Towards an Empirical-ideal Ecclesiology

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" Towards an Empirical-ideal Ecclesiology "
Pascal D. Bazzell

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065752
Doc. No	:	LA109381
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01102006‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Pascal D. Bazzell
Title & Author	:	Towards an Empirical-ideal Ecclesiology [Article]\ Pascal D. Bazzell
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Ecclesiology
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/2
Page No	:	219–235
Abstract	:	This essay explores the ecclesiological methodological divide between the study of the church from a Platonic (idealist) philosophy and from an Aristotelian (realist) philosophy. In response, it examines the dynamic relationship of ecclesiality (ideal ecclesiology) and locality/contextuality (empirical ecclesiology) of the church that are closely interrelated. This essay attempts to articulate an empirical-ideal perspective of a robust corrective to ‘blue-print ecclesiology’ (Healy); while at the same time contributes an idealistic perspective to the study of the visible ecclesial gathering. To illustrate this ecclesiological framework, it attempts a re-reading of the marks of the church through the lens of the ‘preferential option of the poor’. This essay explores the ecclesiological methodological divide between the study of the church from a Platonic (idealist) philosophy and from an Aristotelian (realist) philosophy. In response, it examines the dynamic relationship of ecclesiality (ideal ecclesiology) and locality/contextuality (empirical ecclesiology) of the church that are closely interrelated. This essay attempts to articulate an empirical-ideal perspective of a robust corrective to ‘blue-print ecclesiology’ (Healy); while at the same time contributes an idealistic perspective to the study of the visible ecclesial gathering. To illustrate this ecclesiological framework, it attempts a re-reading of the marks of the church through the lens of the ‘preferential option of the poor’.
Descriptor	:	church of the poor
Descriptor	:	ecclesiology and social science
Descriptor	:	empirical-ideal ecclesiology
Descriptor	:	marks of the church
Descriptor	:	preferential option for the poor
Descriptor	:	theology and social science
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01102006‬