Persistent link: https://iarccum.org/doc/1797
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?