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The central question in the ecumenical debate is this: what is the nature of the Church? Lesslie Newbigin sketches the present context of the discussion and touches on the Biblical meaning of the word “Church.” He then presents the Protestant, Catholic, and Pentecostal answers to this question. Ultimately, he argues that the Church is at once eschatological and missionary—and both aspects imply...

In saying this I must immediately add that I realise how much more can and should be said in its proper place. True doctrine will always be vital to the Church’s life; there are plenty of examples outside of Protestantism of the treatment of Christian doctrine as a subject for intellectual jousting in a spirit far different from that Spirit whom Christ gave to His people. And of course the great reformers had the most vivid appreciation of the fact that we are united to Christ by something infinitely
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