Christ’s Body Is One

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" Christ’s Body Is One "
James R. Wood

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073325
Doc. No	:	LA116954
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697312-bja10004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	James R. Wood
Title & Author	:	Christ’s Body Is One [Article]\ James R. Wood
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/1-2
Page No	:	73–99
Abstract	:	This essay argues that the ecclesiology of John W. Nevin furnishes American Presbyterians, both evangelical and mainline, with significant resources for the pursuit of Reformed catholicity. Nevin believed that the church must exhibit contemporary unity and historical continuity as a result of its mystical union with the incarnate Christ. He opposed the forces prevalent in American Protestantism that undermined visible, catholic unity. In Nevin’s assessment, the foundational factor in these ecclesiological errors was a defective, truncated Christology. Nevin sought to renew Reformed theology through retrieving an orthodox ecclesiology rooted in a robust understanding of the incarnation. The concluding section will argue that both streams of American Presbyterianism fall short in terms of catholicity and would benefit by attending to Nevin’s ecclesial vision. This essay argues that the ecclesiology of John W. Nevin furnishes American Presbyterians, both evangelical and mainline, with significant resources for the pursuit of Reformed catholicity. Nevin believed that the church must exhibit contemporary unity and historical continuity as a result of its mystical union with the incarnate Christ. He opposed the forces prevalent in American Protestantism that undermined visible, catholic unity. In Nevin’s assessment, the foundational factor in these ecclesiological errors was a defective, truncated Christology. Nevin sought to renew Reformed theology through retrieving an orthodox ecclesiology rooted in a robust understanding of the incarnation. The concluding section will argue that both streams of American Presbyterianism fall short in terms of catholicity and would benefit by attending to Nevin’s ecclesial vision.
Descriptor	:	ecclesiology
Descriptor	:	ecumenical theology
Descriptor	:	incarnation
Descriptor	:	John Nevin
Descriptor	:	nineteenth-century theology
Descriptor	:	Reformed catholicity
Descriptor	:	Reformed theology
Descriptor	:	sacramental theology
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697312-bja10004‬