04492nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004200112020003900154020002700193040002100220035002100241050002700262082001600289110011500305245013400420260005200554300001400606490005400620500022800674504005100902505265400953533015203607650004403759650003103803655002903834700004103863710001703904830004003921856012603961999001904087ebr10439274CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090819s2010    ne      sb    101 0 eng d  z  2009033566  z9789004179684 (hardback : alk. paper)  z9004179682 (hardback : alk. paper)  z9789047443988 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)70029502914aBX9423.C43bI58 2007eb04a230/.422222 aInternational Reformed Theological Institute.bInternational Conferencen(7th :d2007 :cCluj-Napoca, Romania)14aThe unity of the churchh[electronic resource] :ba theological state of the art and beyond /cedited by Eduardus Van der Borght.  aLeiden [Netherlands] ;aBoston :bBrill,c2010.  ax, 350 p.1 aStudies in Reformed theology,x1571-4799 ;vv. 18  a"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."--P.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe unity of the church and the Reformed tradition : an introduction / Eduardus Van der Borght -- Pt. 1. Framing unity of the church as a theological problem. Communion : responding to God's gift / Lukas Vischer -- Church unity, territorialism, and state formation in the era of confessionalisation / Wim Janse -- Parallel coexistence of churches : the church in Transylvania : its unity and disunity : a contextualized example / Juh�asz Tam�as -- "Is Christ divided?" : an analysis of the theological justification of a church schism / J.H. (Amie) van Wyk -- Calvinus Oecumenicus : Calvin's vision of the unity and Catholicity of the church / I. John Hesselink -- 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 -- A biblical theological hermeneutics, the pure preaching of the word of God, and the unity of the church / Seung-Goo Lee -- The medium and the message : sola scriptura and (dis)unity in the Reformed tradition / Dora Bernhardt -- The unity of the church and the pure administration of the sacraments / Lyle D. Bierma -- Confessions as instruments of (dis)unity? / Dirkie Smit -- Forms of unity or of disunity : the confessions in the recent history of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands / Henk van den Belt -- Gospel discipline and church (dis)unity in the Reformed tradition / Alan P.F. Sell -- Pt. 3. Ecumenical explorations on the unity of the church. The healing of memories : finding one another again in Christ / Jeffrey Gros -- An asymptotic dialogue? : a response to Jeffrey Gros / Leo J. Koffeman -- Ecumenical theology and the unity of the church : a Reformed understanding of ecumenical engagement and the unity of the church / Setri Nyomi -- 'No popery' : a blessing or a curse? : ministry as an instrument of unity within the Reformed tradition / Eduardus Van der Borght -- Office as an instrument of unity / Allan Janssen -- 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 -- One Savior, one church : reconciliation as justification and "new creation" / Philippe Theron -- The reality of the unified church / Annette Mosher -- The church as an echo of the Triune God / Christiaan Mostert -- Is the Triune God a model for the one church? : reply to Christiaan Mostert / Paul Wells -- Trinitarian ecclesiology and the search for unity : a Reformed reading of Miroslav Volf / Gijsbert van den Brink -- The church as sacrament / Martien E. Brinkman.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aReformed ChurchxDoctrinesvCongresses. 0aChurchxUnityvCongresses. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aBorght, Ed. A. J. G. van der,d1956-2 aebrary, Inc. 0aStudies in Reformed theology ;v18.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10439274zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c133731d133731