From c4c65d4de99bb0c2f5e622bdee41a358b5fc37fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Camil Staps Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 19:35:24 +0200 Subject: Start chapter 13; some fixes --- sum-chap-13.tex | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ sum-chap-16.tex | 2 +- sum-chap-6.tex | 2 +- summary.tex | 7 ++--- 4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100644 sum-chap-13.tex diff --git a/sum-chap-13.tex b/sum-chap-13.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a9ed1d --- /dev/null +++ b/sum-chap-13.tex @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +\setcounter{section}{12} +\section{The church and its mission} + +God's saving work has always taken place through communities or for the benefit +of the world. + +\begin{description} + \item[Old Testament] In the OT, this community was the nation of Israel. + Yahweh makes a covenant with Abraham, where Israel becomes God's agent for + the blessing of all nations. Israel is the instrumental in the renewal of + the original blessing of creation of Gn.~1:26--8. That covenant is + described right after the story of the tower of Babel: it is God's answer + to the problem of a sinful humanity (Gn.~3--11). + + During the exile, it becomes clear that Israel's faithfulness does not + depend on the temple or the promised land, and in the end also that + Yahweh's covenant with Israel cannot in fact be restricted to the nation of + Israel (cf.~Jonah). + + \item[New Testament] Jesus collected disciples and chose apostles, who were + to bring the gospel to the ends of the earth (Mt.~28:18--20). They do so in + the physical absence of Christ, yet in his presence through the Holy Spirit + (Jn.~14:15--17). + + We should therefore understand the \index{Church}church in + \index{Church!Mission} missional terms. Jesus commanded them to do + concrete things to witness to his kingdom (e.g.~Mt.~5--7). The church + therefore is the community of people that continues the apostolic mission + of following Jesus by making God's kingdom known in word and deed. + + This implies that the church is not first and foremost a human enterprise: + humanity is only God's agent in the world. + + \item[Key biblical images] \index{Church!Images of}\emph{People of God} + (covenant; communal nature); \index{Christ!Body of}\emph{Body of Christ} (a + sacrament; cannot be understood apart from its head --- Christ); + \emph{household of God} (combines the other two; from Ephesians). + + Avery Dulles: we can see the church as five different things: (1) + institution; (2) mystical communion; (3) sacrament; (4) herald; (5) + servant. +\end{description} + +In the \index{Nicea!Creed}Nicene Creed, the church is articulated as \emph{one, +holy, catholic and apostolic church}. This gives us four `marks' or +\index{Church!Notes of}`notes' of the church: + +\begin{description} + \item[Unity] ---\index{Unity} not only a problem since the Reformation: in + the 11\textsuperscript{th} century, the eastern and western church split + up, and even in the first centuries there were different groups that were + labelled `heretical' but still considered themselves the true Christian + stream. There are ecumenical attempts though, for example those by the + World Council of Churches. + + However, even when church\emph{es} are divided, there is unity to the + degree that the believers proclaim one faith in Christ. + + \item[Holiness] ---\index{Holiness} for example a problem during the + \index{Donatism}Donatist crisis (see Chapter 16 below), but also + considering the Crusades, the passive silence in the face of the Holocaust + and recent genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda and Sudan. However, as + Augustine\index{Augustine} claimed, opposing the Donatists, the church is + holy in a \emph{derivative sense}: it is holy because God is holy. + + \item[Catholicity] ---\index{Catholicity} literally `universality', this + refers to the fact that the members of the church here and now have the + same mission as other believers at other times and places. + + \item[Apostolicity] ---\index{Apostolicity} initially, people took this to + mean that the leaders of the church were the successors of the apostles. + Nowadays, especially in Protestant settings, this is difficult to uphold, + and now this note of the church indicates that the current church proclaims + the original, apostolic teaching. + + However, another aspect of apostolicity is `\emph{being sent}'. This note + therefore implies that the church has a mission. +\end{description} + +%todo chapter 13, pp. 348 -- 358 diff --git a/sum-chap-16.tex b/sum-chap-16.tex index 68544cb..0ad7315 100644 --- a/sum-chap-16.tex +++ b/sum-chap-16.tex @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ affirms Jesus' true humanity, opposing \index{Docetism}docetism, the view that Jesus only seemed human. In dialogue with the Roman empire, the idea of \index{Martyrdom}martyrdom and -the \index{Apologetics}apologetics came up. The main charges levelled at early +the apologetics\index{Apologetics} came up. The main charges levelled at early Christians were: atheism (because they refused to worship the Roman gods); cannibalism (because of the Eucharist); and sexual immorality (because of the term `brothers and sisters' for everyone). Apologists did not only counter diff --git a/sum-chap-6.tex b/sum-chap-6.tex index efdedbc..122598e 100644 --- a/sum-chap-6.tex +++ b/sum-chap-6.tex @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ responsibility).} that in the end gave rise to \index{Science}science and the twentieth century much of mainstream Christianity had reconciled itself to the possibility of evolutionary process as the means by which God created life. -\subsubsection*{Implications of \emph{creatio ex nihilo}} +\subsection*{Implications of \emph{creatio ex nihilo}} \begin{itemize} \item God is the source of all that there is. The biblical basis of this is slim, since Genesis 1 presupposes the primeval watery chaos. We can diff --git a/summary.tex b/summary.tex index f3f57b1..ebb4477 100644 --- a/summary.tex +++ b/summary.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\documentclass[9pt,a4paper]{article} +\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} \title{An Introduction to Christian Theology\\\normalsize{Summary of the book by Plantinga, Thompson and Lundberg}} \author{Camil Staps} @@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ marginparwidth=3.8cm, marginparsep=0.4cm]{geometry} \IfNoValueTF{#2}{#1}{#2}% } -% Title size -\usepackage{titlesec} -\titleformat*{\section}{\large\bfseries} - \begin{document} \maketitle @@ -86,6 +82,7 @@ marginparwidth=3.8cm, marginparsep=0.4cm]{geometry} \input{sum-chap-4.tex} \input{sum-chap-6.tex} \input{sum-chap-9.tex} +\input{sum-chap-13.tex} \input{sum-chap-16.tex} \clearpage\onecolumn% -- cgit v1.2.3