An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church: an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS XIX
GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1
STRUCTURE OF THE WORK 2
THE AIM OF THE WORK AND THE CHOICE OF FRANCIS SULLIVAN 3
CHAPTER ONE: FRANCIS SULLIVAN AND HIS NOTION OF THE CHURCH 5
INTRODUCTION 5
1.1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF FRANCIS SULLIVAN 5
1.1.1 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION 6
1.1.2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SULLIVAN'S ECCLESIOLOGICAL
AND THEOLOGICAL THOUGHTS 8
1.1.3 HISTORICO-THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF SULLIVAN'S ECCLESIOLOGY 11
1.1.4 SULLIVAN'S THEOLOGICAL METHOD 15
1.1.5 THE THEOLOGICAL VISION OF SULLIVAN 17
1.2 SULLIVAN'S NOTION OF THE CHURCH 21
1.2.1 THE CHURCH: ANY POSSIBILITY OF DEFINITION? 21
1.2.1.1 THE CHURCH AS MYSTERY OF FAITH 23
1.2.1.2 THE CHURCH AS A ' KIND OF SACRAMENT' 26
1.2.1.3 THE CHURCH AS THE WORK OF THE TRINITY 30
1.2.1.4 THE CHURCH AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD 32
1.2.1.5 THE CHURCH AS THE BODY OF CHRIST 35
CONCLUDING REMARKS 38
CHAPTER TWO: THE MARKS OF THE CHURCH 41
INTRODUCTION 41
2.1 THE ONENESS OF THE CHURCH 41
2.1.1 THE CHURCH'S ONENESS AS UNDERSTOOD IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT PERIOD AND IN THE EARLY CHURCH 42
2.1.2 THE ESSENTIAL CONSTITUTIVE BOND OF THE
ONENESS OF THE CHURCH 44
2.1.2.1 ONENESS OF APOSTOLIC FAITH 47
2.1.2.2 ONENESS OF SACRAMENTAL LIFE 49
2.1.2.3 ONENESS OF APOSTOLIC MINISTRY 52
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2.1.3 THE FOUNDATIONAL SOURCE OF THE ONENESS OF THE CHURCH 54
2.1.4 THE NOTION OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY 56
2.1.5 THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATION OF THE PROFESSION
OF ONENESS OF THE CHURCH 59
2.1.5.1 THE ONENESS OF THE CHURCH AS A GIFT AND AS A TASK . 59
THE HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH 60
2.2.1 THE BIBLICAL NOTION OF HOLINESS 63
2.2.2 THE ESSENTIAL CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE
HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH 64
2.2.2.1 HOLINESS OF THE CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS 65
2.2.2.2 HOLINESS OF CONSECRATION 66
2.2.2.3 HOLINESS OF GRACE AND CHARITY 68
2.2.3 GROUNDS FOR THE INDEFECTIBILITY OF THE
HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH 70
2.2.3.1 HOLINESS AS THE FRUIT OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE 72
2.2.3.2 THE CHURCH AS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST 73
2.2.3.3 THE ABIDING GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 73
2.2.4 THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATION OF THE
PROFESSION OF HOLINESS 74
2.2.4.1 HOLINESS AND SINFULNESS AS CONSTITUTIVE COMPONENTS
OF THE CHURCH'S HOLINESS 76
2.2.4.2 THE IMPLICATION OF HOLINESS AS RENEWAL IN
EVER CONTINUUM 77
2.2.4.3 THE HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH AS A GIFT AND
A VOCATION 79
THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH 80
2.3.1 THE IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH'S CATHOLICITY 82
2.3.2 THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH AND
SOME BASIC DISTINCTIONS 83
2.3.2.1 CATHOLICITY AS PRIMARILY DISTINGUISHED
FROM CATHOLICISM 84
2.3.2.2 CATHOLICITY AS PRIMARILY DISTINGUISHED FROM
A GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPT 85
2.3.2.3 CATHOLICITY AS PRIMARILY DISTINGUISHED FROM
STATISTICAL CONCEPT 86
2.3.2.4 CATHOLICITY AS PRIMARILY DISTINGUISHED FROM
A SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT 87
2.3.2.5 CATHOLICITY AS PRIMARILY DISTINGUISHED FROM
AN HISTORICAL CONCEPT 88
2.3.2.6 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING
OF CATHOLICITY 90
2.3.3 SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE
CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH 91
2.3.3.1 CATHOLICITY AS UNITY IN DIVERSITY 92
2.3.3.2 CATHOLICITY AS APOSTOLICITY OF FAITH 94
2.3.3.3 CATHOLICITY AS VOCATION TO HOLINESS OF LIFE 95
2.3.4 THE INTRINSIC DEMAND OF THE PROFESSION OF CATHOLICITY 96
2.3.4.1 CATHOLICITY AS A GIFT AND A TASK 97
2.4 THE APOSTOLICITY OF THE CHURCH 99
2.4.1 UNDERSTANDING THE TERM "APOSTLE" 102
2.4.2 THE MEANING OF APOSTOLICITY 105
2.4.2.1 APOSTOLICITY OF ORIGIN 106
2.4.2.2 APOSTOLICITY OF DOCTRINE 108
2.4.2.3 THE APOSTOLICITY OF LIFE 109
2.4.2.4 APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION 111
2.4.3 THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATION OF THE PROFESSION
OF APOSTOLICITY OF THE CHURCH 114
2.4.3.1 APOSTOLICITY AS A GIFT AND AS A TASK 114
CONCLUDING REMARKS 115
CHAPTER THREE: THE DYNAMICS OF SULLIVAN'S ECCLESIOLOGICAL
ARTICULATION OF THE FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH 117
INTRODUCTION 117
3.1 THE ONENESS OF THE CHURCH 118
3.1.1 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST "SUBSISTS" IN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH 119
3.1.1.1 CONTROVERSY AS TO THE LEGITIMATE
INTERPRETATION OF THE NEW INTRODUCTION
OF "SUBSISTIT IN" INSTEAD OF "EST." 120
3.1.1.2 ARGUMENT BASED ON THE CONSTITUTIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF ITS ETYMOLOGICAL FOUNDATION 123
3.1.1.3 SULLIVAN'S "SUBSISTIT IN" AS A LEGITIMATE
RECOGNITION OF OTHER CHURCHES AND
ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES 126
3.1.2 THE CHURCH AS COMMUNION 131
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3.1.2.1 THE NAME CHURCH AS AN INDICATIVE
SIGN OF COMMUNION 133
3.1.2.2 SULLIVAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNION
AS THE THEOLOGY OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL 135
3.1.2.3 SULLIVAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY
AS CONSTITUTIVE COMPONENT OF COMMUNION 140
3.2 THE HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH 142
3.2.1 THE BIBLICAL IDEA OF HOLINESS 143
3.2.2 HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE
NATURE OF THE CHURCH AS A MYSTERY 144
3.2.3 THE QUALIFICATION OF THE HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH 146
3.2.3.1 THE CHURCH IS INDEFECTIBLY HOLY 147
3.2.3.2 THE CHURCH IS IMPERFECTLY HOLY 152
3.3 THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH 154
3.3.1 SULLIVAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERM "CATHOLIC" 155
3.3.2 SULLIVAN'S DISTINCTION BETWEEN CATHOLICITY
AND CATHOLICISM 157
3.3.3 SULLIVAN'S ELABORATION ON THE "GIFT" AND "TASK"
NATURE OF CATHOLICITY 159
3.3.4 THE IMPLICATION OF THE CATHOLICITY OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH 162
3.3.5 CATHOLICITY VIS-4-VIS THE DOCTRINE, "OUTSIDE THE
CHURCH THERE IS NO SALVATION" 164
3.3.5.1 THE THESIS: "EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS" 165
3.3.6 THE CHURCH AS THE UNIVERSAL SACRAMENT OF SALVATION 170
3.4 THE APOSTOLICITY OF THE CHURCH 174
3.4.1 THE APOSTOLIC ORIGIN OF EPISCOPAL MINISTRY 176
3.4.1.1 SULLIVAN'S APPRECIATION OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION . 180
3.4.2 THE BISHOPS AS THE BEARERS OF THE PASTORAL
TEACHING OFFICE 183
3.4.2.1 THE MAGISTERIUM AND THE CENTRALITY OF
THE WORD OF GOD 184
3.4.2.2 THE MAGISTERIUM AND THE THESIS OF INFALLIBILITY 187
3.4.3 THE ECCLESIAL VOCATION OF THEOLOGIANS IN THE CHURCH 189
3.4.3.1 A COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIP AS AN IDEAL
BETWEEN THE MAGISTERIUM OF THE BISHOPS AND
THE MAGISTERIUM OF THE THEOLOGIANS 192
CONCLUDING REMARKS 194
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CHAPTER FOUR: NIGERIA AND THE BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY
WITHIN HER GEOGRAPHICAL CONFINES 197
INTRODUCTION 197
4.1 THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR NIGERIAN TRIBES 197
4.1.1 THE YORUBA: PEOPLE, RELIGION AND WORLDVIEW 199
4.1.2 THE HAUSA: PEOPLE, RELIGION AND WORLDVIEW 201
4.1.3 THE IGBO: PEOPLE, RELIGION AND WORLDVIEW 203
4.1.4 OTHER MINOR ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA 207
4.2 THE FIRST EARLY MOMENTS OF MISSIONARY ENGAGEMENTS
IN NIGERIA 208
4.2.1 EARLY MISSIONARY EXPEDITIONS IN NIGERIA 209
4.2.1.1 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS COLLAPSE/FAILURE 210
4.2.1.1.1 A BLURRED MISSIONARY VISION 210
4.2.1.1.2 A FALSE PRESUMPTION OF THE
PEOPLE'S CULTURAL BELIEFS AND
POLITICO-RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
212
4.2.1.1.3 ABSENCE OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH
TO MISSIONARY ENGAGEMENT 213
4.3 THE SECOND MOMENT OF MISSIONARY ENGAGEMENTS IN NIGERIA 214
4.3.1 IDEOLOGICAL MISSIONARY PRESUPPOSITIONS OF
AFRICAN IMAGE 215
4.3.2 THE PROTESTANT MISSIONARY ACTION IN NIGERIA 218
4.3.2.1 THE SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIAN CASE 220
4.3.2.2 SOME EVANGELICAL APPLAUSE IN THE METHOD
OF PROTESTANT MISSIONARY ENGAGEMENT 223
4.3.2.2.1 THE PARTICIPATION OF THE INDIGENES
IN THE EVANGELIZATION DRAMA 224
4.3.2.2.2 A QUALITATIVE RESPONSE TO THE
FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS OF THE
EVANGELIZED AS A PERSON 226
4.3.2.3 SOME EVANGELICAL FLAWS IN THE METHOD
OF THE PROTESTANT MISSIONARY ENGAGEMENT 228
4.3.2.3.1 A CONSCIOUS DISPLAY OF SELF AS
THE IDEAL OF CHRISTIAN ACTION 228
4.3.2.3.2 AN UNHEALTHY ROMANCE WITH
THE EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL AGENTS
IN THE EVANGELIZATION WORK 229
4.3.2.3.3 THE INITIAL MISSIONARY COMPLACENCY 232
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4.3.3 THE HISTORICAL EPISODE OF THE CATHOLIC
MISSION IN NIGERIA 233
4.3.3.1 SKETCHY TIT-BITS OF EARLY MISSIONARY ACTION
IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA 234
4.3.3.2 SKETCHY TIT-BITS OF EARLY MISSIONARY ACTION
IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 237
4.3.3.3 SKETCHY TIT-BITS OF EARLY MISSIONARY ACTION
IN EASTERN NIGERIA 240
4.3.3.4 THE MISSIONARY METHODOLOGY OF THE
CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES 245
4.3.3.4.1 ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH
CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTIONS,
SCHOOL APOSTOLATE AND A
COMMITTED ENGAGEMENT IN
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES 246
4.3.3.4.2 EVANGELICAL METHODOLOGY OF
FORMAL EDUCATION 247
4.3.3.4.3 A QUALITATIVE RESPONSE TO THE
FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS OF THE
EVANGELIZED AS A PERSON 249
4.3.3.4.3.1 CHARITABLE WORKS 251
4.3.3.4.3.2 REHABILITATION
HOMES/CHRISTIAN VILLAGE . 252
4.3.3.4.3.3 HOSPITALS AND
MATERNITY HOMES 254
4.3.3.4.3.4 WORKSHOPS AND OTHER
HOMES OF FORMATION 257
4.3.3.4.3.5 BUYING AND FREEING
OF SLAVES 259
4.3.4 SOME EVANGELICAL FLAWS IN THE METHOD OF
CATHOLIC MISSIONARY ENGAGEMENT 261
4.3.4.1 A DICHOTOMISATION OF THE AFRICAN PERSON 262
4.3.4.2 A LATE INVOLVEMENT OF THE INDIGENES
IN THE EVANGELIZATION WORK 264
4.4 THE DARK MOMENTS OF THE EVANGELIZATION HISTORY 266
4.4.1 INTERIOR DIMENSION OF THE DARK MOMENT 266
4.4.1.1 THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BEING A
NATIONAL CHURCH 267
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4.4.1.2 LNSENSITIVITY TO THE FEELINGS OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE 269
4.4.1.3 A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED EXPULSION OF
THE SIERRA LEONEAN 'INDIGENOUS' EVANGELIZERS 272
4.4.2 THE EXTERIOR DIMENSION OF THE MISSIONARY
DARK MOMENTS 277
4.4.2.1 CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AT WAR 277
4.4.2.2 THE MISSION OF DOUBLE STANDARD AND OF DIVISION . 280
4.5 CONSEQUENCES OF THE EARLY RIVALRY AMONG THE
DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS 285
4.5.1 SEPARATION AND DIVISION AMONG BROTHERS AND SISTERS 285
4.5.2 THE BIRTH OF AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CHURCHES 288
4.5.3 THE GROWTH AND EFFECT OF PENTECOSTALISM 291
4.5.4 A SKETCHY LIST OF CHURCH COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA 293
CONCLUDING REMARKS 302
CHAPTER FIVE: ECUMENISM, THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA AND THE
ECUMENICAL OPTION OF SULLIVAN'S FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH 303
INTRODUCTION 303
5.1 UNDERSTANDING ECUMENISM 303
5.1.1 THE TERM ECUMENISM 303
5.1.2 THE BIRTH OF ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT 306
5.1.3 THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT AMONG NON-CATHOLICS 308
5.1.3.1 THE INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY CONFERENCE:
EDINBURGH 1910 (IMC) 309
5.1.3.2 THE FAITH AND ORDER MOVEMENT 310
5.1.3.3 THE LIFE AND WORK MOVEMENT 313
5.1.3.4 THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES 314
5.1.4 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT 317
5.1.4.1 THE PRE-VATICAN II ECUMENICAL INITIATIONS 318
5.1.4.2 ECUMENISM AND THE VATICAN II COUNCIL 322
5.1.4.3 POST-VATICAN II ECUMENICAL INITIATIONS 326
5.2 ECUMENISM AND THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA 333
5.2.1 THE BIRTH OF ECUMENICAL INITIATIVES IN NIGERIA 333
5.2.2 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ECUMENICAL CONSCIOUSNESS 337
5.2.2.1 EXTERNAL FACTORS 337
5.2.2.2 THE INTERNAL FACTORS 340
5.2.3 REMARKABLE ECUMENICAL EFFORTS IN DISPLAY
IN THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA 343
5.2.3.1 NORTHERN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (NCA) 344
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5.2.3.2 CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (CCN) 345
5.2.3.3 EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF WEST AFRICA
ECWA/TARAYYA EKKLESIYAYIN KRISTI A
NIGERIA (TEKAN) 346
5.2.3.4 THE CHRISTIAN PENTECOSTAL FELLOWSHIP
OF NIGERIA (CPFN)/PENTECOSTAL
FELLOWSHIP OF NIGERIA (PFN) 346
5.2.3.5 ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN INSTITUTED
CHURCHES (OA1C) 347
5.2.3.6 CHRISTIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF
NIGERIA (CHAN) 347
5.2.3.7 THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (CAN) 349
5.2.3.7.1 THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF NIGERIA 352
5.2.3.7.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
NATIONAL ECUMENICAL CENTRE 352
5.2.3.7.3 THE DECLARATION OF JOINT STATEMENTS 353
5.2.3.7.4 JOINT CHRISTIAN MEDIA SERVICES 353
5.2.3.7.5 JOINT CHURCH UNITY OCTAVE 353
5.2.3.7.6 JOINT ADVANCEMENT OF
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 354
5.2.4 CHRISTIAN UNITY IN NIGERIA AND ITS ANTECEDENT PROBLEMS 354
5.2.4.1 INTERNALLY CONSTITUTED PROBLEMS
(THE CHURCHES THEMSELVES) 355
5.2.4.2 EXTERNALLY CONSTITUTED PROBLEMS
(THE GOVERNMENT) 358
5.2.5 OTHER OBSTACLES ON THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE
ECUMENICAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN CHURCH 360
5.2.6 SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ECUMENICAL
ENGAGEMENTS IN NIGERIA 362
5.3 THE ECUMENICAL APPLICATION OF SULLIVAN'S ECCLESIOLOGICAL
ELUCIDATION OF THE MARKS OF THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA 366
5.3.1 THE PROFESSION OF ONENESS 367
5.3.1.1 UNDERSTANDING THE ONE CHURCH OF
CHRIST AS A COMMUNION OF CHURCHES 367
5.3.2 UNDERSTANDING COMMUNION AS SHARING THE SAME
FAITH, THE SAME GOSPEL MESSAGE AND FRATERNAL LOVE 372
5.3.3 UNDERSTANDING LEGITIMATE DIVERSITY AS AN
INTRINSIC CONSTITUENT OF COMMUNION 374
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5.3.4 THE PROFESSION OF HOLINESS 377
5.3.4.1 UNDERSTANDING HOLINESS AS A GIFT AND A TASK 378
5.3.4.2 CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROFESSION OF HOLINESS 380
5.3.4.3 THE DEMANDS OF THE PROFESSION OF HOLINESS 383
5.3.5 THE PROFESSION OF CATHOLICITY 385
5.3.5.1 THE RELATIONAL QUALITY OF CATHOLICITY 385
5.3.5.2 UNDERSTANDING LEGITIMATE DIVERSITY AS
AN INTRINSIC CONSTITUENT OF CATHOLICITY 387
5.3.5.3 UNDERSTANDING CATHOLICITY AS A MOTIVE
FOR EVANGELIZATION 388
5.3.6 THE PROFESSION OF APOSTOLICITY 391
5.3.6.1 THE BISHOPS AS AGENTS OF ECUMENICAL
REALIZATION 392
5.3.6.2 THE THEOLOGIANS AND TEACHERS OF FAITH AS
AGENTS OF ECUMENICAL REALIZATION 396
5.3.6.3 UNDERSTANDING APOSTOLICITY AS A MOTIVE
FOR EVANGELIZATION 400
5.3.7 USING THE FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH AS VERITABLE
INSTRUMENTS OF ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE 402
5.3.8 THE MISSIONARY MANDATE OF THE FOUR MARKS
OF THE CHURCH 405
CONCLUDING REMARKS 408
GENERAL EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION 411
BIBLIOGRAPHY 425
PRIMARY SOURCES 425
ARCHIVAL SOURCES 439
OTHER SOURCES 440
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| spelling | Omenukwa, Philip Chika 1975- Verfasser (DE-588)1048452018 aut An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan Philip Chika Omenukwa Frankfurt am Main Lang 2014 XXII, 462 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier African Theological Studies 5 : Fundamentaltheologie Zugl.: Würzburg, Univ., Diss., 2013 Sullivan, Francis A. / (Francis Alfred) / 1922- Sullivan, Francis A. 1922- (DE-588)115598855 gnd rswk-swf Katholische Kirche (DE-588)2009545-4 gnd rswk-swf Church / Marks Christianity / Nigeria Christentum Ekklesiologie (DE-588)4070730-1 gnd rswk-swf Katholische Theologie (DE-588)4030005-5 gnd rswk-swf Ökumene (DE-588)4138445-3 gnd rswk-swf Nigeria (DE-588)4042300-1 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content Sullivan, Francis A. 1922- (DE-588)115598855 p Ekklesiologie (DE-588)4070730-1 s Katholische Theologie (DE-588)4030005-5 s DE-604 Nigeria (DE-588)4042300-1 g Katholische Kirche (DE-588)2009545-4 b Ökumene (DE-588)4138445-3 s Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-3-653-04074-6 African Theological Studies 5 : Fundamentaltheologie (DE-604)BV041228125 5 http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=79351&concordeid=264951 Verlagsmeldung DNB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027153220&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan |
| title_auth | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan |
| title_exact_search | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan |
| title_full | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan Philip Chika Omenukwa |
| title_fullStr | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan Philip Chika Omenukwa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan Philip Chika Omenukwa |
| title_short | An ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church |
| title_sort | an ecclesiological exploration of the four marks of the church an ecumenical option for the church in nigeria a study in the ecclesiology of francis alfred sullivan |
| title_sub | an ecumenical option for the church in Nigeria : a study in the ecclesiology of Francis Alfred Sullivan |
| topic | Sullivan, Francis A. / (Francis Alfred) / 1922- Sullivan, Francis A. 1922- (DE-588)115598855 gnd Katholische Kirche (DE-588)2009545-4 gnd Church / Marks Christianity / Nigeria Christentum Ekklesiologie (DE-588)4070730-1 gnd Katholische Theologie (DE-588)4030005-5 gnd Ökumene (DE-588)4138445-3 gnd |
| topic_facet | Sullivan, Francis A. / (Francis Alfred) / 1922- Sullivan, Francis A. 1922- Katholische Kirche Church / Marks Christianity / Nigeria Christentum Ekklesiologie Katholische Theologie Ökumene Nigeria Hochschulschrift |
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