Search for dissertations about: "ecclesiology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word ecclesiology.

2. 1. Ordination of Deacons in the Churches of the Porvoo Communion : A Comparative Investigation in Ecclesiology

   Author : Tiit Pädam; Sven-Erik Brodd; Paul Avis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ecclesiology; Porvoo communion; Porvoo Common Statement; Porvoo Declaration; Anglican churches; Lutheran churches; ecumenical agreements; ordination; diaconate; diaconal ministry; deacon’s ministry; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates the rites of ordination to the diaconate in the churches of the Porvoo communion. The research includes, in total, four Anglican churches of the British Isles and six Lutheran churches in the Nordic and Baltic countries – all of the churches which signed the Porvoo Declaration in 1996 and thus founded a new communion: Church in Wales, Church of England, Church of Ireland, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland and Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania. READ MORE

4. 2. Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement : Unity through a deeper sense of apostolicity

   Author : Erik Eckerdal; Sven-Erik Brodd; Tiit Pädam; Susan K Wood; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Apostolicity; apostolic succession; episcopal succession; episcopate; Porvoo Common Statement; episcopacy; ecclesiology; ecumenism; substantive apostolicity; successio; traditio; communio; koinonia; ecumenical method; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : A number of ecumenical dialogues have identified apostolic succession as one of the most crucial issues on which the churches need to find a joint understanding in order to achieve the unity of the Church.When the Porvoo Common Statement (PCS) was published in 1993, it was regarded by some as an ecumenical breakthrough, because it claimed to have established visible and corporate unity between the Lutheran and Anglican churches of the Nordic-Baltic-British-Irish region through a joint understanding of ecclesiology and apostolic succession. READ MORE

5. 3. The church as nation : A study in ecclesiology and nationhood

   Author : Kjell Blückert; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; catholicity; church history; Church of Sweden; confessionalism; ecclesiology; folk church; J. A. Eklund; modernity; Nathan Söderblom; nationalism; theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies; tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of nationalism and ecclesiology. These two fields are studiedcomparatively, with particular consideration of the Lutheran state church in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. Catholicity Challenging Ethnicity : An Ecclesiological Study of Congregations and Churches in Post-apartheid South Africa

   Author : Erik Berggren; Sven-Erik Brodd; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Daniel Louw; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Catholicity; Democratisation; Ecclesiology; Ethnicity; Faith and Order; Operative Ecclesiology; Post-apartheid; Practices; South Africa; World Council of Churches.; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the relationship between the catholicity of the Church and ethnicity. South African congregations and churches have been studied two decades after the advent of democracy to discern their ecclesiological practices. READ MORE

7. 5. The Eucharist as Orikonso : A Study in Eucharistic Ecclesiology from an Igbo Perspective

   Author : Damian Onwuegbuchulam Eze; Sven-Erik Brodd; De May; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church studies; Theology; Ndigbo; Catholic Church; Eucharist; Omenakristi; Covenant; Eucharistic Ecclesiology; Catholic Church in Igboland; Kyrkovetenskap; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : Since the coming of the Spiritan missionaries to Onitsha in December 1885, the Catholic Church in Igboland has grown and expanded. All the parishes in the 14 dioceses are alive and growing. There has been steady growth in vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. READ MORE