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Ecclesiology I
The Church:
The People of God



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"God has gathered together
as one all those who in faith
look upon Jesus as the author of
salvation and the source of
unity and peace, and has established
them as the Church"

Vatican II: Constitution on the Church


Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Vatican II
First dogmatic constitution on the church of Christ Vatican I
On the Church Pope Paul VI: Ecclesiam Suam
The Mystical Body of Christ Pope Pius XII: Mystici Corporis
On the Supranationality of the Church Pope Pius XII: Ad Sinarum Gentem
Some Aspects of the Church Understood As Communion Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
General Catechetical Directory, 1971 See articles 65-67

Articles in The Way, an international journal of contemporary Christian spirituality, published by the British Jesuits
The "Catholic Church" Subsists in the "Catholic Church" Peter Knauer
The Church as Sacrament: Towards an Ecclesial Spirituality Richard R. Gaillardetz
Do We Believe in a Church of Sinners? Kevin T. Kelly
Being 'Church' Sue King
A Holy People Siegfried Wiedenhofer
Ecclesiology I: Differing Gifts Ellen Leonard
Ecclesiology II: Differing Responses to Mission Ellen Leonard
The Worshipping Church Placid Murray
The Church in History Francis O'Connor
The Pilgrim Church Bernard Cooke
The Church, the Sacrament of the World Georges Dejaifve
The Temptations of the Church Paul Edwards
Towards a Church of Service Peter Hebblethwaite
A Man of the Church Robert Murray
The Internet and the Church of the Future: The Coming of the Fourth Church John Quinn
The Church in a Postmodern Culture Laurence Paul Hemming
Church and the Sea of Life: Ship or Lifeboat? Mark Muldoon
Church and the Sea of Life: Ship or Lifeboat? Caroline Dawson
Church and the Sea of Life: Ship or Lifeboat? John Veltri
Freedom in the Church: Conflicting Horizons Jacqueline Hawkins
Lear and the Future of the Church John Pridmore
The "Catholic Church" Subsists in the "Catholic Church" Peter Knauer
The Church as Sacrament: Towards an Ecclesial Spirituality Richard R. Gaillardetz
Do We Believe in a Church of Sinners? Kevin T. Kelly
Being 'Church' Sue King
A Holy People Siegfried Wiedenhofer
Ecclesiology I: Differing Gifts Ellen Leonard
Ecclesiology II: Differing Responses to Mission Ellen Leonard
The Worshipping Church Placid Murray
The Church in History Francis O'Connor
The Pilgrim Church Bernard Cooke
The Church, the Sacrament of the World Georges Dejaifve
The Temptations of the Church Paul Edwards
Towards a Church of Service Peter Hebblethwaite
A Man of the Church Robert Murray
The Internet and the Church of the Future: The Coming of the Fourth Church John Quinn
The Church in a Postmodern Culture Laurence Paul Hemming
Church and the Sea of Life: Ship or Lifeboat? Mark Muldoon
Church and the Sea of Life: Ship or Lifeboat? Caroline Dawson
Church and the Sea of Life: Ship or Lifeboat? John Veltri
Freedom in the Church: Conflicting Horizons Jacqueline Hawkins
Lear and the Future of the Church John Pridmore
Rekindling Hope Gibson Winter
The Church as Koinonia: A Central Theme of Vatican II Peter Neuner
Formation and the Koinonia Church Vicky Cosstick
Conflict Within the Church Jon Sobrino
Not Peace but the Sword John Dalrymple
Canon Law and Ecclesiology II: The Ecclesiological Implications of the 1983 Code of Canon Law Clarence Gallagher
His Mercy Endures for Ever Ladislas Örsy
The Emerging Church Rosemary Haughton
The Church and Powerlessness Austin Smith
Canon Law and Ecclesiology I Clarence Gallagher
Different Ways: Basic Christian Communion David Clark
The Church Yesterday and Today Michael A. Fahey
The Breath of the Spirit and the Freedom of the Church M. J. Le Guillou
The Emerging Church: Chaos or Incarnation George B. Wilson
Providence and the Church Joseph Gavin
Pluralism and Ecclesial Unity James Quinn
The Benighted Church P. G. Walsh
Justice in the Church Edward Stokes
The Cross and the Church Simon Tugwell
Diakonia, the Mission of the Church Mary Louise Norpel
Church and State George Bull
The Crucified Church Michael Ivens
The Growth of the Church James Quinn
A Holy Church Walter J. Burghardt

Articles in Thinking Faith, the online journal of the Jesuits in Britain
The Church becoming synodal, part 1: Lumen gentium and the inverted pyramid Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ
The journey of synodality James Hanvey SJ
A merciful Church for a wounded world Andreas Batlogg SJ and Daniel Izuzquiza SJ
A New Vision for the Catholic Church: A View from Ireland Gerry O'Hanlon SJ
What on Earth's the Church For? Peter Knott SJ
Pope Benedict XVI and the Church Thomas P. Rausch SJ
Gaudium et Spes - The Shape of the Church: Past, Present and to Come Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
Gaudium et Spe3 - The Shape of the Church: Past, Present and to Come Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor

Articles in Compass Review, a Review of Topical Theology published quarterly by the Australian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Church: Seeking First the Kingdom of God Gerard M Goldman
The Mission Has a Church, The Mission Has Ministers: Thinking Missiologically about Ministry and the Shortage of Priests Stephen Bevans, SVD
Animating Leadership in the People of God Gail Gill
Human Resources Management for Church Ministry Sharon Messina
'International Priests' and the Mission of the Church Richard Lennan
Belonging, Community, and the Church: Some Theological and Pastoral Reflections Vincent Battaglia
The Trinity's First Creation the Church: An Orthodox Bishop's Appreciation of the West's Greatest Father of the Church Lawrence Cross
The Church as Agent of Hope: What can Religious Faith Contribute to Life in Contemporary Australia? Mark Raper SJ
Living in Dark Times Andrew Murray SM
A Schizophrenic Process in the Church? The Conservative Retreat from the Social Dimension of the Gospel Bruce Duncan CSsR
The Church in the Post-Postmodern World Neil Brown
Is the Church Past Its Use-By Date? Seeking Hope in the Midst of Crisis Richard Lennan

Articles in Theological Studies, a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada
A (non-Communio) trinitarian ecclesiology: grounded in grace, lived in faith, hope, and charity Neil Ormerod
A church that can and cannot change: the dynamics of tradition T. Howland Sanks
Sign of reconciliation and conversion? Differing views of power--ecclesial, sacramental, anthropological--among hierarchy and laity Bruce T. Morrill
Reconciliation and the church: a response to Bruce Morrill Brian P. Flanagan
What might Bernard Lonergan say to Bruce Morrill? Joseph C. Mudd
Sin, intimacy, and the genuine face of the church: a response to Ormond Rush Natalia Imperatori-Lee
"Humanae vitae" and Its Reception: Ecclesiological Reflections Joseph Komonchak
Contraception and the Infallibility of the Ordinary Magisterium John C. Ford and Germain Grisez
Office and Charism: Reflections on a New Study of Ministry Edward J. Kilmartin
Christ and Church: A Spectrum of Views J. Peter Schineller
Mission: The Symbol for Understanding the Church Today Roger Haight
Comments on Roger D. Haight's Article Robert T. Sears
Trinitarian Love as Ground of the Church Robert T. Sears
Comments on Robert T. Sear's Article Roger Haight
Apostolic Office: Sacrament of Christ Edward J. Kilmartin
Liberation Ecclesiology: Praxis, Theory, Praxis T. Howland Sanks and Brian H. Smith
A Changing Ecclesiology in a Changing Church: A Symposium on Development in the Ecclesiology of Karl Rahner J. Peter Schineller, Leo J. O'Donovan, John P. Galvin, and Michael A. Fahey
Continuity in the Church amid Structural Changes Michael A. Fahey
The Foundation of the Church: Biblical Criticism for Ecumenical Discussion Aelred Cody
Ecclesiological Developments in Moltmann's Theology of Hope Martin Tripole
Pope Leo XIII and "Americanism" Margaret Mary Reher
Political Ecclesiology Bernard F. Donahue
The Church, the Churches, and the Catholic Church Avery Dulles
Paradoxes of Human Hope: The Messianic Horizon of Church and Society Rosemary Radford Ruether
Toward an Ecumenical Ecclesiology J. Robert Nelson
The Catholic Understanding of Office in the Church E. Schillebeeckx
Dialogue in Ecclesiology Sabbas J. Kilian
The Lutheran Doctrine of the Ministry: Catholic and Reformed George A. Lindbeck
Church and Kingdom: Ecclesiology in the Light of Eschatology John C. Haughey
Church and History in Vatican II's Constitution on the Church: A Protestant Perspective Manfred Hoffmann
Ecclesial Cybernetics: Communication in the Church Patrick Granfield
Authority, Connatural Knowledge, and the Spontaneous Judgment of the Faithful John W. Glaser
One Church: What Does It Mean? Peter Chirico
Bonhoeffer and the Church's Prophetic Mission Eugene C. Bianchi
The Issue of Church and State at Vatican Council II John Courtney Murray
Natural Law, Theology, and the Church John J. Reed
The Work of the Holy Spirit: Karl Barth on the Nature of the Church Maurice B. Schepers
The Ecclesiology of Johann Adam Mohler Peter Riga
Kingdom to Church: The Structural Development of Apostolic Christianity in the New Testament David M. Stanley
The Visual Arts and the Teaching Church Terrence R. O'Connor
Orestes Brownson on Church and State Francis E. McMahon
Subordination of the State to the Church according to Suarez Francis P. Canavan
The Mediation of the Church in Some Pontifical Documents Francis X. Lawlor
Occult Heresy and Membership in the Church Francis X. Lawlor
Sinners and the Mystical Body of Christ According to St. Augustine II Stanislaus J. Grabowski
Sinners and the Mystical Body of Christ according to St. Augustine Stanislaus J. Grabowski
St. Augustine and the Doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ Stanislaus J. Grabowski
The Holy Ghost in the Mystical Body of Christ according to St. Augustine: II Stanislaus J. Grabowski
Three Early Treatises on the Church E. A. Ryan
The Holy Ghost in the Mystical Body of Christ according to St. Augustine Stanislaus J. Grabowski
The Mystical Body of Christ: 1890-1940 J. Bluett
Church as Structure and Communitas: Victor Turner and Ecclesiology Carl F. Starkloff, S.J.
The Meaning of Subsistit In As Explained by The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Francis A. Sullivan, S.J.
From Oxford to Rome: Newman's Ecclesial Conversion Walter E. Conn
Response to Karl Becker, S.J., on the Meaning of "Subsistit in" Francis A. Sullivan
An Ecclesiology of Groaning: Augustine, the Psalms, and the Making of Church Michael C. McCarthy
A Dialectic Engagement with the Social Sciences in an Ecclesiological Context Neil Ormerod
Structure of a Systematic Ecclesiology Neil Ormerod
Authority in the Church Bernard Hoose
Bonaventure and the Sin of the Church C. Colt Anderson
The Ratzinger/Kasper Debate: The Universal Church and Local Churches Kilian McDonnell
Communion Ecclesiology and Black Liberation Theology Jamie T. Phelps
The Church as Covenant, Culture, and Communion Carl F. Starkloff
Henri De Lubac and the Roots of Communion Ecclesiology Dennis M. Doyle
Augustine on Marriage, Monasticism, and the Community of the Church Willemien Otten
The Transformative Mission of the Church in the Thought of Gregory Baum Rebecca McKenna
Journet, Congar, and the Roots of Communion Ecclesiology Dennis M. Doyle
Church as Structure and Communitas: Victor Turner and Ecclesiology Carl F. Starkloff
The Catholic Identity of Catholic Institutions Charles E. Curran
The Common and the Ordained Priesthood David Coffey
Mohler, Schleiermacher, and the Roots of Communion Ecclesiology Dennis M. Doyle
Church of the Poor: The Ecclesiology of Gustavo Gutiérrez James B. Nickoloff
Vatican Response to the New Religious Movements John A. Saliba
Organizing the People of God: Social-Science Theories of Organization in Ecclesiology Clare Watkins
The Consensus of the Church: Differing Classic Views Richard F. Costigan
A Half Century of Ecclesiology Avery Dulles
Faith and Cultures: Challenges to a World Church Robert J. Schreiter
The Mission of the Church in the Theology of the Social Gospel Roger Haight
Communion Ecclesiology and Baptism in the Spirit: Tertullian and the Early Church Kilian McDonnell
Forms of Ecclesiality: The Analogical Church T. Howland Sanks
The Church: Community of the Holy Spirit John H. Wright
The Integration of Spiritual and Temporal: Contemporary Roman Catholic Church-State Theory Leslie Griffin
The Church's Treasures (Thesauri Ecclesiae) Then and Now Carl J. Peter
John Peter Olivi and Papal Inerrancy: On a Recent Interpretation of Olivi's Ecclesiology Brian Tierney
Basic Ecclesial Communities: A Meeting Point of Ecclesiologies Marcello de C. Azevedo
Infallibility in the Ecclesiology of Peter Richard Kenrick Paul K. Hennessy
Faith, Church, and God: Insights from Michael Polanyi Avery Dulles
Episcopal Collegiality and Papal Primacy in the Pre-Vatican I American Church Paul K. Hennessy
Graced Communities: A Problem in Loving Frank M. Oppenheim
Ecclesiology and the Problem of the One and the Many Joseph A. Bracken
The Church's Religious Identity and Its Social and Political Mission Francis Schussler Fiorenza
The Christian Church and the New Religious Movements: Towards Theological Understanding John A. Saliba
German Historicism and the Changing Image of the Church, 1780-1820 Donald J. Dietrich
Infallibility: Rapprochement between Kung and the Official Church? Peter Chirico
A Church for the Poor and the World: At Issue with Moltmann's Ecclesiology Martin Tripole
Priesthood, Kingship, and Prophecy Joseph H. Crehan
Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Philosophical Models in Ecclesiology Thomas F. O'Meara
Dynamics of Change in the Church's Self-Understandin A Radical Church? A Reappraisal of Anabaptist Ecclesiology John E. Colwell

Articles in Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America
The Sensus Fidelium: Discerning the Path of Faith Susan K. Wood, S.C.L.
Bold Mercy: God's Summons to Ecclesial Conversion Paul G. Crowley, S.J.
Becoming Absence-Minded: Sociological Reflections on the Sensus Fidelium Jerome P. Baggett
The Sensus Fidelium: Old Questions, New Challenges John J. Burkhard, O.F.M., Conv.
Does Morality Call for the Church? Gregory Baum
Does Liturgy Call for the Church? Kilian McDonnell
Does Faith Call for the Church? Carl J. Peter
The Church Today: Its Necessity and Role Richard P. McBrien
Faith and the Church: A Reply to the Critique Carl J. Peter
Is there a distinct American contribution to the notion of Church? Richard P. McBrien
The Francis Moment: A "Kairos" for Catholic Ecclesiology Richard Gaillardetz
Conversion and Witnessing: Intercultural Renewal in a World Church Peter Casarella
Ecclesial Conversion after Vatican II: Renewing "the Face of the Church" to Reflect "the Genuine Face of God" Ormond Rush
Response to Ormond Rush Natalia Imperatori-Lee
A Global Sign of Outward Grace: The Sacramentality of the World Church in the Era of Globalization Agbonkianmeghe Orobator
Response to Orobator William J. O'Neill
Beyond Collegiality: The Local Church Left Behind by the Second Vatican Council Gilles Routhier
The Church, the synagogue, and the ecumenical movement Edward H. Flannery
The Protestant Concept of the Church: An Ecumenical Consensus Jaroslav Pelikan
How Should De Ecclesia Be Treated In Scientific Theology? Richard X. Redmond
Unity and diversity: the Catholic concept of the Church Edward L. Murphy
The conception of the Church among the Eastern dissidents Regis Barwig
The theology of the Church and the State Joseph Clifford Fenton
The theological significance of the encyclical "Mystici corporis" Joseph Bluett

Articles in Common Ground Journal
Trying to Get It Right: Taking Seriously the Church as a People Gathered by God Linda M. Cannell, page 11
Equipping Leadership: Preparing God's People for Personal, Congregational, and Community Transformation Elizabeth A. Wourms, page 93
Joining and Belonging: Toward Church Membership as Sharing in Mission Steve Wimmer, page 82
Cultural Influences on the Development of Early Church Structures: Implications for Contextual Ecclesiology Michael T. Cooper
Revitalizing the Small Church: A Spiritual Model Terri Birkett
The Upside Down Church Linda M. Cannell

Articles in Ignatius Insight
Vatican II and the Ecclesiology of Joseph Ratzinger Fr. Maximilian Heinrich Heim
The Essential Nature and Task of the Church Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Motherhood of the Entire Church Henri de Lubac

Articles in SEDOS Bulletin, a forum open to all the Roman Catholic institutes of Consecrated life
Another Way of Being Church Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga Pla
The New Ecclesiology of Vatican II Walbert Buhlmann, OFM (Cap.)

Articles from Verbum et Ecclesia, an international, South African online journal
The recovery of the prophetic voice of the church: The adoption of a 'missional church' imagination Eugene Baron, Moses Maponya
The church and the parachurch: Can the two dialogue in order to agree? Kelebogile T. Resane
Being church in the era of 'homo digitalis' Wim A. Dreyer
The Church as Sacrament of the Kingdom: A Reformed Commentary M E Brinkman
Does the Church Deliver? Perceptions amongst South Africans about the Role of the Church in the HIV/AIDS Field P J van Dyk & A C van Dyk

Articles from Marquette University
The Body of Christ: Saint Symeon the New Theologian on Spiritual Life and the Hierarchical Church Alexander Golitzin
Scriptural Images of the Church: An Eastern Orthodox Reflection Alexander Golitzin

Articles from Myriobiblos
The Church the Body of Christ Christos Sp. Voulgaris
The People Of God: Its Unity And Its Glory Constantine Scouteris
Orthodox Ecclesiology in Outline George Dion Dragas
Essay on the Unity of the Church: The Church Is One Alexei Khomiakov

Articles in Word & World, a quarterly journal of theology, published by the faculty of Luther Seminary
The Pastoral Office in the Early Church Carl A. Volz
Showing the Body: Reflections on 1 Corinthians 12-13 for Epiphany Dennis Ormseth

Articles in the Religion Online website
Changing My Mind about the Changeable Church Richard A. McCormick, S.J.
Discipleship as a Craft, Church as a Disciplined Community Stanley Hauerwas
Confession and Community: An Israel-like View of the Church George Lindbeck
A Place called Community Parker J. Palmer

Articles from the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research
Ministry in the Church Gregory Baum
The Charismatic Element in The Church Karl Rahner

Articles in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Martin Luther and the Mission of the Church Charles Chaney
An Analysis of the Roman Catholic Congress on the Theology of Renewal in the Church Charles A. Tipp, M.A., B.D.
The Ecclesiological Product of the Ecumenical Movement Michael Pocock, Th.M.

Items by Saint John Henry Newman
The Paraclete, the Life of the Church
Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church

Articles in Church Life Journal, a journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life
Contemplating True and False Reform in the Church with Seminarians Michael Lane
From Church to Churches: The Historical Failure of Social Love Brad Gregory
The Return of the Church's Repressed Boundary Problem Gladden Pappin
Where Does the Church's Crisis of Authority Dwell? Terence Sweeney
Taking the Role of All the Baptized in Church Leadership Seriously John Cavadini
The Church Multiplies Tragedy Romano Guardini
Confronting a Sinful Church Brandon R. Peterson
St. Catherine of Siena: To Love the Church Is to Long for Her Renewal Guy Bedouelle
What Would It Mean for the Church to Succeed? Jean-Luc Marion
The Church as an Icon of the Trinity Thomas Humphries

Articles from the Berkeley Forum at Georgetown University
Learning from Atheist-Theist Dialogue: Seven Virtues for the Present and Future Church Peter Admirand
Resisting Pope Francis in Changing the Church Vincent Chukwumamkpam Ifeme

Articles in Lumen et Vita
Experiencing Uncommon Faithfulness Stephen Nicholson, SJ
Clarifying the Task of the Church in a Secular Age Grace Mariette Agolia
"Hopeful Gradualness" and Ecclesial Mission Lucas Briola

Articles from the US Catholic
A tale of two churches: Two very different parishes in Charlotte, North Carolina point to divisions in the church at large Peter Feuerherd
Powerful pronouns: To stop the abuse of power in the church, we have to stop exclusively calling God 'him.' Meghan Murphy-Gill
The whole body of Christ: The church Is incomplete without its neurodiverse members Hendler-Voss, Amanda
Renew the church: An (im)modest proposal for church renewal: Give the parishes to the people, literally Rhodes, Daniel P.

Articles from other sources
The Joy of Listening and Walking Together | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (catholicethics.com) Geevarghese Kaithavana
Mother Church, Tota Pulchra: A Call for Ecclesial Communities Samantha Mattheiss
The Claims of the Primacy and the Costly Call to Unity Archbishop John R. Quinn
The Unity of the Catholic Church St. Cyprian [200-258 AD]
A Eucharistic Church Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ
Turning 20, Embracing Dialogue:New Ways of Being Church Edmund Chia
The Infallibility of the Church: A Marian Mystery Roch Kereszty
Gratitude as a Christian Virtue and its Involvement in the Mission of the Church Sorin Cosma, page 27
Contrasting ecclesial functions in the second century: "Diakonia," "Diakonoi," "Episkopoi" and "Presbyteroi" in the Shepherd of Hermas and Ignatius of Antioch's Letters Dan Batovici
Anti-Catholicism and Modern Church-State Relations Thomas C. Berg
The Church Christian W. Troll, S.J. Choose English, then click on article
Salvation outside the Church - But why, then, evangelize?: Reflections from a Roman Catholic perspective Stephen Bevans, SVD
Of Such is the Kingdom (cf. 1 Timothy 4:12) Dr. Andrew Thomas Kania
Images, Understandings, and Models of the Church in History: An Update Brian Gleeson CP
The Role of Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in the Implementation of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace in Africa Joseph G. Healey, M.M.
Bonhoeffer's Missional Ecclesiology Patrick Franklin
The Church's Engagement in Civil Society: A New Way of Being Christians in India Today Indian Theological Association
The Church in the World Today Therese Carroll RSJ
To Dare More Democracy within the Church Johannes Roser
Church in Democracy Hans Maier
The Holy Spirit in the Church Anglican Bishop Tom Wright
Church and Culture: A Religio-Theological Perspective P.J. van der Merwe
The People of God: An Orthodox Perspective George C. Papademetriou
Messianic Nation: A Christian Theological Critique of American Exceptionalism William T. Cavanaugh
The Church: Called, Gathered, and Faithful Friends United Meeting Theological Commission
A New Way of Being Church in Asia: The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) at the Service of Life in Pluralistic Asia Jonathan Yun-Ka Tan
Dominus Iesus: An Ecclesiological Critique Richard P. McBrien
The Place of Silencing in the Teaching of the Church Jeannine Gramick, SSND
Should the Church Repent? Avery Dulles, SJ
I Am the Catholic Church Father Michael Gilligan
The New Tension Between Individual and Community in Christ: 'Community' in the Work of Hans Urs Von Balthasar Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI
The Church in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Gerald Darring
The Church of Jesus Christ Mennonite Confesion of Faith. See Article 9
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 1, Section 2
The Idea of The Church Father Paul McPartlan
The Church: Local and Universal Joint Working Group of the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches




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