vol. 37, Issue #1

Online Journal Article: "THE BODY OF CHRIST: PROPHET, PRIEST, OR KING?"- GERRY Breshears * JETS 37/1 (March 1994) 3-26

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Complete article may be found here:
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THE BODY OF CHRIST: PROPHET, PRIEST, OR KING? -
GERRY B R E S H E A R S *
JETS 37/1 (March 1994) 3-26

Excerpt:
David Fisher has helped me to see tha t the flurry of ecclesial articles
and books describe activity rather than define essence. Even theologians
reflect on the Church more organizationally and functionally than ontologically
and missiologically. We do word studies of qähäl and ekklësia, speak
quickly of a few Biblical analogies, and move on to organization and
ordinances of the Church. Our pragmatic preoccupation with the nitty-gritty
running of the Church forces our ecclesiology to suffer from a lack of transcendence.1
We must reflect first on the essence of the Church. The Church is essence taking form.
I propose to begin the process by defining the essence of the Church in
terms of carrying on the mission of Jesus.
--from the first page of the article [Feminism]