vol. 37, Issue #2

Online Journal Article: IDENTIFYING APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY: A SYNTHESIS OF VIEWPOINTS - CHARLES J . CONNIRY, J R . * JETS 37/2 (June 1994) 247-261

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IDENTIFYING APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY:
A SYNTHESIS OF VIEWPOINTS -
CHARLES J . CONNIRY, J R . *
JETS 37/2 (June 1994) 247-261

Excerpt:
The apostolic nature of the Christian faith has been appealed to as the
basis by which a multiplicity of ecclesiastical, ecumenical, theological and
missiological agendas is justified. Although these various agendas are legion
and the process of isolating and analyzing them individually would be
insurmountable, their respective emphases can be summarily categorized.
Some scholars emphasize apostolicity as a means of establishing
the institutional authority of the Church.For the purposes of this study, such an
emphasis will be termed "ecclesial apostolicity." Other scholars look to the
apostolic character of the Church in order to identify a norm by which the
legitimacy of subsequent accretions is determined.
--from the first page of the article