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The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: It's Structures and Ministries (Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue, X) (Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue)
The Church as Koinonia of Salvation It's Structures and Ministries - Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue, X - Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue This important document proposes important new clarifications and pastoral steps that will serve the pilgrimage toward full unity. It provides the biblical, historical and theological foundations for a common Catholic-Lutheran understanding of the Church. The text carefully links the biblical doctrine of justification to the development of... more » the Church in the New Testament as a community of salvation; whose structures and ministries serve the Church's mission to the human family. A detailed exposition is given to the development of the ministries and structures in the church: councils, dioceses, parishes, bishops, presbyters, and the Petrine ministry.« less