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By Paul Valliere

Conciliarism is without doubt one of the oldest and so much crucial technique of decision-making within the background of the Christian Church. certainly, as a number one Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, ‘Before we comprehend where and the functionality of the council within the Church, we needs to, consequently, see the Church herself as a council.’ Paul Valliere tells the tale of councils and conciliar decision-making within the Christian Church from earliest occasions to the current. Drawing generally upon the scholarship on conciliarism which has seemed within the final half-century, Valliere brings a extensive ecumenical standpoint to the examine and exhibits how the conciliar culture of the Christian earlier can function a source for resolving conflicts within the Church this day. The e-book provides a conciliarism which includes ancient legacy, yet which leads us ahead, no longer backward, and which retains the Church's collective eyes at the prize - the eschatological nation of God.

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