A Reformed Response to Local and Universal Dimensions of the Church

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" A Reformed Response to Local and Universal Dimensions of the Church "
Allan Janssen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1066822
Doc. No	:	LA110451
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157254308X340404‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Allan Janssen
Title & Author	:	A Reformed Response to Local and Universal Dimensions of the Church [Article]\ Allan Janssen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	37/4
Page No	:	478–485
Abstract	:	This article begins by reviewing ways in which Reformed churches have given expression to the universal dimension of the church within its preference for the church's local expression. The marks of the church, the confession of the church, its church order and its understanding of office all give expression to the universal dimension of the church. The proposal that the universal dimension be more strongly emphasized at the 'intermediate level' will be received gladly by Reformed churches but it also challenges Reformed churches to consider the personal dimension of universality as well as to re-emphasize the universal dimension both in congregational life and at a supra-national level. This article begins by reviewing ways in which Reformed churches have given expression to the universal dimension of the church within its preference for the church's local expression. The marks of the church, the confession of the church, its church order and its understanding of office all give expression to the universal dimension of the church. The proposal that the universal dimension be more strongly emphasized at the 'intermediate level' will be received gladly by Reformed churches but it also challenges Reformed churches to consider the personal dimension of universality as well as to re-emphasize the universal dimension both in congregational life and at a supra-national level.
Descriptor	:	BISHOPS
Descriptor	:	CHURCH ORDER
Descriptor	:	LOCAL
Descriptor	:	PRESBYTERIAL-SYNODICAL
Descriptor	:	REFORMED
Descriptor	:	UNIVERSAL
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157254308X340404‬