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A Critical Study of Hans Kung’s EcclesiologyThe Apostolicity of the Church

A Critical Study of Hans Kung’s Ecclesiology: The Apostolicity of the Church [The fourth and the last sign that describes the ontology of the church is apostolicity. As early as 1962, Küng does not have many things to say about the apostolicity as a sign of the church apart from the fact that each sign of the church—which, of course, includes apostolicity— should be understood in close connection to the rest. So apostolicity cannot bear its full meaning apart from unity, catholicity, and holiness.1 Actually, the church itself is the true church of Christ, and local churches that exist in history are truly part of the church of Christ,2 if they have all the signs of the church. Consequently, as far as apostolicity is concerned, the unity, catholicity, and holiness are signs of true apostolicity. Moreover, there is no such thing as a church that has apostolicity but does not display the other dimensions of the church. As such, apostolicity is an obligatory dimension of the church if the remaining three are indeed present.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Critical Study of Hans Kung’s EcclesiologyThe Apostolicity of the Church

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2008
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978-1-349-37288-1
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35 –49
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10.1057/9780230613393_4
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[The fourth and the last sign that describes the ontology of the church is apostolicity. As early as 1962, Küng does not have many things to say about the apostolicity as a sign of the church apart from the fact that each sign of the church—which, of course, includes apostolicity— should be understood in close connection to the rest. So apostolicity cannot bear its full meaning apart from unity, catholicity, and holiness.1 Actually, the church itself is the true church of Christ, and local churches that exist in history are truly part of the church of Christ,2 if they have all the signs of the church. Consequently, as far as apostolicity is concerned, the unity, catholicity, and holiness are signs of true apostolicity. Moreover, there is no such thing as a church that has apostolicity but does not display the other dimensions of the church. As such, apostolicity is an obligatory dimension of the church if the remaining three are indeed present.]

Published: Nov 4, 2015

Keywords: Critical Study; Catholic Church; Local Church; Full Meaning; Special Privilege

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