CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I Ecclesiology in Historical Context
1. Theologies of the Church in the New Testament
2. The Development of Ecclesiology: Early Church to the
Reformation
3. The Development of Ecclesiology: Modernity to the
Twentieth Century
4. The Significance of Vatican Council II for Ecclesiology
5. The Ecclesiology of John Paul II
6. Ecumenical Ecclesiology
7. Theological Method for Ecclesiology
PART II Contemporary Ecclesiology
8. The Church as Communion
9. The Church as Worshiping Community
10. The Ecclesial Dimension of Anthropology
11. The Ecclesial Dimension of Spirituality
12. The Evangelizing Mission of the Church
13. Salvation Outside the Church
14. The Social Mission of the Church: Its Changing Context
15. Ministries in the Church
16. The Papacy
17. The Episcopacy
18. The Teaching Office of the Church
19. The Church and the Law
20. The Laity
21. Women and the Church
22. Mary and the Church
PART III A North American Ecclesiology:
The Theological Achievement of Patrick Granfield
23. Patrick Granfield: A Biographical Essay
24. A North American Ecclesiology: The Achievement of
Patrick Granfield
25. Bibliography of Patrick Granfield
Contributors
Index
