Hocus Totus: The Elusive Wholeness of Christ
This article responds to David Moser's essay commending the Totus Christus to Protestants who wish to be biblical, identify with the catholic tradition, and speak truly about the Church. The article recognizes the Totus Christus as an important case study of the relationship between Christology...
| Subtitles: | Symposium: Totus Christus |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2019]
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| In: |
Pro ecclesia
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-42 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christology
/ Ecclesiology
/ Body of Christ
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBF Christology NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Mystical body B Mystical Union B Totus Christus B Ecclesiology B body of Christ |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article responds to David Moser's essay commending the Totus Christus to Protestants who wish to be biblical, identify with the catholic tradition, and speak truly about the Church. The article recognizes the Totus Christus as an important case study of the relationship between Christology and ecclesiology. The article evaluates Moser's case in three movements: first, by examining the way in which biblical language of Christ as the "head" of the Church "body" has been interpreted by Augustine and others; second, by comparing and contrasting the Reformed (soteriological) emphasis on mystical union with the Roman (ecclesiological) emphasis on mystical body; third, by examining the metaphysics of the Totus Christus and, in particular, the conceptual coherence of claiming that the Totus Christus designates a "united person" with "two subjects" that are "distinct in their being." The article concludes by asking about the practical consequences of accepting the Totus Christus, and by noting that the Totus Christus never did receive the necessary creedal support commensurate with catholic doctrine. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Totus Christus (2019)"
Kritik in "Corpus Mysticum (2019)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1063851219891610 |