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Roger D. Haight presents a historical ecclesiology which is concrete, realist, and historically conscious. In what he terms an “ecclesiology from below,” Haight charts the history of the church’s self-understanding from the origins of the church in the time of Christ to the late Middle Ages. While the ultimate focus of the work falls on the structure of the church and its theological...

The phrase “historical ecclesiology” contains a paradox, or at least an inner tension, and a brief consideration of it may serve as an introduction to the aim of this chapter. Ecclesiology is the study of the church in an effort to understand its nature and mission. The quest to define the “logos” of the church suggests that, like other realities, the church has a distinctive nature or even essence that can be determined by systematic investigation. However, historical
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