Author/editor(s): Edward P Hahnenberg
Publisher: Irish Theological Quarterly 70, iss. 1, pp. 3-30
Creation: Mar. 2005 (The date of original creation or publication, if known)

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Recognizing that the Church cannot be encompassed by a single and eternal ecclesiology, and that there are stages in the development of the Church’s self-understanding, the author examines the history and development of two of the dominant twentieth century models : the earlier Mystical Body ecclesiologies, and the post-conciliar Communion/ Koinonia models. They contain interesting parallels, one of which is the risk of ignoring the concrete Church — the mystery manifested in history. What ecclesiological models may next rise to dominance?