This volume is the first comprehensive study of a topic that is essential for the understanding of German Evangelical-Catholic dialogues and contemporary ecumenism in general: the meaning of witness. The study reveals that these dialogues are characterised by a traditio-historical understanding of revelation, with witness being the key fundamental element for the groups' understanding of the word of God, the scriptures, tradition, unity, and the like. The dialogue groups see the event of God's self-attestation as the starting point for all human witness and gain access to it only through mediated human testimony. From this perspective, the ecclesial tradition is a historical signifying or mediating form of tradition, the unceasing actualization of God's revelation in the Holy Spirit.
| ISBN: | 9783161637179 |
| Publication date: | 5th March 2025 |
| Author: | Ida Heikkilä |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Dogmatik in Der Moderne |
| Genres: |
Religious ethics Theology Philosophy of religion |
This volume is the first comprehensive study of a topic that is essential for the understanding of German Evangelical-Catholic dialogues and contemporary ecumenism in general: the meaning of witness. The study reveals that these dialogues are characterised by a traditio-historical understanding of revelation, with witness being the key fundamental element for the groups' understanding of the word of God, the scriptures, tradition, unity, and the like. The dialogue groups see the event of God's self-attestation as the starting point for all human witness and gain access to it only through mediated human testimony. From this perspective, the ecclesial tradition is a historical signifying or mediating form of tradition, the unceasing actualization of God's revelation in the Holy Spirit.
Tradition as Testimony features in the following genres: Religious ethics, Theology, Philosophy of religion
Tradition as Testimony is available in Paperback
Tradition as Testimony was written by Ida Heikkilä and published by Mohr Siebeck
Tradition as Testimony has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Dogmatik in Der Moderne series
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