Archive for February, 2008

ordination

when talking about ecclesiology, the conversation at some point or another will turn to ordination.  we have now hit that point in one of our texts.  daniel migliore talks about the issues surrounding ordination following the typical arguement about the priesthood of all believers.  in my experience, this has often been the trajectory that...
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political ecclesiology w/ moltmann & pannenberg

continuing in my reading of ecclesiology with william placher, but especially, veli-matti karkkainen, i have found something to possibly latch onto.  both pannenberg and moltmann propose the ideal of a political ecclesiology (my phrase; not theirs). each do it in their own way, but i found it to be a compelling thought.  both men...
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an ecclesial fly-by

I have to keep reminding myself, as do my fellow colleagues, that this is only an introductory course in theology and that everything is really a fly-by. It would take me several courses and a few months of pouring through each of these particular areas of theology that we are covering just to get...
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