostert / Paul Wells; title: Trinitarian ecclesiology and the search for unity : a Reformed reading of Miroslav Volf / Gijsbert van den Brink; title: The church as sacrament / Martien E. Brinkman.