Conciliarism: A History of Decision-Making in the Church

Authors

Paul Valliere, Butler University

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Description

Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian Church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we understand the place and the function of the council in the Church, we must, therefore, see the Church herself as a council.'

ISBN

9781107015746

Publication Date

3-1-2012

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Keywords

Law and Religion, Law and Christianity