Following Jesus Outside: Reflections on the Open Table

In any case, only God can include without excluding. [...]it does not make sense to imagine a future, sinless church that would be universally inclusive, since the very pretension to be universally inclusive demonstrates a sinful presumption to be like God, being the center of everything or, which c...

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Published inAnglican theological review Vol. 94; no. 2; p. 257
Main Author Breidenthal, Thomas E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Sage Publications Ltd 01.04.2012
Subjects
Christianity
Communion
Community
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Summary:In any case, only God can include without excluding. [...]it does not make sense to imagine a future, sinless church that would be universally inclusive, since the very pretension to be universally inclusive demonstrates a sinful presumption to be like God, being the center of everything or, which comes to the same thing, having our center in ourselves. [...]we seek salvation not in escape from community but in its redemption.
ISSN:0003-3286
2163-6214